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> The #IndonesianCoup and terror sequel had.. similarities with Brazil['s], which it followed by a year. The CIA had long been involved in Indonesian affairs.. participated in an unsuccessful regional rebellion in 1958 (an abortive #BrazilianCoup had occurred in 1955).. along with the Pentagon.. supplied cash and political intelligence to the officer corps. Army-inspired anti-Chinese pogroms that took place in West Java in 1959 were financed by U.S. contributions..
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