Jakarta – State Secretary Hatta Radjasa said Saturday the whereabouts of a 1966 document that marked a transfer of power from founding president Sukarno to Army general Soeharto remained uncertain.

"It's too early to say if the original document has been found," Hatta told tempointeraktif.com prior to a fast-breaking meal and gathering at the official residence of House of Representatives Speaker Agung Laksono, South Jakarta.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had asked the National Archives head, Djoko Utomo, to help find the document, known as "Supersemar" in reference to the date of its issuance on March 11, 1966.

The president said one of former State Secretariat staff workers was said to know the whereabouts of the document.

Hatta, however, said the former state employee in question had died. He said even if the document was found, it needed forensic examination to determine its originality.

"All we have is information, but we have to take it into consideration. Concerning the authenticity of the document, leave it to the National Archives Body or the National Police forensic laboratory."

The nation has for decades been searching for the document, in which Sukarno mandated Soeharto to restore order following an aborted coup blamed on the communists in September 1965.

Historians are split about whether or not the document could justify Soeharto's move to assume power.