If Sino-US rapprochement did occur, would Indonesia come along for the ride? If it does not, do they drift back to the Soviets? What's the economic policy of Red Indonesia? Standard issue Leninist? Maoist? Khmer Rouge-y?
The PKI’s default foreign policy stance in the communist world was non-alignment. They tended to drift between the USSR in China. If the PKI came to power in the early rather than mid-60s, a Red Indonesia would probably be like North Korea in terms of its foreign policy in the communist world. But by 1965, they’d drifted to China.
Economically they’re similar to Maoism pre-Great Leap Forward. Seizure of land from the class enemies to be redistributed to the peasants.
Actually, I’m not sure Sino-US rapprochement could occur if Indonesia became part of a China-led communist bloc. For a few reasons:
-China now has a more “legitimate” bloc. OTL, the only communist nation (ie. with communist party that is governing not merely contending for power) that sided with China in the Sino-Soviet was Albania (IIRC).
With a red Indonesia in its corner, it’s probably not out of the question that this bloc could attract a few more members into its orbit (North Korea, Laos, Cambodia being prime candidates).
-I don’t think the likes of Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Australia, UK, maybe also South Korea and Japan as well would approve of the US trying to build ties with such a bloc.
This is unlike in OTL where China doesn’t have a bloc of allies and there’s ASEAN.