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2 itemsTopic: Gerwani organisation ✕Organisation: Banteng Council ✕Decade: 1950s ✕
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GA-00889 1957-02-28 De Waarheid rel A

Terreur in Midden-Sumatra

Terror in Central Sumatra: Banteng Council arrests PKI members and Gerwani leaders

De Waarheid, 28 Feb 1957, p. 7: short report that the rebel 'Banteng Council' in Central Sumatra has set up a terror regime, arresting PKI members, unionists and democrats, and placing prominent members of the women's organisation Gerwani under 'town arrest'. SOBSI in Jakarta decided to call protest strikes. Early repo

GA-02197 1957-04-29 Suluh Indonesia rel A

Suluh Indonesia, 29 April 1957: Gerwani harapkan tindakan tegas (kawat DPP Gerwani kepada konferensi panglima dan gubernur)

Suluh Indonesia, 29 April 1957: DPP Gerwani cable to commanders' and governors' conference

Suluh Indonesia (PNI-aligned daily), Jakarta, 29 April 1957; four newspaper pages, OCR very noisy. Front page covers the Dewan Banteng/Ismail Lengah-Sutan Sjuis clash in Padang, cabinet changes and military authority. A short item on p. 2 reports that DPP Gerwani cabled the conference of regional military commanders an