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Shadow Play (2001)

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clip When a coup is a transfer of power education content clip 2

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In 1965 President Sukarno was forced to hand the leadership of Indonesia to General Suharto. The official line was that it was a gentlemanly transfer of power but in reality President Sukarno had no choice. Journalist Frank Palmos recalls his own response and that of the Western press.