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Suharto
: 'One Of The Greatest Mass Murderers Of The 20th Century'

By Chris Kline

The military and intelligence attachés in the US and British embassies were sending helpful death lists to the Indonesian high command when Suharto struck. In the midst of the mass executions, the British ambassador, Sir Andrew Gilchrist, sent a chilling telegram to London, saying: “I have never concealed from you my belief that a little shooting in Indonesia would be an essential preliminary to effective change.”
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19284.htm

Posted by thehughman1 on 2008-02-06 06:29:10 | Rating: n/a | Views: 51


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Posted by
Gwatlan
on 2008-02-06 07:24:31
 
Many Indonesians mourned the death of Suharto. For many ordinary Indoesians, he was regarded as the Father of Progress. He had brought great stability in many sectors of life like economy, manufacturing, farming etc.
 
 

Posted by
thehughman1
on 2008-02-06 20:22:28
 
Thank you Gwatlan. Unfortunately history can be unforgiving depending on who wrote it. I'm sure there was both good and bad depending on what side you viewed from. It seems apparent that this man was for the poor...and stepped on many affluent toes. This almost ensures him a place in the history books as a villian.
 
 


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