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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

Indonesia’s transition to the “New Order” in the mid-1960s, ousted the country’s first president, Sukarno, after 22 years in the position. One of the most tumultuous periods in the country’s modern history, it was the commencement of Suharto’s 31-year presidency.

Described as the great dhalang (”puppet master”), Sukarno drew power from balancing the opposing and increasingly antagonistic forces of the army and Indonesian Communist Party (PKI). By 1965, the PKI extensively penetrated all levels of government and gained influence at the expense of the army.[1]

On 30 September 1965, six of the military’s most senior officers were killed in an action (generally labelled an “attempted coup”) by the so-called 30 September Movement, a group from within the armed forces. Within a few hours, Major General Suharto mobilised forces under his command and took control of Jakarta. Anti-communists, initially following the army’s lead, went on a violent purge of communists throughout the country, killing an estimated half million people and destroying the PKI, which was officially blamed for the crisis.[2][3]

The politically weakened Sukarno was forced to transfer key political and military powers to General Suharto, who had become head of the armed forces. In March 1967, the Indonesian parliament (MPRS) named General Suharto acting president. He was formally appointed president one year later. Sukarno lived under virtual house arrest until his death in 1970.

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In 1970...is it possible the son of the friend of Sukarno was ejected from the country?


554 posted on 01/07/2018 1:47:51 PM PST by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum!)
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To: Fred Nerks

Yes, it’s most likely that on an individual case basis that they could have pleaded their case to the US embassy an obtained some sort of emergency waiver of a visa requirement.

But this article did not mention any en masse waiver for Indonesians during that time frame.

http://stthomaslawreview.org/articles/v27/2/callan.pdf

Maybe she personally delivered him to Hawaii and they just fudged the documentation released through the FOIA to coincide with what pOTUS or Brennan dictated for public disclosure.

Since Brennan can cauterize passports, why not manipulate FOIA requests? They have taken months or years to comply to requests and the results are impossible to authenticate.

*****Freedom of Information a Joke to Some Agencies
Jul 2nd, 2007 by Dan Gillmor.

“NY Times: Survey Finds Action on Information Requests Can Take Years. The Freedom of Information Act requires a federal agency to provide an initial response to a request within 20 days and to provide the documents in a timely manner. But the oldest pending request uncovered in a new survey of 87 agencies and departments has been awaiting a response for 20 years, and 16 requesters have been waiting more than 15 years for results.”


555 posted on 01/07/2018 3:03:39 PM PST by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
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