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GA-01315 1966-03-19 Nieuwsblad Van Het Noorden rel C

Soekarno en Soebandrio onder bewaking: Indonesisch leger voltooit rustig greep naar macht (Sukarno and Subandrio under guard)

Sukarno and Subandrio under guard: Indonesian army quietly completes grab for power

Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, 19 March 1966, p. 1: report on Suharto's 'quiet 12-hour coup' that purged Sukarno's cabinet and arrested 15 ministers including Subandrio. A photo caption says Indonesian women loudly cheered the new regime at a Jakarta mass meeting. Gerwani is not mentioned.

GA-01318 1976-12-02 Nieuwsblad Van Het Noorden rel B

Jakarta laat 2650 politieke gevangenen vrij (Jakarta releases 2,650 political prisoners)

Jakarta releases 2,650 political prisoners

Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, 2 December 1976: Reuter report that Indonesia released 2,650 prisoners held since 1965 without trial. At a ceremony 150 swore loyalty to Suharto, among them students, former civil servants and members of the banned leftist women's movement Gerwani; 29,000 remain, with a promise to free them