Between Friends and Foes

The CIA gave temporary assistance to PRRI (The Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Indonesia) and Permesta (Total Struggle) during the late 1950s, following a conflict between the Sumatran and North Sulawesi rebel movements and the central government.

In addition to those mentioned below, there were more senior officials who were known to have been key-figures in PRRI, such as Syafrudin Prawiranegara (a member of Masyumi, The Indonesian

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