Students burned down the headquarters of the Communist Youth Organisation in Jakarta after the failed coup In the early hours of 1 October 1965, seven military units moved through the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, heading to the homes of seven of the most senior generals in the army. Three were killed, three captured, and one, armed forces commander Abdul Haris Nasution, escaped, although his five-
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