BOGOR, October 6, 1965. The state was in critical condition. That Wednesday morning, Bung Karno called all ministers to attend a Dwikora Cabinet meeting at the Bogor Palace. It was the first cabinet session the president convened after the outbreak of G30S. It had been only a week since the slaughter of seven high-ranking military officers at Lubang Buaya. Jakarta was engulfed in a great mystery: what was actually happening? Was it true that the