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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-02226 1965-10-13 Walliser Volksfreund rel B

Die Kommunistenjagd in Indonesien (Perburuan komunis di Indonesia)

Walliser Volksfreund, 13 October 1965: The hunt for communists in Indonesia

Walliser Volksfreund (13 Oct 1965) running the Reuter report on the hunt for Communists: flight into Central Java mountains, Muslim attacks on PKI offices in Bandung, and an angry crowd burning down Gerwani premises in Aceh per Radio Djakarta. Includes a photo caption of the burned PKI headquarters.

GA-02513 1965-10-20 rel B licensed

Moslem Youth Rally (FBIS, 20 Oct 1965)

FBIS-monitored ANTARA English report (20 Oct 1965): some 100,000 Ansor youths in Jakarta (Taman Suropati) demanded dissolution of the PKI and affiliates for their part in the coup, endorsed the war administrator's suspension decision, said 'CGMI, Gerwani, SOBSI and Lekra were deeply involved in the recent terror moveme

GA-02523 1965-11-06 rel B licensed

Suspension, Curfew in Bali (FBIS, 6 Nov 1965)

FBIS-monitored ANTARA report (6 Nov 1965): PKI and affiliates on Bali, including BTI, Gerwani, Pemuda Rakjat, Lekra, HSI, SOBSI, IPPI and the PGRI teachers' union, were suspended from 3 November. Leaders must report daily to military commands and sign obedience statements, take down signboards within five days; the war

GA-02910 2009 rel B licensed

Confronting the Past in Contemporary Indonesia: The Anticommunist Killings of 1965-66 and the Role of the Nahdlatul Ulama (McGregor, 2009)

Confronting the Past: the anticommunist killings of 1965-66 and the role of Nahdlatul Ulama (McGregor, 2009)

Katharine McGregor's 2009 article on NU's support for the 1965-66 killings (e.g. its 5 Oct 1965 call to ban the PKI, Gerwani and others), their celebration under the New Order and Syarikat's post-1998 reconciliation work. Context on religious-organisation role.