New Evidence in Foreign Involvement during Indonesian Mass Killings of 1965–66

Agus Widjojo, son of Sutoyo Siswomihardjo, even proposed the reconciliation between the parties involved. These facts supported the idea that Indonesians prefer a peaceful way in mediating a conflict.

Therefore, the mass killings in 1965-1966 can be said to be the result of external influence. The role of a few Indonesians with bad intentions that took advantage of the political condition must also be acknowledged, but they did not represent Indonesian as a whole.

The release of these documents is a good time to conduct reconciliation internally in Indonesia, especially those who are closely involved with the tragedy. It does not mean that we must forget the tragedy completely. On the contrary, we must use it as a reminder of the possible threat from foreign propaganda which could leave a deep wound in Indonesian history. We need to be always vigilant to this kind of threat.

Furthermore, we also need to be vigilant to possible extreme ideological threats internally, because those extreme ideologies might provide a crack that would let foreign propaganda infiltrate Indonesia again.***