ONE day, the end of September 1965.

There was no coup d’état that day. Or on October 1, 1965. What happened was more confusing than that—and still there is no fitting word to name it. Six Indonesian Army generals were kidnapped and murdered. The minister of defense, who was also kidnapped, managed to escape but his five year old daughter died and his adjutant was shot dead. 

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