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GA-01303 1948-09-22 Nieuwe Provinciale Groninger Courant rel C

Censuur in Djocja: Geweldige smokkel-affaire ontdekt (Censorship in Yogyakarta; huge smuggling affair)

Censorship in Yogyakarta; huge smuggling affair

Nieuwe Provinciale Groninger Courant, 22 September 1948, p. 2: wire items from the Madiun crisis (censorship and bans in Yogyakarta, Amir Sjarifuddin leaving Madiun, executions of two TNI/BPRI raiders who used kampong women as shields), a court-martial for thefts at Tanjung Priok, and a South Sulawesi-Singapore smuggli

GA-01096 1949-11-16 Indische Courant Voor Nederland rel A

Bendeleidster Lot Salawati gearresteerd in grot

Band leader Lot Salawati arrested in cave

Indische Courant voor Nederland, 16 Nov 1949, front page: correspondent's report from Makassar that Salawati Daud, municipal councillor and 'well-known extreme-leftist lady', led the armed gang that raided Masamba prison and abducted Th. Pluyter, using the mayor's car; arrested in a cave. Frames it as exposing a politi

GA-01022 1951-09-04 Het Nieuwsblad Voor Sumatra rel A

'Comité Volkswens' (Panitya Kehendak Rakjat, Makassar 1951)

'Committee of the People's Will' (Panitya Kehendak Rakjat, Makassar 1951)

Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (4 Sep 1951, p.2): at a Makassar meeting eight speakers, including PKI's Tular, Mrs Towoliu ('Gowani'), Mrs Salawati Daud and others, back formation of a twenty-organisation 'Comité Volkswens' to help the government and to send people to Kahar Muzakar, urging minimal casualties in any milita

GA-01082 1954-06-08 Het Vaderland rel B

Indrukwekkende plechtigheid op het invasiestrand (met bericht over Gerwani en de Unie)

Impressive ceremony on the invasion beach (with item on Gerwani and the Union)

Het Vaderland front page (8 Jun 1954) opening with Dutch resistance veterans' wreath-laying at the Normandy invasion beaches, followed by Indonesian news. A short passage 'Indon. comm. women and the Union' says the Indonesian feminist movement Gerwani, recently hostess to delegations of communist women from Russia and

GA-01450 1955-03-17 Harian Rakjat rel A

Daftar calon PKI: Nj. Charlotte Salawati (Harian Rakjat, 17 Maret 1955, hlm. 3)

PKI candidate list: Mrs Charlotte Salawati (Harian Rakjat, 17 March 1955)

Harian Rakjat, 17 Mar 1955, p. 3: PKI candidate list (Sulawesi/Maluku section). No. 5 Ny. Charlotte Salawati (non-party, former deputy mayor of Makassar); no. 12 Sorongan Helena (non-party, Gerwani leader in North Sulawesi); no. 6 Henk Ngantung. Page also has sports and anti-atomic-weapons items.

GA-00453 1956-04-13 Bintang Timur rel A

Ch. Salawati Daud berbicara di DPR tentang teror DI/TII dan keamanan, Bintang Timur 13 April 1956 (hlm. 1)

Salawati Daud speaks in the DPR on DI/TII terror and security (Bintang Timur, 13 April 1956)

Front page (with pp. 2-4) of Bintang Timur, Jakarta, 13 Apr 1956, reporting the DPR's first-round debate on the Ali cabinet programme. Ch. Salawati Daud (PKI, non-party) speaks on security: she says Masyumi and DI/TII share an ideology differing only in method, urges amnesty and caution toward rebels, calls for housing

GA-01245 1956-04-16 Java-Bode rel A

Wet inzake R.T.C. (Law concerning the RTC agreements)

Law concerning the RTC agreements

Java-Bode, 16 April 1956, p. 2: parliamentary debate on the government programme and abolition of the RTC agreements, with Sakirman (PKI), Prawoto and others. Umi Sardjono of the Pembangunan faction spoke on the lot of Indonesian women, still unprotected by marriage legislation.

GA-00714 1956-07-09 De Nieuwsgier rel A

Parlementsleden naar Sulawesi (MPs to Sulawesi)

MPs visit South Sulawesi including Mrs Salawati Daud

De Nieuwsgier report (9 Jul 1956) that three members of parliament's defence section, including Mrs. Salawati Daud (PKI), arrived in Makassar for an orientation visit to South Sulawesi and Minahasa on security, copra smuggling and the replacement of the TT-VII territorial commander.

GA-01454 1957-02-20 Harian Rakjat rel A

Ny. Ch. Salawati di DPR (Harian Rakjat, 20 Februari 1957, hlm. 2)

Mrs Ch. Salawati in parliament (Harian Rakjat, 20 February 1957)

Harian Rakjat, 20 Feb 1957, p. 2: regional and parliament news. A DPR item cites a statement by Ny. Ch. Salawati, member from South Sulawesi, apparently on the plight of ex-TKR/TRI veterans (OCR garbled). Page also covers West Irian debate (Minister Sudibyo), a ban on dancing and rock'n'roll film, and local violence.

GA-01048 1957-02-21 Het Nieuwsblad Voor Sumatra rel A

Vragen over Celebes (Salawati Daud over oud-strijders)

Questions on Celebes (Salawati Daud on ex-fighters)

Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (21 Feb 1957, p.1): PKI MP Mrs C.H. Salawati Daoed, from Celebes, submitted written questions asking whether former TKR members in Celebes face hunger because Rp 1.7 million from the governor was not received, who got the money, how large the fund is, and for action against culpable official

GA-01456 1957-03-08 Harian Rakjat rel A

Harian Rakjat, 8 Maret 1957: artikel Setiati Surasto tentang cuti haid, hlm. 3

Harian Rakjat, 8 March 1957: Setiati Surasto on menstrual leave

Harian Rakjat issue of 8 March 1957 (International Women's Day), noisy OCR. Page 3 carries Setiati Surasto's women's-day article defending menstrual leave (cuti haid) for women workers under Labour Law 1951/1948. Elsewhere: a Gerwani branch (Blitar) reported gaining members, a Gerwani public lecture is announced, and t

GA-00556 1957-03-09 Algemeen Indisch Dagblad rel B

Delegatie chefstaf teruggekeerd: Sumual bereid voor 15 Maart bij Nasution te komen (Delegasi kepala staf kembali)

Chief of staff's delegation returned: Sumual prepared to meet Nasution before 15 March

Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1957-03-09, p. 1): army envoys report from Makassar on Lt.-Col. Sumual's 2 March proclamation of martial law in TT-VII; parliament debates sending observers, proposing a group including Mrs. Ch. Salawati (PKI); the PKI central committee calls the move anti-republican and linked to SEATO. Cover

GA-01457 1957-03-09 Harian Rakjat rel A

Harian Rakjat, 9 Maret 1957: Umi Sardjono di pameran Hari Wanita, hlm. 1

Harian Rakjat, 9 March 1957: Umi Sardjono at the Women's Day exhibition

Harian Rakjat issue of 9 March 1957, very noisy OCR. Page 1 reports the International Women's Day exhibition (handicrafts, cooking, costumes, foreign stalls) in Jakarta, where Umi Sardjono (Gerwani leader) is among women leaders present alongside Fatmawati; the committee of ten women's organisations is chaired by Yahya

GA-01057 1957-10-25 Het Nieuwsblad Voor Sumatra rel A

Mevrouw Salawati over veiligheid in Celebes

Mrs Salawati on security in Celebes

Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (25 Oct 1957, p.2): PKI MP Mrs Salawati, member of parliament's defence section, back from a visit to Makassar, says she will urge the section to visit Aceh where security is restored, as a guide for restoring security in South/Southeast Celebes. She notes no report yet on Kahar Muzakar's fi

GA-02511 1965-10-18 rel A licensed

PKI Affiliates Including Gerwani Suspended (FBIS Daily Report, 18-21 Oct 1965, HathiTrust scan)

PKI Affiliates Including Gerwani Suspended (FBIS, 18-21 Oct 1965)

FBIS Daily Report pages (19 and 21 Oct 1965; HathiTrust scans) with the Jakarta war administrator's reporting order: from 19 to 24 October board members of PKI, Pemuda Rakjat, Gerwani, BTI, CGMI, Perhimi, IPPI, Lekra and HSI must report to police or military posts or face action. Also the bans on PKI and affiliates, Ge

GA-02512 1965-10-19 rel B licensed

South Sulawesi Groups (FBIS, 19 Oct 1965)

FBIS-monitored Makassar radio text (19 Oct 1965): the commandant of the 14th South-Southeast Sulawesi military command, as regional Dwikora authority, temporarily prohibited activities of PKI, Gerwani, SOBSI and affiliated unions, Pemuda Rakjat, CGMI, Perhimi, Lekra and HSI, effective 18 October, in line with Koti inst

GA-02214 1965-10-22 L'impartial rel B

L'Impartial, 22 octobre 1965: L'épuration se poursuit en Indonésie

L'Impartial, 22 October 1965: The purge continues in Indonesia

L'Impartial (La Chaux-de-Fonds), 22 Oct 1965, 'The purge continues in Indonesia' (UPI). Purges in army, public services, education and unions; the Tjakrabirawa guard is nearly cleansed. The military governor of Yogyakarta banned the PKI and affiliated organisations, including the youth front, the women's organisation G

GA-02120 1965-11-16 Pravda rel B

Pravda, 17 November 1965, No. 321: The Situation in Indonesia

Pravda, 17 Nov 1965: The Situation in Indonesia

Pravda, 17 November 1965 (No. 321), 'The Situation in Indonesia': TASS dispatches of 16 November on the removal of 62 MPs, a purge operation in Jepara (315 arrests), a curfew in Makassar and a planned army purge. Gerwani is named once, among left-wing organisations (with SOBSI and BTI) banned in the Moluccas by Brig. G

GA-02247 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Bangsawan Karaeng Lira: Mengganyang Keluarga Sendiri

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Bangsawan Karaeng Lira - 'Crushing one's own family'

Tempo testimony (1 Oct 2012) of Bangsawan Karaeng Lira, 72, who led the mob that destroyed the BTI leader's house in Bontolanrang, Takalar (South Sulawesi), in late 1965. Describes forced labour (irrigation, roads) by detained PKI/BTI members, with a BTI survivor, Kamaruddin Bella, who lost relatives. Gerwani not menti

GA-02262 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Kerja Rodi di Moncongloe

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Forced labour at Moncongloe

Tempo report (1 Oct 2012) on the Moncongloe 'Instalasi Rehabilitasi' camp (Gowa, South Sulawesi), open 1969-79 with about 1,000 political prisoners doing unpaid forced labour (20 km road, army land); hepatitis, sexual harassment of women prisoners, a pregnant nurse expelled. Based on Taufik's thesis/book and testimony

GA-02887 2013 rel C

Eks Tapol PKI dan Kontrol Pemerintah: Studi pada Komunitas Tapol PKI Moncongloe, Sulawesi Selatan (1979-2003)

Ex-PKI political prisoners and government control: Moncongloe community, South Sulawesi (Ahmad, 2013)

2013 article by Taufik Ahmad on about 911 ex-political prisoners (BTI, Lekra, CGMI, Gerwani activists) held at Moncongloe, South Sulawesi: their 1975-77 release and post-release control through reporting, Pancasila courses, ET identity-card code and screening. Context on stigma.