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|wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_September_Movement | |wikipedia=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_September_Movement | ||
|fatalities=1000000 | |fatalities=1000000 | ||
| + | |description=Maybe a million dead as a result of a [[CIA]]-backed coup | ||
|image=1965 Indonesia coup.jpg | |image=1965 Indonesia coup.jpg | ||
|image_width=360px | |image_width=360px | ||
|image_caption=Major General [[Suharto]] (at right, foreground) attends a funeral for generals assassinated on 5 October 1965 | |image_caption=Major General [[Suharto]] (at right, foreground) attends a funeral for generals assassinated on 5 October 1965 | ||
|constitutes=coup attempt, mass murder | |constitutes=coup attempt, mass murder | ||
| + | |locations=Indonesia | ||
|start=1 October 1965 | |start=1 October 1965 | ||
|end=1 October 1965 | |end=1 October 1965 | ||
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| − | The | + | ==Organisers== |
| + | The [[CIA]] "coupmaster" [[Marshall Green]] took up the post of [[United States Ambassador to Indonesia]] on June 4, 1965. | ||
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| + | One of the main plotters, Col. Latief, was a close associate of Suharto, as were other key figures in the movement, and that Latief actually visited Suharto on the night before the murders.<ref name=WERTHEIM1970>Wertheim (1970).</ref> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
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 Major General Suharto (at right, foreground) attends a funeral for generals assassinated on 5 October 1965 | |
| Date | 1 October 1965 |
|---|---|
| Location | Indonesia |
| Deaths | 1000000 |
| Description | Maybe a million dead as a result of a CIA-backed coup |
Organisers
The CIA "coupmaster" Marshall Green took up the post of United States Ambassador to Indonesia on June 4, 1965.
One of the main plotters, Col. Latief, was a close associate of Suharto, as were other key figures in the movement, and that Latief actually visited Suharto on the night before the murders.[1]
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References
- ↑ Wertheim (1970).
