Carnage and Collusion
Half a century has passed since the 1965 tragedy, yet it remains shrouded in mystery. Out of the fog that still covers the darkest time in Indonesia's post-independence history, it now emerges that foreign governments may have been involved. Information on the intelligence operations of some countries around this incident have frequently been alluded to, but they have tended to disparate, like a puzzle waiting to be pieced together.
We know for sure that Indonesia was seen as a strategic country in the Cold War struggle for influence between the American and Soviet blocs. Under President Sukarno, Indonesia was seen to be leaning to the left, due to his close relations with Peking and Pyongyang. After the September 30, 1965, incident, Indonesia became even more the focus of the two competing powers.
October 6, 2015
Half a century has passed since the 1965 tragedy, yet it remains shrouded in mystery. Out of the fog that still covers the darkest time in Indonesia's post-independence history, it now emerges that foreign governments may have been involved. Information on the intelligence operations of some countries around this incident have frequently been alluded to, but they have tended to disparate, like a puzzle waiting to be pieced together.
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