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GA-01341 1948-09-21 Overijsselsch Dagblad rel C

De staatsgreep in de Republiek: Meningen van Gen. Spoor en Sjahrir (The coup in the Republic: opinions of Gen. Spoor and Sjahrir)

The coup in the Republic: opinions of Gen. Spoor and Sjahrir

Overijsselsch Dagblad (21 Sep 1948) on the Madiun communist uprising: Gen. Spoor fears communist spill-over into Dutch-held areas, Sjahrir comments on discontent, KNIP grants Sukarno special powers, and Musso broadcasts that 20 million women were widowed by romusha. No Gerwani or Gerwis mention; context for the later a

GA-01091 1948-09-29 Indische Courant Voor Nederland rel B

Dictatoriale bevoegdheden voor president Soekarno (Madioen-affaire)

Dictatorial powers for President Sukarno (Madiun affair)

Indische Courant voor Nederland front page (29 Sep 1948) on the Madiun affair: the KNIP working committee grants Sukarno full emergency powers for three months (25-1); Hatta blames 'PKI-Musso'; arrests of FDR communist leaders in Magelang, curfews in Kediri; Solo youth back the government. Soewarti of the labour party