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By 1964, Sukarno commenced an anti-American campaign due to his growing shift towards the communist bloc, and less friendly Lyndon Johnson administration.

American interests and businesses in Indonesia were denounced and even attacked by PKI-led mobs.

American movies were banned, American books and records of the Beatles were burned, and Indonesian band Koes Plus was jailed for playing American-style rock and roll music.

As a result, US aid to Indonesia was halted, to which Sukarno made his famous remark, " Go to hell with your aid ".

Sukarno withdrew Indonesia from the United Nations membership on 7 January 1965 when, with US backing, Malaysia took a seat of UN Security Council.

By this time, Sukarno's brinkmanship policies left him with few international allies.

With the government already severely indebted to the tune of US $ 1 billion to the Soviet Union, Sukarno became increasingly dependent to Communist China for support.

He spoke increasingly of a Peking-Jakarta axis, which would be the core of a new anti-imperialist world organization, the CONEFO.