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GA-00877 1955-01-22 De Waarheid rel B

Verkiezingen met symbolen

Elections with symbols: preparations for Indonesia's first general election

De Waarheid, 22 Jan 1955, p. 5: feature on preparations for Indonesia's first general elections, with voter registration, party symbols for illiterate voters, the PKI-and-independents list and attacks on it from Masjumi and PSI. It names independent candidates, among them Salawati (Daud), described as a guerrilla leade

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-00883 1955-09-21 De Waarheid rel A

Grootse verkiezingscampagne van de PKI: Aidit sprak in Djokja voor 700.000 mensen

Grand PKI election campaign: Aidit speaks to 700,000 in Yogyakarta

De Waarheid, 21 Sep 1955, p. 5: air-mail report on the PKI's 1955 election campaign: Aidit speaking to 700,000 in Yogyakarta, 550,000 in Semarang, Njoto and Lukman elsewhere. In Jakarta, Umi Sardjono, chair of Gerwani, explained why she stands as a non-party candidate on the PKI list, saying its programme matches the d