Accused Of Being The Mastermind, Where Was DN Aidit During The G30S Event?

YOGYAKARTA - Where was DN Aidit during the G30S incident in 1965? This article will reveal the location of Aidit's whereabouts, who became an important figure in the bloody incident.

As we all know, the September 30th Movement (G30S) of 1965 was the kidnapping and murder of six generals and one Army officer (AD). Their lives were preserved in an old well called Joaya'.

Before this incident occurred, there was a avian news' which stated that there was a Council General (who was still a mystery until now) wanting to overthrow President Soekarno.

Due to the coup issue, the Cakrabirawa Troops tasked with securing the president and a number of figures from the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI), planned the kidnapping of a number of generals.

The plan is that the kidnapped generals will be faced with Soekarno to explain the issue of the coup that broke out. However, this plan turned into a bloody tragedy. The PKI, then chaired by DN Aidit, was accused of being the mastermind behind the G30S tragedy.

The question is, where was Aidit on the night of the September 30 Movement? To find out, let's see the review below.

Compiled from various sources, on September 30 evening in 1965, DN Aidit was at his house with his wife, Soetanti. At that time, Aidit was trying to put his son to sleep, Ilham Aidit.

However, at 21.30 WIB, Aidit was picked up by two military officers in a Jeep.

Soetandi actually banned her husband from leaving, but Aidit still left with a person in military uniform, without giving an explanation of the purpose and reason behind his departure.

It was later discovered that the person in military uniform who picked up Aidit was Major (Udara) Soejono. He took the Chairperson of the PKI to the official residence of the Minister/Panglima Air Force, Laksdya Oemar Dhani, at Wisma Angkasa, Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta.

Because the house voter was not at the location, Aidit was taken to Omar's father-in-law's house on Jalan Otto Iskandardinata III, East Jakarta.

However, Omar never appeared so Aidit was taken back to the official residence of an Air Force (AU) officer at the AU Housing Complex in Halim Perdanakusuma, Jakarta which was used as Central Command (Cenko) II.

During the kidnapping and the release of six generals and one AD officer, DN Aidit remained silent at the house.

The next morning, on October 1, 1965, Aidit only found out that the operation did not go according to plan because a number of generals actually died tragically that night.

Based on Omar Dhani's orders, Aidit was then taken to the Halim Perdana Kusuma Air Base and flown to Yogyakarta.

After spending one day in Yogyakarta, Aidit moved to Semarang, Central Java, and consolidated so that the PKI could be released from the general's shooting incident.

After consolidating, Aidit went to Boyolali and Solo, Central Java. In these two cities, he received criticism of the bloody tragedy that occurred in Jakarta.

On October 6, 1965, Aidit, who was in Blitar, East Java, wrote a letter to Soekarno. In the letter, Aidit recounted the G30S version of his version.

At night, Aidt was picked up by a Cakrabirawa dress on the grounds of attending a cabinet meeting at the Palace. However, he was taken elsewhere.

In the days after that, a number of PKI figures who were considered masterminds for the fulfillment of generals, including Aidit, were hunted by the Army under the leadership of Pangkostrad Major General Suharto.

After the G30S incident, Aidit never returned to Jakarta. He tried to reduce military violence against PKI sympathizers in East Java. In his last letter dated November 10, 1965, Aidit admitted that he would seek protection from China.

However, on November 22, 1965, Aidit's escape was stopped. He was arrested by the Infantry Brigade 4/Diponegoro in Sambeng Village, Surakarta.

After being arrested, Aidit was originally going to Semarang, to be precise to the Diponegoro Kodam Headquarters. However, on the way, Kolenel Jasir Hadibroto turned his car towards a remote area in a village in Boyolali.