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Political prisoners of this leader’s regime wrote songs for the album Prison Songs: Songs That Were Silenced, released by the organization Taman ‘65. This leader’s “dual function” policy gave his country’s military a monopoly on top government jobs. This leader’s official narrative of the coup that brought him to power was challenged by Ruth McVey and Benedict (-5[1])Anderson (15[1])in the Cornell (15[1])Paper. (15[1])This leader liberalized his country’s economy with the assistance of the (*) “Berkeley Mafia.” The CIA assisted in this leader’s killings of upward of a million suspected communists after an attempted coup by the 30th of September movement. This man’s government committed numerous atrocities during its invasion and occupation of Timor-Leste. For 10 points, name this leader who succeeded Sukarno (10[1])to become the second president of Indonesia. ■END■

ANSWER: Suharto
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