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GA-01080 1951-08-20 Het Vaderland rel A

Weer talrijke arrestaties in Indonesië

Again numerous arrests in Indonesia

Het Vaderland front-page report (20 Aug 1951) on the escalating arrests of communists across Indonesia: 26 in East Java including Java Post editor Go Tjing Hok, the local PKI chair and SOBSI leaders, and Mrs Parjani Ilham, chair of the women's organisation 'Gerwis'; 50 in Bandung with SOBSI offices sealed; 175 in East

GA-01297 1951-08-20 Nieuwe Haarlemsche Courant rel A

Arrestaties in Oost-Java: Scherpe controle op de pers (Arrests in East Java: strict control of the press)

Arrests in East Java: strict control of the press

Nieuwe Haarlemsche Courant, 20 August 1951: reports the August 1951 mass arrests in East Java (the 'Razzia Agustus') of 26 people in Surabaya including journalists, PKI local chair Hutapea, Sobsi's Surono and Sutomo, and the Gerwis chairwoman Mrs Parjani Ilham; 175 more arrested in Malang, Bojonegoro, Madiun and Kediri

GA-01106 1951-08-25 Indische Courant Voor Nederland rel A

Ook journalisten in Oost-Java onder arrestanten (Journalists also among those arrested in East Java)

Journalists also among those arrested in East Java

Indische Courant voor Nederland, 25 Aug 1951, p. 1: the August 1951 raids in East Java. About 26 arrested in Surabaya, including Mrs Parjani Ilham, chairwoman of Gerwis there, journalists, Sobsi and PKI local leaders; about 175 arrested across East Java. Police seized pictures of Mao, Lenin and Stalin.

GA-01416 1952-02-16 Harian Rakjat rel A

Nj. Mudigdio (PKI) di DPR tentang penangkapan razzia Agustus, Harian Rakjat 16 Februari 1952

Mrs Mudigdio (PKI) in parliament on the August raid arrests (Harian Rakjat, 16 February 1952)

Harian Rakjat, 16 Feb 1952, front page continued p.4: parliamentary debate on the government's account of the August 1951 razzia (mass arrests of leftists). Nyonya Mudigdio (PKI) is reported proposing that the DPR form a committee to investigate the arrests; Sakirman (PKI) notes most victims were PKI members. A detaine

GA-01182 1952-03-25 Java-Bode rel B

Vrijlating gevraagd van arrestanten (Release of detainees requested)

Release of detainees requested

Java-Bode, 25 Mar 1952, p. 2: East Java conference of the Committee for Victims of the August Raid in Surabaya with PKI and Gerwis delegates; resolution demands release of Kediri detainees, support for families and visiting rights. Same text as the Indische Courant item of 29 Mar 1952.

GA-01111 1952-03-29 Indische Courant Voor Nederland rel B

Vrijlating gevraagd van arrestanten (Release of detainees requested)

Release of detainees requested

Indische Courant voor Nederland, 29 Mar 1952, p. 3: East Java conference of the Committee for Victims of the August Raid, in Surabaya on 23 March, attended by PKI and Gerwis delegates; resolution urges release of Kediri detainees, support for their families and visiting rights. Also a Lombok famine-relief item.