In December 1965 , the US embassy in Jakarta had sent a telegram to Washington stating that without the uprising , " removal of foreign oil companies would have been a certainty . " In late 1968 , the National Intelligence Estimate for Indonesia reported : " An essential part of the Suharto government 's economic program ... has been to welcome foreign capital back to Indonesia . Already about 25 American and European firms have recovered control of mines , estates , and other enterprises nationalized under Sukarno . Liberal legislation has been enacted to attract new private foreign investment . ... There is substantial foreign investment in relatively untapped resources of nickel , copper , bauxite , and timber . The most promising industry ... is oil . " The killings served as a direct precedent for the genocidal invasion and occupation of East Timor . The same generals oversaw the killing in both situations and encouraged equally brutal methods — with impunity
genocidal
East Timor genocide
Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66