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GA-00824 1951-08-31 De Waarheid rel B

De arrestaties in Indonesië: oproep van de PKI tegen fascisme te strijden

The arrests in Indonesia: PKI calls for struggle against fascism

De Waarheid, 31 Aug 1951, p. 3: near-verbatim PKI Central Committee statement on the Sukiman government's August 1951 mass arrests, calling them a drift to fascism and a staged 'coup' pretext. It lists Gerwis among organisations whose members were arrested or searched, demands release of all detainees and urges an anti

GA-00881 1955-08-17 De Waarheid rel B

Tien jaar Republik (Cor Geugjes)

Ten years of the Republic (Cor Geugjes)

De Waarheid, 17 Aug 1955, p. 3: Cor Geugjes's article for the Republic's tenth anniversary, covering Dutch colonial violence, the Bandung Conference, the Ali Sastroamidjojo government's fall and replacement by a Masjumi-PSI cabinet under Harahap, and the PKI's election platform. It lists Gerwani only as 'the strong wom

GA-00884 1955-10-08 De Waarheid rel B

De gebeurtenissen in Indonesië (slot)

Events in Indonesia (conclusion): Harahap government and mass organisations

De Waarheid, 8 Oct 1955, p. 3: final part of Cor Geugjes's series on events in Indonesia, arguing the Harahap government (which replaced Ali Sastroamidjojo) is resisted: elections could not be postponed, New Guinea was raised at the UN, and preliminary results defeat Masjumi and PSI. Cites PKI (500,000), SOBSI (3 milli

GA-00902 1961-12-15 De Waarheid rel A

'Nationale eenheid mobiliseren' (Sukarno op het Gerwani-congres)

'Mobilise national unity': Sukarno at the Gerwani congress

De Waarheid, 15 Dec 1961, p. 4: report that President Sukarno addressed the Gerwani congress on Thursday, rejecting the Luns policy on West Irian, calling force 'probably the only language imperialists understand' and urging mobilisation of national unity among nationalists, religious groups and communists, before his

GA-00906 1962-05-08 De Waarheid rel B

Na protesten PKI e.a.: Sukarno trekt kieswetten in

After PKI protests: Sukarno withdraws election bills

De Waarheid, 8 May 1962, p. 2: report that Sukarno withdrew four bills on representative bodies (under which only one-third of the People's Congress, parliament and regional councils would be elected, the rest appointed) after protests first from the PKI, SOBSI, women's movement Gerwani and Pemuda Rakjat, later PNI and

GA-00911 1965-10-19 De Waarheid rel A

Legercommandant: PKI-verbod Djakarta en omgeving

Army commander bans PKI in Jakarta and surroundings, including Gerwani

De Waarheid, 19 Oct 1965, p. 3: report, citing foreign agencies, that Jakarta garrison commander General Umar Wirahadikusumo provisionally banned the PKI in and around Jakarta, along with SOBSI, Pemuda Rakjat, Gerwani and some student groups, and ordered their leaders to report to police or military posts before 24 Oct

GA-00953 1979-06-06 De Waarheid rel C

Lubis' Land onder regenboog: geschiedenis met slordigheden, fouten en vooringenomenheid

Lubis' Land under the Rainbow: history with sloppiness, errors and bias

Joop Morriën's critical review in De Waarheid (6 June 1979, p.5) of Mochtar Lubis's illustrated history 'Het land onder de regenboog'. He faults its errors and 'virulent anti-communism', says it adopts Suharto's version of 1965, and notes the Madiun 1948 and 1965 killings of communists and Lekra artists' imprisonment.