National Archive tries to locate Supersemar

National Archive tries to locate Supersemar

JAKARTA: The National Archive will continue to search for
original documentation of the presidential order issued by then
President Soekarno to then chief of the Army Reserves' Command
Soeharto, as official proof of the transfer of power, known as
the Supersemar.

National Archive head Djoko Utomo said on Tuesday that he
believed the original document existed. He just needed to locate
its whereabouts.

Djoko said he had asked M. Jusuf, Amir Machmud and Basuki
Rahmat -- three people who delivered the order to former
president Soeharto -- where the Supersemar could be.

He had not, however, asked former president Soeharto about the
order, due to the latter's poor health.

Djoko said that there were two versions of the order, one from
the Army and the other from the State Secretary. -- Antara