The Indonesian Killings of 1965-1966

In addition to those killed, 600,000-750,000 people were also imprisoned for periods of between one and thirty years.

U.S. Department of State (95/03/06) Foreign Relations, 1961-63, Vol XXIII, Southeast Asia
Office of the Historian

Elsewhere in the area, the Kennedy administration was attempting to win over Sukarno's Indonesia by facilitating its claim to West Irian, then the Netherlands colony of West New Guinea. Determined not to lose Indonesia to Communist influence, White Houses officials overcame Secretary of State Rusk's skepticism of Sukarno and Rusk's attachment to the Netherlands, a NATO ally. They shifted U.S. policy from neutrality in the dispute toward pressure on the Netherlands to relinquish West New Guinea to Indonesia. The Netherlands had initially insisted on a long-term UN trusteeship and UN-supervised self-determination for the inhabitants. The final agreed plan included only a minimal UN role in the transfer procedures; it was a virtual handover from Netherlands to Indonesian control. President Kennedy and his brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, played a major role in this process. During the final stages, the President intervened to insist that Indonesia accept the Netherlands' last best offer and not escalate its guerrilla war against Netherlands forces in West New Guinea.

Australia's Role in the 1965-66 Communist Massacres in Indonesia | Australian Institute of International Affairs |

An estimated half a million people affiliated with the Partai Komunis Indonesia (Indonesian Communist Party or PKI) were massacred by the Indonesian Army, with help from local religious and youth groups. These killings contributed to a reorientation in Indonesian politics, installing General Suharto as president and eliminating the once-strong PKI through violent purges and systematic imprisonment. Declassified documents have shown that the US and its allies played a significant role in these killings, as the US provided weapons, communications equipment and lists of known communists. As an ally of the US, the Australian Embassy and the Department of External Affairs acted in a way that made Australia an accomplice, by helping to create the conditions that allowed the massacres to take place.

Hello, and - About Australia's Politics | by droneboy Wed Jun 15th, 2005 |

Victims of Indonesia's 1965 communist killings tell UK to tell truth about its role in genocide and anti-Chinese propaganda

Declassified documents reveal a UK propaganda unit helped fuel anti-communist massacre that followed failed 1965 coup and led to the rise of dictator Suharto.

UK's propaganda leaflets inspired 1960s massacre of Indonesian communists | The Guardian |

Britain, its culture, foreign policy just has not changed over so many decades. The poisonous propaganda is swallowed by the masses ... I will resist.

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