the nixon years during that period? >> baskara: yeah, after world war ii. >> anthony: you were also a man of the cloth, a man of faith, so the right man to talk to. we've been largely advised that we will make people uncomfortable if even we even discuss the year 1965. >> baskara: the year of living dangerously. >> anthony: the year of living dangerously. >> baskara: yeah. what happened was basically the communists were accused of launching a coup against the government, and because of that there was kind of justification for killing people who were suspected of being communists. >> anthony: and who were they? >> baskara: they're just villagers. or people who, in a very vain way associated or connected with the indonesian communist party. >> anthony: right. >> reporter: indonesia boasts one of the world's most bizarre leaders. three weeks ago the communists staged a coup. but it was sparred and the army struck back. >> reporter: indonesia's revolution is still fiercely on the boil. as the systematic roundup of communists goes on. >> reporter: with its leaders either captured or killed, the communist force collapsed. >> reporter: the army led a hunt for party officials, slaughtering the largest communist party outside the iron curtain. >> reporter: general suharto has taken advantage of the passion stirred to try and swing public opinion hard against their rivals.