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unusual facts about 30 September Movement


Kopkamtib

Following the killing of 6 top generals and failed coup attempt, the surviving general, Suharto, accepted President Sukarno's order to take control of the army.


Cornell Paper

At approximately 7:15 a.m. local time on October 1, 1965, an announcement was made over the airwaves of Radio Republik Indonesia in the capital city of Jakarta that the self-proclaimed September 30 Movement overnight prevented a coup d'état attempt by the Council of Generals, an alleged "subversive movement" sponsored by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.

Lembaga Kebudajaan Rakjat

Taufiq Ismail, one of the signatories of the Manifesto Kebudayaan and a fierce critic of Lekra, is described by literary scholar Michael Bodden as having used a "highly dubious interpretation" of a Lekra member's poetry to prove that Lekra had pre-knowledge of the 30 September Movement, an attempt to overthrow Sukarno's government.


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