THE man quickly exited from the Singapore Airlines flight at Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He was thin, and his hair was slicked back. The man, Indonesian Vice President Adam Malik, had arrived without any fanfare, any protocol. There was no aide or security detail accompanying him.

Hadidjojo Nitimihardjo, Adam’s speechwriter who was studying in the Netherlands, met him. The son of Murba leader Maroeto Nitimihardjo had received