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GA-00666 1951-08-20 De Nieuwsgier rel A

Arrestaties in Oost-Java: in Surabaja zeven journalisten aangehouden (Arrests in East Java)

Arrests in East Java: seven journalists detained in Surabaya

De Nieuwsgier, 20 Aug 1951: report on the August 1951 Sukiman government sweep in East Java: 26 detained in Surabaya, including editors, SOBSI and PKI leaders, and Mrs Parjani Ilham, chairwoman of Gerwis. Police seized Mao, Lenin and Stalin pictures. Officials say the arrests do not target a particular ideology. Early

GA-00676 1952-06-16 De Nieuwsgier rel A

De kwestie Wikana (The Wikana question)

The Wikana question: August raid detainees' families delegation

De Nieuwsgier, 16 June 1952: Central Java territorial command denies that the defence minister told a delegation of the Committee of Families of August Raid Detainees (Mr K. Wirdojo and Mrs Moedigdo [Mudigdio]) he would lift the banishment of the Wikana group released after the 1951 raids. The three remain in Central J