International Communism (Communist Designs on Indonesia and The Pacific Frontier) Staff Consultation with Gen. Charles A. Willoughby

“Communist encroachments in Indonesia, actively abetted by President Sukarno, now threaten the entire United States defense line in the Pacific, Maj. Gen. Charles A. Willoughby warned in a consultation with the staff of the Committee on Un-American Activities. The current crisis in that area, General Willoughby charged, can be traced directly to Communist subversion in Washington which induced the United States Government to champion Sukarno in his efforts to “liberate” the former Dutch Republic, despite his previous role as one of Japan’s chief wartime collaborators.” – Synopsis, pg. 1 This small pamphlet contains the testimony of General Charles A. Willoughby to the Committee on Un-American Activities, given originally on December 16, 1957. The topic was ‘Communist Designs on Indonesia,’ which was then embroiled in several rebel movements across the archipelago. Willoughby, former Chief of Intelligence in the Far East for MacArthur, ‘declared that the Russian plans for conquest duplicate those of the Japanese in Southeast Asia in World War II.’ Several maps supplement the text, showing the Malay Barrier, The American Defense Line of the Western Pacific, and the Air Chain between Japan and Thailand. A folding map combines the themes of the earlier images to present ‘The Pacific Frontier’ against the spread of Communism. The unrecognized state of the Republic of South Maluku is presented as the lynchpin of the defense. Fully scanned copy available at Google Books.