An article appeared in the Washington Post daily's 21 May 1990 edition, under the headline U.S. Officials' List Aided Indonesian Bloodbath in `60s. The publication was the result of a body of research undertaken by States News Service American journalist, Kathy Kadane. In the piece, Kadane stated that the US government and the CIA were involved in the mass murder of alleged Communist (PKI) members and their sympathizers. According to Kadane, i