i don't believe this i'm sorry but the way you talk gives me the idea that you are of the opinion that soeharto is no more than some kind of a dictator many thinks the same i won't deny that but you have failed to mention that he is who we call as 'bapak pembangunan' or 'the father of development' during the reign of soekarno whose deed perhaps stopped at the proclamation on august th and the short time following when mpr and dpr are established indonesia are on the verge of being turned into a communist nation and people are on the worst of poverty due to the minimum development and import export when soeharto was the president indonesia was at its best of conditionschools are openened everywhere the year education program are legitimated etc it would be too much to mention all of them he ruled with military force correct but i personally think it was pretty much needed to keep things in order and would be the right thing to do had not he overdid it and about soekarno etc cooperating with japan it wasn't completely true during their time in indonesia japanese banned all national organization and established 'putera' which aim was to have the educated people of indonesia to work for japan soekarno mohammad hatta and few others joined in 'putera' just so they could gain information about japanese and have supplies from them this is also so the japanese wouldn't keep their eyes on them while they secretly establish the national movement there are also controverisal underground organizations established by indonesian icons that worked secretly amongst the villagers i hope this would give you the rough sketch of the national movement during japanese reign