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GA-00600 1947-07-08 De Heerenveensche Koerier rel A

Nederlandse zuiveringsactie op Zuid-Celebes (Dutch purge action in South Celebes)

Dutch purge action in South Celebes

De Heerenveensche Koerier, 8 July 1947, summarising a Vrij Nederland exposé on the Dutch 'purge' in South Sulawesi (Dec 1946-Mar 1947), with sworn statements and over 20,000 reported dead. It quotes a letter from the women of Makassar protesting the soldiers' methods, signed on behalf of a women's social association by

GA-00980 1949-11-07 Deventer Dagblad rel A

Indonesische minderheden protesteren (met bericht over de bende bij Masamba)

Indonesian minorities protest (with report on the Masamba band)

Deventer Dagblad front page (7 Nov 1949): a report of a 1,000-strong Amsterdam meeting 'Indonesian minorities accuse', protesting the forced incorporation of eastern Indonesian peoples into the RIS, joined by a fragment on the Masamba gang case. It repeats that the band appears to have been led by Makassar councillor S