In 1965, a group of Indonesian soldiers led by Lieutenant Colonel Untung, who had been part of a failed coup attempt against President Sukarno, announced the formation of a new government. The group, which called itself the September 30th Movement, said that it had taken control in order to forestall a larger military coup that was planned for later that day. In reality, the movement was backed by the Indonesian military, and its goal was to replace Sukarno with a …