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Indonesia 1965: The Coup That Backfired (studi CIA, 1968)
CIA study, December 1968: Indonesia 1965 - the coup that backfired
CIA research study, December 1968 (released 2023), arguing the PKI planned the 30 September Movement in every detail, based largely on interrogations. Cold War security-apparatus counter-evidence relevant to how Gerwani was framed.
Studi riset CIA, Desember 1968 (dibuka 2023), yang berargumen PKI merencanakan Gerakan 30 September secara rinci, sebagian besar berdasar interogasi. Bukti tandingan dari aparat keamanan Perang Dingin yang relevan bagi pembingkaian Gerwani.
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- Date
- 1968
- Creator
- CIA
- Document type
- government record (CIA intelligence research study (declassified))
- Language
- English
- Perspective
- Intelligence/diplomatic record
- Source role
- primary
- Country
- USA
- Period
- 1967–1979
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- Citation (APA)
- Central Intelligence Agency. (1968). Indonesia 1965: The coup that backfired [Research study]. (Document No. C00186624; approved for release 2023).
- File
- 01 Primary Sources/1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records/CIA (1968) - Indonesia 1965, The Coup That Backfired (Research Study).pdf
- OCR / text
- Good (0.91) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
- Collection
- 01 Primary Sources › 1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records
- Summary basis
- condensed from full annotation
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