 Gestapu-ism at that time hung in the air much as Macarthy-ism in America a decade earlier.Thus it was felt expedient to loan him to the think tank Research Documentation and Analysis (REDA) an Indonesian military-supported research organization, to report from Tokyo.The Director, Zulkifli Lubis, who had in fact been imprisoned by Sukarno, decided to appoint a resident correspondent in Tokyo, and chose Arifin.