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Fetching Mr. Nas

A firsthand account from a Tjakrabirawa troop. From abortive fetching of General Nasution to his hellish days of torment under New Order.

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Illustration of the capture of General AH Nasution by the Tjakrabirawa Regiment. (Betaria Sarulina/Historia.ID).

  • 6 Sep 2022
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THOSE three soldiers with red berets were standing menacingly. With guns in their hands, they battered the bedroom door of the Coordinating Minister of Defense and Security and Armed Forces Chief of Staff, General Abdul Haris Nasution. But the general, who was planned to be brought in front of President Sukarno that early morning, was nowhere to be seen.

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