A covert CIA-assisted army coup topples Sukarno …
Years: 1965 - 1965
A covert CIA-assisted army coup topples Sukarno in 1965.
The US State Department provides assasination lists and weapons to the Indonesian military led by Suharto.
An estimated half-million to over one million Indonesians are killed in Indonesia in the space of a few weeks.
Locations
People
Groups
- United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC)
- Indonesia, Republic of
- CIA (Central Intelligence Agency of the U.S.A.)
Topics
- Cold War
- Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation
- Indonesian killings of 1965–66
- Transition to the New Order
