HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT
A book recently published in Indonesian claims that former Vice President Adam Malik was once a CIA agent. His name showed up in the documents of America’s most secretive agency. His family has denied it, but there are indications of intense communication between Malik and senior American officials.
December 2, 2008
THE telegram was sent by Ambassador Marshall Green in Jakarta to Assistant Secretary of State Bill Bundy in Washington. It was sent through a special channel connecting the assistant secretary for intelligence to its diplomatic envoys. On December 2, 1965, Green sent a report about a political figure he considered important for their mission in Indonesia: Indonesian Trade Minister Adam Malik.
Adam, 48 years old at that time, was regarded as the
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