communist zone in opposition to the new Suharto government. Some of their members had trained with the Viet Cong and recently returned to Indonesia, and so they imitated the tactics used in Vietnam. Some reports said that up to 90 percent of peasants in the Blitar were supportive of this movement, even as anti-communist killings were happening all over the country. The region was more of a refuge for people fleeing the killings than it was a strong base of power. The Indonesian Army made aggressive raids into the region in early 1968, with five thousand soldiers and three thousand militiamen., and Hutapea was killed in South Blitar in May 1968. References 1968 deaths Communist Party of Indonesia politicians Indonesian communists People of Batak descent Indonesian newspaper editors