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GA-02568 1965 rel B licensed

Indonesia: Internal Political Situation, Attempted Coup against Sukarno [15] (FO 371/180324, 1965)

FO 371/180324: Attempted Coup against Sukarno [15] (Nov 1965)

UK Foreign Office file FO 371/180324 (1965), 'Attempted coup against Sukarno [15]': telegrams and letters from Djakarta, Washington and Peking, November 1965, plus appended US and Canadian reports. It records Sukarno's Heroes Day speech, Adam Malik's view of the Sukarno-generals stalemate and accounts of 30 September.

GA-01387 1965-10-26 Twentsch Dagblad Tubantia rel A

Djakarta rekent er op dat Soebandrio's rol spoedig is uitgespeeld (Jakarta expects Subandrio's role will soon be played out)

Jakarta expects Subandrio's role will soon be played out

Twentsch Dagblad Tubantia (26 Oct 1965), Leffelaar from Jakarta: Subandrio's role expected to end; successors speculated. Reports Karya Bhakti's claim of a secret PKI meeting under Lukman attended by Mrs Mudigdio, Aidit's mother-in-law, and economist J. Piry. Army raids continue, Onrust island used as an internment cam

GA-03645 1978-08-02 US Department of State cable 1978JAKART10473 rel B

US State Department cable 1978JAKART10473: 1965 coup plotter sentenced (Mrs Sutanti Aidit to be tried next)

US Embassy Jakarta cable, 2 Aug 1978: coup plotter Latief sentenced; Mrs Sutanti Aidit to be tried next

US Embassy Jakarta cable to State (2 August 1978) on the life sentence given to ex-colonel Abdul Latief for the 1965 coup attempt. Paragraph 3 says trials of other Category A detainees continue and that the next major figure to be tried is reported to be Mrs Sutanti Aidit, widow of the former PKI chief.

GA-03646 1978-08-02 US Department of State cable 1978JAKART10473 rel B

US State Department cable 1978JAKART10473: 1965 coup plotter sentenced (Mrs Sutanti Aidit to be tried next)

US Embassy Jakarta cable, 2 Aug 1978: coup plotter Latief sentenced; Mrs Sutanti Aidit to be tried next

US Embassy Jakarta cable to State (2 August 1978) on the life sentence given to ex-colonel Abdul Latief for the 1965 coup attempt. Paragraph 3 says trials of other Category A detainees continue and that the next major figure to be tried is reported to be Mrs Sutanti Aidit, widow of the former PKI chief.

GA-00964 1985-08-21 De Waarheid rel A

Untung (Djoko Untung en Gatot Sutarjo ter dood veroordeeld)

Untung (Djoko Untung and Gatot Sutarjo sentenced to death)

De Waarheid item (21 Aug 1985, p.3) profiling death-row PKI prisoners Djoko Untung and Gatot Sutarjo, sentenced at Blitar on 2 Jan 1976, with Suharto rejecting clemency. Untung's wife Natsia, a known East Java Gerwani member, was arrested in 1968 and still imprisoned; Sutarjo's wife Poedji Aswati was jailed for 15 year

GA-02718 1985-09 TAPOL rel B

TAPOL Bulletin No. 71, September 1985

Issue no. 71 (September 1985) of TAPOL Bulletin, the British campaign for Indonesian political prisoners. It carries an anonymous ex-prisoner's article on the 'G30S/PKI' symbol, reports on death-row prisoners, the Gatot defence statement, harassment of ex-prisoners and military reorganisation. Gerwani appears only once