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GA-02569 1965 rel B licensed

Indonesia: Internal Political Situation, Attempted Coup against Sukarno [16] (FO 371/180325, 1965-1966)

FO 371/180325: Attempted Coup against Sukarno [16] (1965-1966)

UK Foreign Office file FO 371/180325 (1965), 'Attempted coup against Sukarno [16]': letters and telegrams from Djakarta, NATO Paris, Washington and The Hague, late November 1965 to January 1966. It follows the regional bans of the PKI, Sukarno's Nasakom speeches, Aidit's fate and translated interrogations of Untung and

GA-00911 1965-10-19 De Waarheid rel A

Legercommandant: PKI-verbod Djakarta en omgeving

Army commander bans PKI in Jakarta and surroundings, including Gerwani

De Waarheid, 19 Oct 1965, p. 3: report, citing foreign agencies, that Jakarta garrison commander General Umar Wirahadikusumo provisionally banned the PKI in and around Jakarta, along with SOBSI, Pemuda Rakjat, Gerwani and some student groups, and ordered their leaders to report to police or military posts before 24 Oct

GA-02217 1965-11-03 Neue Berner Zeitung rel A

Neue Berner Zeitung, 3. November 1965: Antikommunistische Demonstration auf Sumatra - Sukarno fordert Tapferkeit von seinen Ministern

Neue Berner Zeitung, 3 November 1965: Anti-communist demonstration in Sumatra; Kowani expels Gerwani

Neue Berner Zeitung, 3 Nov 1965 (UPI/AFP): anti-communist demonstration in Sumatra; Sukarno tells ministers to act 'bravely'; 100,000 demonstrators at the Chinese embassy in Medan; gold and silver mines nationalised; 57 PKI parliamentarians removed. Key for Gerwani research: the Indonesian women's congress (Kowani, OCR

GA-02527 1965-12 rel A licensed

FBIS Daily Report, Dec 1965: PKI and cover organs dissolved, women's organisation purges pro-Gerwani members

PKI and Cover Organs Dissolved, Women's Organisation Purges Pro-Gerwani Members (FBIS, Dec 1965)

Two-page FBIS Daily Report extract (8-9 Dec 1965) from HathiTrust. It reports East Kalimantan Gerwani and PKI bodies dissolving themselves and admitting involvement in the coup, a ban in Central Kalimantan, and a Riouw women's organisation purging pro-Gerwani members. Other items cover economy and Jakarta security.