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2 itemsOrganisation: Indonesian Peasants' Front ✕Place: East Java ✕Perspective: Western mainstream press ✕
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GA-01529 1965-10-11 The Irish Times rel A licensed

Mass arrests by Indonesian army: Communist offices burned (The Irish Times, 11 Oktober 1965)

Mass arrests by Indonesian army: Communist offices burned (The Irish Times, 11 October 1965)

The Irish Times, 11 Oct 1965, p.66 (Reuter and AP): mass arrests of Communists in Jakarta (about 1,500 detained) after PKI headquarters were burned; Muslims and army organise processions demanding Aidit be hanged. Those arrested include Gerwani members, some alleged to have tortured the six generals, and a crowd of Mus

GA-03344 1965-11-03 The Straits Budget rel B

Indonesian Army says wholesale slaughter of civilians in east Java

Indonesian Army says wholesale slaughter of civilians in east Java (Straits Budget, 1965)

The Straits Budget (Singapore), 3 November 1965, p. 15, UPI/Antara: the army declares a state of war in Central Java and gives figures for civilians it says communists massacred (e.g. 62 bodies in three mass graves at Banyuwangi, 104 killed), while observers note the incidents all occurred after the coup. Nothing on Ge