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Soeprapto on a 1966 Indonesian stamp. Lieutenant General R. Soeprapto (20 June 1920 – 1 October 1965) was the Second Deputy Commander of the Indonesian Army, and was kidnapped from his home in Jakarta by members of the 30 September Movement in the early hours of 1 October.
The Thirtieth of September Movement (Indonesian: Gerakan 30 September, also known as G30S, and by the syllabic abbreviation Gestapu for Gerakan September Tiga Puluh, Thirtieth of September Movement, also unofficially called Gestok, for Gerakan Satu Oktober, or First of October Movement) was a self-proclaimed organization of Indonesian National Armed Forces members.
Lubang Buaya (literally "crocodile's pit") is an administrative village (kelurahan in Indonesian) in Cipayung, East Jakarta, Indonesia, located on the outskirts of Jakarta near the Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base. It is the site of the murder of seven Indonesian army officers during the 1 October coup attempt of the 30 September Movement.
The well down which the generals' bodies were dumped, 2013. Pengkhianatan G30S/PKI was based on the version of the story endorsed by Suharto's New Order government, in which the 30 September Movement (Gerakan 30 September, or G30S) coup was allegedly orchestrated by the Communist Party of Indonesia (Partai Komunis Indonesia, or PKI).
Under Aidit, the PKI grew rapidly—from 3,000–5,000 in 1950 to 165,000 in 1954 and 1.5 million in 1959. [18] The PKI led a series of militant strikes in August 1951 which were followed by clamp-downs in Medan and Jakarta, and the party leadership briefly went underground.
In October 1965, students in Jakarta formed KAMI (Kesatuan Aksi Mahasiswa Indonesia, Indonesian Students Action Front), which called for the banning of the PKI. [27] It was soon joined by a host of similar organisations made up of high school students, workers, artists and labourers and the like.
Sjam was a civil servant from 1947 to 1948, and was organizing trade unions from 1948 to 1950. Together with the other four group members, Sjam joined the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI) in 1949, then joined the military section of the PKI Organizational Department in the 1950s. He would have had a large number of contacts within the ...
There was no disguise associated with PKI membership, and most suspects were easy to identify within communities. [65] The U.S. Embassy in Jakarta supplied the Indonesian military with lists of up to 5,000 suspected communists. [33] [35] [36] Although some PKI branches organised resistance and reprisal killings, most went passively to their ...