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Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indonesia: Final Drive? | 1/20/1967 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indonesia: Final Drive? | 1/20/1967 | See Source »

...streets in camouflage shirts. They were celebrating the first anniversary of the student demonstrations that thrust General Suharto and his colleagues into power as Indonesia's rulers. The appearance of the song also marked the start of what, his enemies hope, will be a final drive to oust Sukarno, 65, the long-revered bapak (father) of Indonesia's revolution and the country's ruler for 22 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indonesia: Final Drive? | 1/20/1967 | See Source »

Some Nuts. Many Indonesians suspect Sukarno of complicity in the abortive Communist coup of October 1965, during which six nationalist, non-Communist generals were murdered. Last week, after six months of scornful silence, Sukarno finally replied to a demand from the People's Congress that he explain his role in the coup. "Why am I the only one who is asked to render an account?" he snorted in outraged innocence. Sukarno tersely blamed the coup on "the wrong way" taken by Indonesian Communist leaders, on "the cunning" of imperialism, and on "the fact that there were persons who were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indonesia: Final Drive? | 1/20/1967 | See Source »

Nasution's response was to announce the launching of an investigation of Sukarno's involvement in the coup. The announcement coincided neatly with the capture of a key man in the coup, Brigadier General Supardjo, who was conveniently caught last week near Halim Air Force Base, where the six murdered generals were mutilated and buried. Indonesia's new leaders hope that Supardjo's testimony will link Sukarno to the coup leaders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Indonesia: Final Drive? | 1/20/1967 | See Source »

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