Posterous theme by Cory Watilo

Indonesia, The key to Southeast Asia

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With the American efforts in Vietnam failing, the Americans feared that they would lose Southeast Asia to the communists. The Americans viewed Indonesia as they key to regaining control over the region, or at least gaining a foothold. Indonesia was an oil rich country and was often called “the most heavily populated piece of real estate on the planet.” They planned to make Indonesia incur huge loans to pay for huge projects, that would develop the infrastructure of Indonesia.