Department of State
U.S. Embassy tracked Indonesia mass murder, 1965
Briefing book · written October 1965 · released 17 October 2017
Why this matters
Newly declassified U.S. Embassy Jakarta files showing that American officials knew in detail about the army-led massacres of hundreds of thousands of alleged communists in 1965–66, and supported the campaign. Released through a declassification project with the State Department. One of the least-known mass atrocities of the Cold War.
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https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/indonesia/2017-10-17/indonesia-mass-murder-1965-us-embassy-files
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Department of State. "U.S. Embassy tracked Indonesia mass murder, 1965." October 1965. Released 17 October 2017. https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/indonesia/2017-10-17/indonesia-mass-murder-1965-us-embassy-files (accessed via The Quiet Archive, QA-0057).
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