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The Initial Purging Policies after the 1965 Incident at Lubang Buaya
Politische Säuberungen nach dem Zwischenfall in Lubang Buaya 1965
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Abstract "After the Lubang Buaya incident on 1 October 1965 in which six top Indonesian Army generals and a lieutenant were killed, the Army began to implement a nationwide purging campaign with the assistance of civilian anti-communist groups. Thousands of PKI members, supporters and pro-Sukarno groups/ ind... view more
"After the Lubang Buaya incident on 1 October 1965 in which six top Indonesian Army generals and a lieutenant were killed, the Army began to implement a nationwide purging campaign with the assistance of civilian anti-communist groups. Thousands of PKI members, supporters and pro-Sukarno groups/ individuals immediately became the target of this purge. For organisational purposes, several purging policies were released and then strictly enforced. The official purging policies that are highlighted in this paper are a series of initial directives that were released within days of the generals' executions. They do not explicitly translate into orders to kill, but are more of a guideline to help anti-communist officials classify and contain communists and other PKI followers. This article attempts to show how these initial directives evolved and also discusses competing purge policies from non-military sources. The co-existence and overlapping nature of the various directives indicate that a power struggle existed between the anti-communist group led by General Soeharto and the presidium of the Dwikora Cabinet who were loyal to President Soekarno." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
anti-communism; political persecution; military
Classification
Social History, Historical Social Research
Sociology of Developing Countries, Developmental Sociology
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2013
Page/Pages
p. 11-36
Journal
Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs, 32 (2013) 3
Issue topic
The Massacres of 1965-1966 : New Interpretations and the Current Debate in Indonesia
ISSN
1868-1034
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed