Word: suhartos
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...government is going to have to move fast to provide employment in the cities and increased assistance to agriculture," Papanek wrote in October 1968. "It seems to be serious about holding an election within the next two years and will have to do better than just avoiding chaos if Suharto is going to be popularly elected, which seems to be his present intention...
Speaking more directly of the political situation, Papanek added that during the past year, "Suharto also moved more decisively to gain control of the government and the military. His personal military staff was downgraded and somewhat changed in composition and some other shifts in military commands took place...
...number of suspected Communists and pro-Sukarno officers were arrested or dismissed. This was generally interpreted as reflecting Suharto's increasing strength, which enabled him to take action on opposition elements he had been aware of, rather than the discovery of a new conspiracy...
Although the role of the central government in much of the slaughter is still in dispute, Suharto has since imprisoned 100,000 suspected political enemies...
...most crucial economic contribution of the Suharto government was a halting of inflation, which had amounted to between 600 and 800 per cent per year...