Britain keeps lid on MI6 role in ousting Sukarno
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The Cabinet Office is refusing to declassify documents which would give an insight into the UK's secret involvement in Indonesian politics in the 1960s. The most significant documents are those of the late Sir Andrew Gilchrist, who was British ambassador to Indonesia in the late-1960s. He was a leading supporter of a policy of destabilizing former Indonesian President General Sukarno. Historian Mark Curtis alleges that the UK ignored anti-communist massacres following a failed coup against Sukarno in 1965.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1999
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Spy fiasco cost Britain 50 agents
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Poor leadership of the Dutch section of Special Operations Executive (SOE) during the second world war led to serious problems, according to documents released only recently by the UK's Public Record Office. The German security policy were able to infiltrate the Dutch underground movement, and captured a considerable number of British agents. Most of these agents were executed. The German involvement was only revealed to the UK after two SOE agents managed to escape from a concentration camp in Aug 1943.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1998
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