Foreign Relations of the United States 1964-68, Volume XXVII, Indonesia...

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Date: 1995 - 2005

Region: North America

Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion

Medium: Textbook


Artist: State Department, and Government Printing Office of the United States


Confronting Bodies: State Department and the GPO.


Dates of Action: 2001


Location: Washington, D.C.


Description of Artwork: The Government Printing Office released a State Department cable in it's National Security Archive, "Foreign Relations of the United States 1964-68, Volume XXVII, Indonesia, Malaysia-Singapore, Philippines." The quotation in question refers to the State Department's knowledge and support of destroying the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI).

The Incident: The GPO announced that it would consider repealling the transmission and attempt to recall the books from library shelves

Results of Incident: The State Department asked the GPO not to sell any more copies of the book containing the letter in question.

Source: The New York Times