Talk:Suharto/Archives/2005/May

CIA
"Lists of suspected communists were supplied to the Suharto regime by the CIA. In addition, the CIA tracked the names on these lists as Suharto's regime cracked down on them."

If this is true, there should be a link attached. Trey Stone 05:18, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I would even add that unless there is a link attached, it should be reworded as "There is suspicion that ....." Otherwise this may be POV. While this theory has been around for as long as Suharto had gained power, it is still debated. Julius.kusuma 23:20, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Here's the link. Richard Cane 23:37, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Further references can be found at the National Security Archive at George Washington University.--Daniel 22:37, May 23, 2005 (UTC)

I made a judgement call, and made the CIA/State Department's involvement in Suharto's rise its own separate section in the article. I believe this makes both reading and editing the text more easy.--Daniel 05:43, May 24, 2005 (UTC)

Shadow Play
There is an excellent Film by PBS called Shadow Play that details instrumental CIA involvement in Suharto's rise and dictatorship. Including sourced documents and CIA admissions. Here is that link:

www.pbs.org/wnet/shadowplay

This is a really good link. Perhaps this should be put into the article. Richard Cane 05:47, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I shifted the link to Shadow Play from "References" to "External Links" as there are no particular references to it in the text of the article.--Daniel 02:47, May 27, 2005 (UTC)

Spelling
I think this article should be redirected to Soeharto instead of otherwise. Meursault2004 15:51, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I just changed the spelling from Suharto -> Soeharto. This is the usual way to spell his name and how he spells his own name. Meursault2004 09:47, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

Hey User:Trey Stone please put a message first in the discussion page before you revert the changes of the spelling. Soeharto writes his own name that way in Latin script. So this is not a matter of transliteration. I haven't reverted your changes as I don't want to start an edit war. Meursault2004 01:11, 8 May 2005 (UTC)

Stop the revert war!
Can everybody PLEASE stop the revert war and discuss the issues here instead? And please stop breaking the layout/links of the article. Thanks. Julius.kusuma 10:58, 15 May 2005 (UTC)

Reformation Section
I expanded the Reformation/Fall portion of the article, using mostly contemporary sources as the events were fairly well documented by Western news media/academics.--Daniel 22:23, May 24, 2005 (UTC)