Gilchrist Document
The Gilchrist Document is a much cited document from 1965 often used to claim Western involvement in the overthrow of the pro-Communist president Sukarno in Indonesia. The document purports to be a letter from the British ambassador to Jakarta, Andrew Gilchrist, addressed to the British Foreign Office and refers to a joint US–UK plan for military intervention in Indonesia.
The United States has rejected it as a forgery. Indonesian or Communist forgers have been claimed. The British defence secretary in 1965, Denis Healey, stated in 2000 that Britain was not involved, though Healey would have supported involvement had it been possible.
