Courrier de Genève, 11 October 1965: In Jakarta, Muslims ransack the home of the Indonesian communist leader
Courrier de Genève, 11 Oct 1965, AFP report 'In Djakarta, Muslims ransack the home of the leader of the Indonesian communists': per the daily Mimbar Revolusi, crowds sacked the homes of Aidit and Njoto and the headquarters of 'Gerwani'. Also: 86 rebels captured near Brebes, mass demonstrations in Malang, and an analysi
Freiburger Nachrichten, 11 October 1965: Weekend politics column (Indonesia)
Freiburger Nachrichten (Fribourg), 11 Oct 1965, weekend politics column. Indonesia items: demonstrations in Malang demanding punishment of coup instigators, Radio Jakarta losing primacy, and the Muslim daily Mimbar Revolusi's report that homes of Aidit and Njoto were plundered and the Gerwani headquarters devastated, w
Armed Java Reds Flee to Hills to Escape Dragnet (Evening Post, 12 October 1965), clipping on arrests and Aceh office
Clipping from the Evening Post of 12 Oct 1965: US embassy dependants withdrawn; hundreds of Communist branch officials detained, Bandung committee arrested in Yogyakarta; Jakarta curfew eased. Communist youth, women's and trade-union offices ransacked in Jakarta, and a crowd burned the Gerwani office in Aceh, north Sum
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 12 October 1965: Normalisation in Indonesia
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 12 Oct 1965, 'Normalisation in Indonesia' (Reuter/UPI wire digest). Items: armed Communists fleeing into Central Java mountains, Antara placed under military management, evacuation of American embassy families, and a Swiss ambassador's credentials. Relevant here: Malaysian radio, citing Radio Jaka
Schweizer Bauer, 13 October 1965: Hunt for communists
Short Reuter wire item in the Swiss farm paper Schweizer Bauer, 13 Oct 1965. Reports tension in Central Java as Communists flee to the mountains, and that an angry crowd burned down the Gerwani premises in Aceh, North Sumatra, per Radio Djakarta via Malaysian radio.
Communist Party Ban (Sunraysia Daily, 19 October 1965)
Sunraysia Daily (Mildura), 19 October 1965, p. 1, short AAP report from Singapore that Radio Jakarta had announced the banning of the PKI and affiliates including Pemuda Rakyat, Gerwani ('the women's wing') and SOBSI. It says all had been prime targets of the army-inspired anti-communist campaign after the failed 1 Oct
Communist Party Ban (Sunraysia Daily, 19 October 1965), duplicate
Sunraysia Daily (Mildura), 19 October 1965, p. 1, short AAP report from Singapore that Radio Jakarta had announced the banning of the PKI and affiliates including Pemuda Rakyat, Gerwani ('the women's wing') and SOBSI. It says all had been prime targets of the army-inspired anti-communist campaign after the failed 1 Oct
Neue Berner Zeitung, 3 November 1965: Anti-communist demonstration in Sumatra; Kowani expels Gerwani
Neue Berner Zeitung, 3 Nov 1965 (UPI/AFP): anti-communist demonstration in Sumatra; Sukarno tells ministers to act 'bravely'; 100,000 demonstrators at the Chinese embassy in Medan; gold and silver mines nationalised; 57 PKI parliamentarians removed. Key for Gerwani research: the Indonesian women's congress (Kowani, OCR