U.S. Stood by as Indonesia Killed a Half-Million People, Papers Show The killings in 1965-66 played to anti-Communist attitudes, and U.S. diplomats mostly stayed silent while tallying the deaths, documents show. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:A Colonial-Era Wound Opens in NamibiaTrump Inspires Cheers, and Alarm, Around the WorldAvalanche Death Toll in Italy Reaches 5 as Search of Hotel Rubble ContinuesGambian Leader, Facing Ouster by Foreign Troops, Ends Tense StandoffPakistani Taliban Claim Deadly Market BombingHistorian’s Latest Book on Mao Turns Acclaim in China to Censure