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2 itemsTopic: 1965 coup and aftermath ✕Place: Aceh ✕Language: Dutch ✕
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GA-00583 1965-10-11 ANP Radiobulletin rel B

ANP Nieuwsbericht, 11-10-1965 (Indonesia: Gerwani headquarters burned in Aceh)

ANP news report, 11 October 1965 (Indonesia: Gerwani headquarters burned in Aceh)

ANP radio bulletin, 11 Oct 1965: the army arrests all PKI board members in Bandung, and in Aceh demonstrators burned down the headquarters of Gerwani. Also notes the evacuation of American embassy families from Jakarta. Early evidence of anti-Gerwani violence outside Java.

GA-00743 1965-10-11 De Volkskrant rel B

Zelfverweer uit paniek (Self-defence from panic)

Self-defence from panic: commentary on the hunt for communists

De Volkskrant commentary (11 Oct 1965) warning that the hunt for communists could drive Aidit's followers to armed self-defence. It describes Muslim demonstrators wrecking Aidit's and Njoto's houses and then "the headquarters of the communist women's organisation Gerwani", and army occupation of PKI headquarters in Ace