FO 371/180312: Internal Political Situation, Attempted Coup against Sukarno [3] (1965)
UK Foreign Office file FO 371/180312 (1965), 'Internal political situation, Attempted coup against Sukarno [3]', a volume of Embassy letters and telegrams from Djakarta (Ambassador Gilchrist, S.J.G. Cambridge), February to April 1965. It includes Gilchrist's character notes on Subandrio, Aidit and the generals, the tak
FBIS-monitored ANTARA report (26 Oct 1965): the Jakarta PWI chapter suspended 77 more journalists of banned papers (Warta Bhakti, Bintang Timur and others) after suspending 40 from Harian Rakjat, Kebudajaan Baru and Antara; regional PWI chapters did likewise. Yogyakarta authorities banned the PKI-affiliated Ariwarti Wa
Somogyi Néplap, 9 Nov 1965: 'New anti-left measures'; demands to ban PKI and Gerwani
Somogyi Neplap (Hungary), 9 Nov 1965, p. 2: MTI report 'New anti-left measures' from Jakarta. A right-wing women's demonstration marched to Suharto's house and the National Front, demanding a final ban of the PKI and Gerwani. Also covers searches in Jakarta's old town, a blacklist of 102 deputies, the PKI ban extended
Neues Deutschland, 11 Nov 1965, p. 7: Sukarno criticises the press
Neues Deutschland, 11 November 1965, p. 7. ADN dispatch from Djakarta under 'Sukarno kritisiert Presse': Sukarno lifts the state of war in the capital; Antara reports arrests of PKI members (346 in Tangerang, 125 people including twelve women in a Central Java town, 40 in Belawan); 102 parliamentarians removed; Sukarno