Shadow play

On Sept. 30, 1965, 6 Indonesian generals were dragged from their beds and murdered. The murders were blamed on the communists associated with Indonesian president Sukarno, and used as a pretext for a military coup by General Suharto. A bloody reign of terror followed, with the tacit approval of Western powers willing to support Suharto's purge of communists from Indonesia.

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"Indonesia's years of living dangerously"@en
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"El 30 de septiembre de 1965, 6 generales indonesios son asesinados. Los asesinatos fueron culpados a los comunistas asociados con el presidente indonesio Sukarno, y usados como un pretexto para un golpe de estado."
"Looks at one of the defining periods in 20th century history when more than 500,000 Indonesians were slaughtered as President Sukarno was swept from power by President Suharto's New Power. The murders of six Indonesian generals on 30 September, 1965 led to bloody mass destruction of the largest Communist Party outside China and the Soviet Union. Includes interviews with Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Don North, Hugh Tovar, Aristides Katoppo, Edward Masters, Kemal Idris, John Hughes, Joyo Santoso, Roland Challis, Arief Budiman, Abdul Latief and others."
"For the last forty years in Indonesia we have been watching a shadow play. We have seen the Wayangs or shadow puppets -- acting out a drama, and although we were unable to catch the words, we thought we could follow the story. But now it is finally time to peer behind the screen. Shadow Play is a full and frank account of the slaughter of more than 500,000 people in Indonesia, and the period of history that triggered it, as Indonesia's first president Sukarno, was swept from power and General Suharto took over for the next 32 years."--Container."
"On Sept. 30, 1965, 6 Indonesian generals were dragged from their beds and murdered. The murders were blamed on the communists associated with Indonesian president Sukarno, and used as a pretext for a military coup by General Suharto. A bloody reign of terror followed, with the tacit approval of Western powers willing to support Suharto's purge of communists from Indonesia."@en
"On Sept. 30, 1965, 6 Indonesian generals were dragged from their beds and murdered. The murders were blamed on the communists associated with Indonesian president Sukarno, and used as a pretext for a military coup by General Suharto. A bloody reign of terror followed, with the tacit approval of Western powers willing to support Suharto's purge of communists from Indonesia."
"Looks at one of the defining periods in 20th century history when more than 500,000 Indonesians were slaughtered as President Sukarno was swept from power by President Suharto's New Power. The murders of six Indonesian generals on 30 September, 1965 led to bloody mass destruction of the largest Communist Party outside China and the Soviet Union."@en