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GA-01080 1951-08-20 Het Vaderland rel A

Weer talrijke arrestaties in Indonesië

Again numerous arrests in Indonesia

Het Vaderland front-page report (20 Aug 1951) on the escalating arrests of communists across Indonesia: 26 in East Java including Java Post editor Go Tjing Hok, the local PKI chair and SOBSI leaders, and Mrs Parjani Ilham, chair of the women's organisation 'Gerwis'; 50 in Bandung with SOBSI offices sealed; 175 in East

GA-01197 1952-12-31 Java-Bode rel C

April (Year-in-review chronology, April-July 1952)

April (year-in-review chronology, April-July 1952)

Java-Bode, 31 Dec 1952, p. 3: year-in-review chronology April-July 1952 (Wilopo cabinet, Sobsi strike, Westerling, SOB lifting, NU leaving Masjumi). Only Gerwani-adjacent entry: on 8 April the goodwill mission to Kahar Muzakkar under Mrs Salawati returned to Makassar without result.

GA-01117 1953-01-07 Indische Courant Voor Nederland rel C

Lief en leed van Indonesië in het afgelopen jaar (Joys and sorrows of Indonesia in the past year)

Joys and sorrows of Indonesia in the past year

Indische Courant voor Nederland, 7 Jan 1953, p. 3: year-in-review chronology for 1952 (selected entries translated). Mentions the August 1951 raids, the 17 October 1952 affair, release of East Java arrestees on 30 Oct, a goodwill mission to Kahar Muzakkar under Mrs Salawati (8 Apr), and Aidit and Njoto refused entry to

GA-00565 1957-09-27 Algemeen Indisch Dagblad rel A

Voldaan over besluiten nationaal overleg: Algemene beschouwingen over normalisatie 's Landstoestand (Puas atas keputusan Munas)

Satisfied with decisions of national conference: general debates on normalisation of the country's situation

Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1957-09-27, p. 2): parliamentary general debates on the national conference results and Soekarno-Hatta cooperation. PKI women MPs speak: Nungtjik A.R. calls the results a merit of the cabinet and asks for a gotong-royong cabinet; Mrs. Suharti Suwarto criticises regional councils and military a

GA-01338 1957-09-27 Ons Noorden rel B

Indonesisch parlement wil een meer concrete vorm van samenwerking tussen Soekarno en Hatta (Indonesian parliament wants more concrete Sukarno–Hatta cooperation)

Indonesian parliament wants more concrete Sukarno-Hatta cooperation

Ons Noorden (27 Sep 1957) on the parliamentary debate after the national consultation conference. PKI MP Suharti Suwarto sharply criticised the revolutionary councils in Sumatra and Celebes for arresting local communist leaders, warning the conference decisions cannot work until they are freed. Other speakers urge Suka

GA-00566 1957-09-28 Algemeen Indisch Dagblad rel A

Algemene beschouwingen over normalisatie 's Landstoestand (Debat umum normalisasi keadaan negara)

General debates on normalisation of the country's situation

Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1957-09-28, p. 2): continuation of the parliamentary debate on normalisation after the national conference, with seven speakers. Mrs. Umi Sardjono (Pembangunan) calls the result a positive principle showing the government's authority, but doubts it can be realised while arbitrary arrests and b

GA-01275 1976-10-06 Nederlands Dagblad Gereformeerd Gezinsblad Hoofdred. P. Jongeling... [Et Al.] rel A

Grondwet (Constitution; Amnesty press conference on Indonesian prisoners)

Constitution (Amnesty press conference on Indonesian prisoners)

Nederlands Dagblad, 6 October 1976, p. 5: partly missing report on an Amnesty International press conference in the Netherlands about Indonesian political prisoners. It states that the women in the women's camps are for the most part members of the militant Gerwani, discusses church relief for prisoners' families, and