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GA-01023 1951-09-15 Het Nieuwsblad Voor Sumatra rel B

Werken van Marx geconfisqueerd (vraag van Suwarti in het parlement)

Works of Marx confiscated (question by Suwarti in parliament)

Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (15 Sep 1951, p.2): communist MP Suwarti questions the government on the recent confiscation of Karl Marx's books, asking on which legal article the measure rests after the attorney general's spokesman claimed it was lawful. Context for the 1951 anti-communist round-up; identification of Suw

GA-01437 1952-07-11 Harian Rakjat rel B

Harian Rakjat, 11 Juli 1952: DPR kontra Persaja; Ny. Mudigdio, seksi keamanan DPR

Harian Rakjat, 11 July 1952: DPR versus Persaja; Mrs Mudigdio on security section

Harian Rakjat, Jakarta, 11 July 1952 (full issue; p. 4 relevant). Parliamentary report in which Ny. Mudigdio is named as a member of the DPR security section during a debate on the prosecutors' association (Persaja) and on political activity by public officials. The issue otherwise has no Gerwis or Gerwani material.

GA-01061 1954-10-06 Het Parool rel B

Parlement over tweede huwelijk van Soekarno

Parliament on Sukarno's second marriage

Het Parool report (6 Oct 1954, p.108): parliament asks the government to clarify its stand on President Sukarno's second marriage, as the controversy causes the first rift in the year-old PNI-PKI coalition. A woman MP of the socialist fraction submitted the request, and parliament received a petition from women's movem

GA-01246 1956-07-17 Java-Bode rel B

Parlementslid rapporteert: Koprasmokkel in opdracht van kolonel Warouw (MP reports: copra smuggling on Colonel Warouw's orders)

MP reports copra smuggling on Colonel Warouw's orders

Java-Bode, 17 July 1956, p. 2: defence section chair Lukas Kustario says Lt-Col Worang led large-scale copra smuggling in North Sulawesi on Col Warouw's instructions, proceeds funding a university building, roads and hospitals. He spoke after a trip with section members Mrs Salawati Daud (PKI) and Mansjur (PNI).

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-02718 1985-09 TAPOL rel B

TAPOL Bulletin No. 71, September 1985

Issue no. 71 (September 1985) of TAPOL Bulletin, the British campaign for Indonesian political prisoners. It carries an anonymous ex-prisoner's article on the 'G30S/PKI' symbol, reports on death-row prisoners, the Gatot defence statement, harassment of ex-prisoners and military reorganisation. Gerwani appears only once

GA-02546 1991-07-05 rel B licensed

Parliament Holds Dialogue With Dissident Group

Parliament Holds Dialogue With Dissident Group (FBIS, 5 Jul 1991)

FBIS item (Jakarta Post, 5 Jul 1991): the Petition 50 dissident group, 18 members attending, was heard by DPR Commissions II and III. Attendees included Ali Sadikin, H.R. Dharsono and 79-year-old freedom fighter S.K. Trimurti. They complained of travel, loan and media restrictions since 1980. Gerwani is not named.

GA-02547 1991-07-10 rel B licensed

Dissidents Seek Amicable Settlement to Dispute

Dissidents Seek Amicable Settlement to Dispute (FBIS, 10 Jul 1991)

FBIS item (Jakarta Post, 10 Jul 1991): the Petition 50 group said it would seek amicable settlement of the restrictions imposed since 1980 and go to court only as a last resort, and intended to meet Suharto. S.K. Trimurti attended the group's meeting. Gerwani is not named.