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GA-00986 1951-08-20 Eindhovensch Dagblad rel A

Ook in Oost Java arrestaties

Also arrests in East Java

Eindhovensch Dagblad front-page report (20 Aug 1951) on the East Java arrests of 26 people, including journalists, the local PKI chair, SOBSI union leaders, and the chair of the women's organisation Gerwis, 'mevrouw Parjani Ilham' (as printed). Part of the August 1951 round-up; the paper links journalist Go Tjing Hok's

GA-01019 1951-08-20 Het Nieuwsblad Voor Sumatra rel A

Bescheiden in beslag genomen (arrestaties te Soerabaja, augustus 1951)

Documents seized (arrests in Surabaya, August 1951)

Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (20 Aug 1951, p.1) on the Surabaya arrests of 26 people during the August 1951 round-up: journalists (Go Tjing Hok etc.), SOBSI chair Surono and Sutomo, PKI chair Hutapea, and Mrs Parjani Ilham, chair of the women's organisation Gerwis. Police seized documents and portraits of Mao, Lenin and

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-01360 1951-08-20 Trouw rel A

Weer tientallen arrestaties in Oost- en West-Java: Te Bandoeng bureaux van "Sobsi" bezet (Dozens more arrests in East and West Java)

Dozens more arrests in East and West Java: Sobsi offices occupied in Bandung

Trouw (20 Aug 1951) on the August 1951 arrests: 26 detained in East Java including journalists, the PKI branch chairman, SOBSI unionists and Gerwis chairwoman Mrs Parjani Ilham; 50 communists arrested in Bandung and SOBSI offices sealed. Attorney General warns of tighter press control; 17 August passed quietly.

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-00826 1951-10-27 De Waarheid rel A

Wantoestanden in Indonesische gevangenissen

Abuses in Indonesian prisons: conditions of the August 1951 detainees

De Waarheid, 27 Oct 1951, p. 3: correspondent's article on poor food, medical care and conditions of those arrested in Indonesia since August 1951 under the Sukiman government (Cipinang prison, Malang, Banten), including named detainees. Ends with a Gerwis statement calling the arrest of its leader (S.K.) Trimurti and

GA-00827 1951-10-27 De Waarheid rel A

Wantoestanden in Indonesische gevangenissen (volledige krantenpagina, De Waarheid 27-10-1951)

Abuses in Indonesian prisons (full newspaper page, 27 Oct 1951)

Full De Waarheid page, 27 Oct 1951 (p. 3), mostly unrelated Dutch and international news (British elections, Tito, Rotterdam court, serial novel, notices). Only the Indonesia article, 'Wantoestanden in Indonesische gevangenissen', is relevant: poor prison conditions for those arrested since August 1951, and a Gerwis st

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-01432 1952-06-13 Harian Rakjat rel A

Panitya Korban Razzia Agustus Jawa Timur, sekretaris Sulami (Harian Rakjat, 13 Juni 1952, hlm. 2)

East Java Committee for Victims of the August Razzia, secretary Sulami (Harian Rakjat, 13 June 1952)

Harian Rakjat, 13 June 1952. On p. 2 an open letter from the East Java Committee for Victims of the August Razzia (chair Ny. Harsono, secretary Sulami) presses the central government to clarify the status of detainees from the August 1951 mass arrests and free them before Idul Fitri, citing the humiliation and sufferin

GA-01116 1952-09-01 Indische Courant Voor Nederland rel A

Massa-demonstraties in Surabaja op 7 September (Mass demonstrations in Surabaya on 7 September)

Mass demonstrations in Surabaya on 7 September

Indische Courant voor Nederland, 1 Sep 1952, p. 1: the Surabaya Committee for Victims of the August Raids plans a mass demonstration on 7 Sept. Committee secretary Miss Sulami reports on meetings with PM Wilopo and the defence minister, blames the Sukiman-Wibisono policy and RTC, and notes 62 SOB detainees remain in Ea

GA-01478 1955-05-27 Harian Rakjat rel C

Harian Rakjat, 27 Mei 1955, hlm. 3

Harian Rakjat, 27 May 1955, p. 3

Harian Rakjat, 27 Mei 1955, hlm. 3. Concluding instalment of Aidit's 35th-anniversary address: 1945–48 errors, Madiun 1948 as a Hatta provocation, the 1951 Sukiman raids and the post-1951 line of national united front and party building.