CIA’s Arms Offer in Singapore
Monday, June 1, 2026
Sumitro Djojohadikusumo became one of the figures who opened the path for PRRI to obtain weapons supplies. He denied accusations that the movement was controlled by the CIA.
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SINGAPORE, late 1957. Colonel Ahmad Husein, Lt. Col. Herman Nicolas “Ventje” Sumual, and Sumitro Djojohadikusumo were dining at a restaurant when a group of casually dressed Americans approached their table. “They knew we were fighting Sukarno, and because of that they were willing to provide weapons assistance,” Ventje Sumual wrote in PRRI/Permesta: Strategy for Building Indonesia Without Communists.
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