Greg Poulgrain Knihy

For fans of conspiracy theories and the JFK assassination, this untold story explores the intricate connections between Indonesia, gold, JFK, Allen Dulles, the CIA, and covert military coups. John F. Kennedy, the thirty-fifth president of the United States, often clashed with Allen Dulles, the longest-serving CIA director, over intelligence and national security. However, one significant conflict has remained largely hidden until now. The narrative unfolds in the vast archipelago of Indonesia, where a secret showdown took place. In 1936, a company established by Dulles uncovered the world's largest gold deposit in remote Netherlands New Guinea. By 1962, President Kennedy intervened, adding this territory to Indonesia under President Sukarno, unaware of the gold's existence due to Dulles' secrecy. Dulles devised a ruthless CIA regime-change strategy to seize control of Indonesia and its resources, including the gold, which involved escalating tensions with Malaysia. Kennedy's planned visit to Jakarta in early 1964 threatened to derail Dulles' scheme, particularly his aim to dismantle the Indonesian communist party and create a rift between Moscow and Beijing. Only an assassin's bullet thwarted Kennedy's peaceful intentions. Did Dulles orchestrate JFK's assassination to protect his plans and resources? Using archival records and testimonies from key figures like Dean Rusk, Poulgrain investigates this complex web of intrigue.

This book throws new light onto the 1963-66 period of confrontation between Malaysia and Indonesia. The Brunei revolt in December 1962 started Confrontation but who started the Brunei revolt? Most historical accounts still hold A.M. Azahari of Brunei as culpable, but this book vindicates his role: Roy Henry (from British intelligence) openly admitted responsibility for starting the Brunei Revolt. This is but one result of accessing recently-released archival material and interviewing many former officials (some of whom are featured in the archival material). Documents which no previous works have accessed helped Dr Poulgrain piece together the genesis of Konfrontasi. An American-British group called SIFE (Security Intelligence Far East) was the key to Konfrontasi. The British kept control of Brunei oil, even at the cost of manipulating the Sultanate; and in Singapore, they actively promoted Lee Kuan Yew; but in Indonesia, beyond the joint strategy of ousting Sukarno, the British and Americans were actually rivals. This book looks into the vectors that generated Konfrontasi in early 1963, rather than the attempted solution (publication forthcoming) by President Kennedy in late 1963.