PODs for a Nuclear-Armed Indonesia

What are the times suitable to make Indonesia a nuclear state? I'm sure it's in Soekarno's era and before the Southeast Asian Nuclear-Free Zone treaty was signed, but I don't know exactly.
 

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I rather think any Indonesian nuclear facility under construction during Bung Karno’s period in office would have received a visit of the very unwelcome kind in the wee small hours of the morning.
 
If Australia obtains nuclear capabilities, which was well within possibilities during this period, then that might prompt a response from Indonesia.

This scenario was partially outlined in the ABC documentary 'Fortress Australia' which is available on youtube.

I was thinking of doing a short TL called 'Gorton's Gambit' on the subject of Australia going nuclear.
 
A communist Indonesia would probably try to get nuclear weapons, thus sparkling a race in the region. As mentionned before, Australia would definitely get the bomb in this scenario, so would Taiwan and maybe Malaysia and the Philippines.
 
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