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GA-00810 1949-11-07 De Waarheid rel A

Nederlandse soldaten gedood in Blitar (Dutch soldiers killed in Blitar)

Dutch soldiers killed in Blitar; Salawati Daud arrested in Makassar

De Waarheid report (7 Nov 1949) on clashes between Dutch troops and guerrillas in Blitar, Central Java and South Sulawesi. It says Makassar municipal councillor Salawati Daud "has already been arrested", officially as head of a resistance group, and calls the East Indonesia government a puppet; companion to colonial-pr

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