Mx Arjuna on Nostr: By mid-60s Sukarno’s rhetoric was more anti-Western and the PKI was strong. On Aug ...

By mid-60s Sukarno’s rhetoric was more anti-Western and the PKI was strong. On Aug 17, 1965 he announced an "anti-imperialist Jakarta–Phnom Penh–Hanoi–Beijing–Pyongyang axis" and said that only the army stood in the way. Weeks later, the Sept 30th Movement attempted a coup.

6 generals were killed. Major General Suharto seized the army, claimed he would protect Sukarno, but refused to return power. Within a year Sukarno was forced out. Suharto’s 'New Order' replaced the 'old order' of Sukarno.