Nathaniel Heidenheimer Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 It is estimated that 1,250,000 died in the 1965 coup d'etat arranged by the CIA. Yet so little has been written about it that The Council on Foreign Relations Newsweek hack writer has whittled it down to 300,000. Why do we hear so little about this blood letting. Here in the U.S. it is often passed off as an example of ethnic hostilities vs. the ethnic-chinese. But this was stirred up by the CIA in an effort to get rid of Sukarno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Parsons Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 It is estimated that 1,250,000 died in the 1965 coup d'etat arranged by the CIA. Yet so little has been written about it that The Council on Foreign Relations Newsweek hack writer has whittled it down to 300,000.Why do we hear so little about this blood letting. Here in the U.S. it is often passed off as an example of ethnic hostilities vs. the ethnic-chinese. But this was stirred up by the CIA in an effort to get rid of Sukarno. L. Fletcher Prouty has an interesting article on the the 1958 phase of the CIA's war against Sukarno. Lisa Pease has a very good two part article on Freeport Sulphur/Freeport McMoRan and its involvement with Clay Shaw, the CIA, Cuba, and the CIA's Sukarno coup. The links are here and here. The second one focuses primarily on Indonesia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kerrigan Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 We can add to the list of killed the hundreds of thousands killed by Suharto in his genocidal campaign against East Timor. Suharto's rise to power was a direct result of the 1965 Coup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Brandt Posted May 2, 2006 Share Posted May 2, 2006 The best stuff on Indonesia 1965: http://www.namebase.org/scott.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathaniel Heidenheimer Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 Here is some commentary on the Corporate Press Coverage of the death of Suharto http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/jan2008/suha-j30.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathaniel Heidenheimer Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 This looks like a good source of information on Indonesia in 1965. Wish I had time to look at it. http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB52/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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