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GA-00991 1964-03-12 Friese Koerier OnafhankelijK Dagblad Voor Friesland En Aangrenzende Gebieden rel B

De boer opgegaan (communisten op het Indonesische platteland)

Gone to the farmer: communists in the Indonesian countryside

Friese Koerier travel/feature piece (12 Mar 1964, p.11) on how Indonesian communists won rural support via relief after Darul Islam raids, farming advice, theatre, wayang and badminton. It states the communists founded nominally non-communist organisations: BTI, Gerwani ('the Indonesian women's movement') and Pemuda Ra

GA-00992 1965-10-11 Friese Koerier OnafhankelijK Dagblad Voor Friesland En Aangrenzende Gebieden rel A

Java beheerst door leger

Java ruled by the army

Friese Koerier ANP/Reuters wire report (11 Oct 1965, p.1) on the situation in Java after the 30 September coup attempt: 90% of rebels reportedly arrested, Muslims looting the homes of Aidit and Njoto and the Gerwani headquarters. It adds that among arrested communists are Gerwani members 'said to be responsible for the