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GA-00481 1966-02-15 Algemeen Dagblad rel B

Nederlandse vrouw enige verdedigster (Perempuan Belanda satu-satunya pembela)

Dutch woman sole defender

ANP report in Algemeen Dagblad (1966-02-15) on Dutch-born lawyer Trees Sunito-Heyligers, the only Indonesian jurist willing to defend PKI/SOBSI leader Njono before the special military tribunal. Her husband Sunito was jailed after the coup and she was dismissed from the state bank. No Gerwani mention; context for the 1

GA-01271 1966-02-15 Limburgsch Dagblad rel B

Niet openbaar (Not public: the Njono trial)

Not public: the Njono trial

Limburgsch Dagblad, 15 February 1966, p. 1: start of the closed Mahmillub trial of SOBSI leader Njono, who says he was told to inform Sukarno of a 'council of generals' but joined the coup instead. Students demanded a public trial; only selected journalists are admitted. Njono is defended by Dutch-born lawyer Trees Soe

GA-03585 1966-02-15 Journal et feuille d'avis du Valais rel B

Djakarta, leader communiste au tribunal (Trees Soenito defends Njono)

Swiss press, 15 Feb 1966: PKI leader Njono on trial in Jakarta (defence counsel Trees Soenito)

Swiss regional daily, 15 Feb 1966: the special military court trying PKI leader Njono opened the previous day. Njono's sole defence counsel is Mrs Trees Soenito, 50, daughter of a former Dutch official and wife of a jailed leftist leader, who says she was appointed only on Saturday after other lawyers declined. The tex

GA-03587 1966-02-15 La Suisse rel A

Le procès de ceux qui voulaient renverser Soukarno a commencé (Trees Soenito)

Swiss press, 15 Feb 1966: PKI leader Njono on trial in Jakarta (defence counsel Trees Soenito)

La Suisse, 15 Feb 1966, UPI/AFP wire from Singapore on the opening of the first coup trial in Jakarta. Defendant Njono, PKI Central Committee member, denies plotting against Sukarno. His only lawyer is Mrs Trees Soenito, aged 50, daughter of a former Dutch official in Indonesia and wife of a left-wing Indonesian leader

GA-01364 1966-02-21 Trouw rel B

Na eis van doodstraf: Njono's verdedigster bepleit vrijspraak (After death-penalty demand: Njono's counsel pleads acquittal)

After death-penalty demand: Njono's counsel pleads acquittal

Trouw (21 Feb 1966): after the prosecutor demanded the death penalty for SOBSI leader Njono, his lawyer Trees Soenito-Heyligers argues nothing proves a plot to overthrow the government; Njono gave an hour-long political defence. Lawyer complains of two days' preparation; PKI-linked Colonel Latief reportedly arrested. N

GA-03564 1966-02-22 Eszak-Magyarorszag rel B

Njono trial, defence counsel Mrs Sunito (Eszak-Magyarorszag, 22 Feb 1966)

Hungarian press, Feb 1966: Njono trial, defence counsel Mrs Sunito

Search snippet from the Hungarian daily Eszak-Magyarorszag (22 February 1966, no. 44) reporting that, in the case of PKI leader Njono, the matter was referred to the special military court and that Mrs Sunito, Njono's defence lawyer, submitted a clemency petition. Only a fragment; page OCR not retrieved. Identifying he

GA-01267 1966-03-18 Leeuwarder Courant rel C

Sfeer van staatsgreep in Djakarta: Soebandrio in arrest (Atmosphere of coup in Jakarta: Subandrio under arrest)

Coup atmosphere in Jakarta: Subandrio under arrest

Leeuwarder Courant, 18 March 1966, p. 1: report on Suharto's army placing Foreign Minister Subandrio, twelve other ministers and Saleh in 'protective custody' after the 11 March order, with tanks aimed at the Merdeka palace, Adam Malik made acting foreign minister, and student demonstrations. Suharto cites trial testim

GA-01315 1966-03-19 Nieuwsblad Van Het Noorden rel C

Soekarno en Soebandrio onder bewaking: Indonesisch leger voltooit rustig greep naar macht (Sukarno and Subandrio under guard)

Sukarno and Subandrio under guard: Indonesian army quietly completes grab for power

Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, 19 March 1966, p. 1: report on Suharto's 'quiet 12-hour coup' that purged Sukarno's cabinet and arrested 15 ministers including Subandrio. A photo caption says Indonesian women loudly cheered the new regime at a Jakarta mass meeting. Gerwani is not mentioned.

GA-01991 1966-04-19 Renmin Ribao rel A licensed

Renmin Ribao, 19 April 1966: Komite Solidaritas Asia-Afrika Thailand memprotes penindasan di Indonesia (泰国亚非人民团结委员会发表新闻公报)

Thai Afro-Asian Solidarity Committee protests repression in Indonesia (snippet)

Snippet-only Renmin Ribao extract (19 Apr 1966, p. 4) from a Thai Afro-Asian Solidarity Committee communiqué protesting Indonesia's repression. It lists banned mass organisations including Gerwani and notes the 12 March 1966 ban on the PKI; truncated. Full text is GA-01992.

GA-01992 1966-04-19 Renmin Ribao rel B licensed

Renmin Ribao, 19 April 1966: Komite Solidaritas Asia-Afrika Thailand memprotes penindasan di Indonesia (泰国亚非人民团结委员会发表新闻公报)

Thai Afro-Asian Solidarity Committee communique condemns Indonesian military killings and arrests

Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (19 Apr 1966, p. 4) of a 13 April communiqué by the Thai Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Committee condemning Indonesia's military and 'reactionaries': 78,500 killed and 106,000 arrested per the Fact-Finding Commission in Bali, Java and North Sumatra; bans on Pemuda Rakyat, CGMI, Gerwani, B

GA-01547 1966-05-06 l'Unità rel B

L'Unità, 6 maggio 1966, p. 11: 'Indonesia, cessino i massacri'

l'Unita, 6 May 1966, p. 11: 'Indonesia, stop the massacres'

l'Unità (PCI daily), 6 May 1966, p. 11 (PDF page). Dozens of PCI, PSI and PSIUP deputies and senators send a letter to the Indonesian embassy in Rome asking Sukarno's government to stop the massacres, executions and mass arrests of leftist leaders and thousands of militants by security forces and army. Gerwani is not n

GA-01548 1966-05-06 l'Unità rel B

L'Unità, 6 maggio 1966, p. 11: 'Indonesia, cessino i massacri' (teks OCR)

l'Unita, 6 May 1966, p. 11: 'Indonesia, stop the massacres' (OCR text)

l'Unità (PCI daily), 6 May 1966, p. 11 (OCR text version). Dozens of PCI, PSI and PSIUP deputies and senators send a letter to the Indonesian embassy in Rome asking Sukarno's government to stop the massacres, executions and mass arrests of leftist leaders and thousands of militants by security forces and army. Gerwani

GA-00913 1966-05-13 De Waarheid rel A

Indonesië: protest tegen vervolging vrouwenbeweging 'Gerwani'

Indonesia: protest against persecution of the women's movement Gerwani

De Waarheid, 13 May 1966, p. 1: report that the NVB wrote to President Sukarno in shock and indignation at the terror against Gerwani and other democratic organisations, recalling the role they played in the Indonesian revolution and nation-building, and demanding the release of all political prisoners and lifting of t

GA-00914 1966-05-13 De Waarheid rel A

Indonesië: protest tegen vervolging vrouwenbeweging 'Gerwani' (volledige voorpagina, De Waarheid 13-5-1966)

Protest against persecution of Gerwani (full front page, 13 May 1966)

Full De Waarheid front page, 13 May 1966, mostly Dutch domestic and international news (cabinet Cals wage policy, Soviet trade delegation, US-China air incident). Only one box is relevant: the NVB's letter to Sukarno protesting terror against Gerwani and other democratic organisations and demanding release of political

GA-00915 1966-07-23 De Waarheid rel A

In oproep Internationale Vrouwenfederatie: vrijlating gearresteerde Indonesische vrouwen verlangd

WIDF appeal: release of arrested Indonesian women demanded

De Waarheid, 23 Jul 1966, p. 6: report that the WIDF Bureau, meeting in Berlin in June 1966, adopted an appeal for solidarity with Indonesian women and the progressive organisation Gerwani, demanding immediate release of arrested Gerwani members and leaders and restoration of legality for all Indonesian women's organis

GA-01672 1966-10-08 Press rel B

Students Demand Trial for Mrs Hartini Sukarno (Press, Christchurch, 8 October 1966)

Students Demand Trial for Mrs Hartini Sukarno (Press, Christchurch, 8 October 1966), photograph clipping

Photograph-only clipping from the Press (Christchurch), 8 Oct 1966: demonstrators with banners and flags in Jakarta, one banner partly legible; illustrates the students' demand to try Hartini Sukarno for patronage of Gerwani. No caption text in this clipping.

GA-01673 1966-10-08 Press rel A

Students Demand Trial for Mrs Hartini Sukarno (Press, Christchurch, 8 October 1966)

Students Demand Trial for Mrs Hartini Sukarno (Press, Christchurch, 8 October 1966), caption clipping

Caption clipping from the Press (Christchurch), 8 Oct 1966: anti-Communist students in Jakarta demand Hartini Sukarno's arrest and trial for economic deviation, affiliation with Communist leaders and patronage of Gerwani, 'whose members are said to have played a major role' in the killing of six Army generals in Octobe

GA-03478 1966-11-19 The Press (Christchurch) rel B

Military Trial: Woman Named (Suwarti, PKI Central Committee)

Military Trial: Woman Named (Suwarti, PKI Central Committee), The Press, 19 Nov 1966

Short NZPA-Reuter dispatch in The Press (Christchurch), 19 Nov 1966, citing Antara: the first woman member of the banned PKI to face trial will appear before a special military court in South Sumatra. She is named only as Suwarti, a Central Committee member. The sweep tentatively identifies her as Suwarti Bintang Surad

GA-01993 1966-12-09 Renmin Ribao rel C licensed

Renmin Ribao, 9 Desember 1966: Sekjen OSRAA Indonesia menyerukan penghentian pembantaian 300.000 patriot (印尼亚非人民团结组织秘书长向世界革命人民紧急呼吁)

Indonesian AAPSO secretary-general appeals to stop massacre of 300,000 patriots (snippet)

Snippet-only Renmin Ribao extract (9 Dec 1966, p. 6): Ibrahim Isa, secretary-general of the Indonesian Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organisation (AAPSO), appeals to stop Suharto and Nasution from massacring 300,000 Indonesian patriots; truncated. Gerwani not named. Full text is GA-01994.

GA-01994 1966-12-09 Renmin Ribao rel C licensed

Renmin Ribao, 9 Desember 1966: Sekjen OSRAA Indonesia menyerukan penghentian pembantaian 300.000 patriot (印尼亚非人民团结组织秘书长向世界革命人民紧急呼吁)

Indonesian AAPSO secretary-general urges world solidarity against Suharto-Nasution regime

Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (9 Dec 1966, p. 6) of a statement by Ibrahim Isa, secretary-general of Indonesian AAPSO, urging world solidarity against the Suharto-Nasution regime, said to hold 300,000 prisoners including women's organisation cadres and to have slaughtered hundreds of thousands. It also attacks Soviet '

GA-01995 1966-12-14 Renmin Ribao rel C licensed

Renmin Ribao, 14 Desember 1966: Lima badan Tiongkok menyatakan dukungan seruan menyelamatkan 300.000 patriot Indonesia (我国五团体代表全国人民发表联合声明)

Five Chinese bodies back appeal to save 300,000 Indonesian patriots (snippet)

Snippet-only Renmin Ribao front-page extract (14 Dec 1966): five Chinese bodies including the All-China Women's Federation issue a joint statement condemning the mass slaughter of Indonesian patriots; truncated. Gerwani not named. Full text is GA-01996.

GA-01996 1966-12-14 Renmin Ribao rel C licensed

Renmin Ribao, 14 Desember 1966: Lima badan Tiongkok menyatakan dukungan seruan menyelamatkan 300.000 patriot Indonesia (我国五团体代表全国人民发表联合声明)

Five Chinese organisations condemn Indonesian military regime's mass slaughter and detention

Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (14 Dec 1966, p. 1): five Chinese organisations, including the All-China Women's Federation, jointly condemn Indonesia's 'right-wing military regime' for mass slaughter and detention of 300,000, support the Indonesian AAPSO appeal, and attack Soviet 'revisionists' and Adam Malik's Moscow v

GA-02020 1966-12-21 Berita Harian rel A

Berita Harian, 21 Disember 1966: Isteri Aidit ditangkap

Berita Harian, 21 Dec 1966: Aidit's wife arrested

Berita Harian, 21 Dec 1966 (UPI, lead only). Reports the arrest of D.N. Aidit's wife, described as a leader of the women's wing Gerwani, who had been under intelligence watch since the coup and was a very active communist.

GA-02026 1966-12-21 Eastern Sun rel A

Eastern Sun, 21 December 1966: Wife of Aidit captured

Eastern Sun, 21 Dec 1966: Wife of Aidit captured

Eastern Sun, 21 Dec 1966 (UPI, lead only). Aidit's wife, a leader of Indonesia's communist women's organisation, was captured; intelligence agents had watched her since the coup and described her as a dedicated Communist.

GA-03331 1966-12-21 Berita Harian rel A

Isteri Aidit ditangkap (Army seizes Aidit's wife)

Army seizes Aidit's wife (Berita Harian, 1966)

Berita Harian, 21 December 1966, p. 1, UPI: the wife of D.N. Aidit, described as a leader of the communist women's section (Gerwani), is arrested; per the paper 'Harian Perang' she had been watched since the coup and stayed very active as a fugitive. Short item; she is not named in the text.

GA-03465 1966-12-21 New York Times, p. 16 rel A licensed

Mrs. Aidit Reported Seized (New York Times, 21 Dec 1966, p. 16)

Mrs. Aidit Reported Seized (New York Times, 21 Dec 1966)

New York Times headline item, 21 December 1966, p. 16: 'Mrs. Aidit Reported Seized'. Per the sweep log it reports the arrest of Dr Soetanti Aidit, wife of PKI chairman D.N. Aidit. Only the citation header was captured, not the article text.