The communists' sins

The communists' sins

From Forum Keadilan

The purpose of the Sept. 30, 1965 coup attempt by the
Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) was to establish a communist
Indonesia and to get rid of Pancasila state ideology. If the coup
had been successful, the action would have been promptly followed
by the execution of persons belonging to the opposition and
religious leaders.

All parties outside the communist party had to be crushed.
Those who held different opinions were branded "communisto
phobia". They too had to go because they were a threat to the
revolution.

Today's generation has forgotten many things. They never knew
about the misdeeds of the PKI, especially about the period prior
to 1965.

To we members of the 1966 generation movement, we know exactly
how PKI successfully eliminated their opponents, the supporters
of Pancasila.

If we only could gather clippings of communist papers and
their affiliates now, we would have an illustration of how PKI
members eliminated their enemies. It is a pity that communist
papers from 1960 to 1965 disappeared and, possibly, are no longer
kept in our national archives.

The conditions of today could very well be exploited by the
Indonesian communist party. By means of penetrating various
circles or groups, they may rise again to finalize "the
unfinished revolution". It is in this context that the Armed
Forces has found it necessary to remind the public of the latent
danger of PKI.

It has really become apparent that the greater part of the
public has forgotten the evil deeds of PKI. Worse even, today's
facts about the communist party have become confused and
befuddled, doubts have been sown about their betrayal of the
nation.

It is, therefore, justified to always be on the alert for a
possible comeback of PKI. They shall never acknowledge the
achievement of the New Order administration under President
Soeharto.

O.C. KALIGIS

Jakarta