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GA-01080 1951-08-20 Het Vaderland rel A

Weer talrijke arrestaties in Indonesië

Again numerous arrests in Indonesia

Het Vaderland front-page report (20 Aug 1951) on the escalating arrests of communists across Indonesia: 26 in East Java including Java Post editor Go Tjing Hok, the local PKI chair and SOBSI leaders, and Mrs Parjani Ilham, chair of the women's organisation 'Gerwis'; 50 in Bandung with SOBSI offices sealed; 175 in East

GA-01325 1951-08-20 Nijmeegsch Dagblad rel A

Ook in Oost-Java diverse arrestaties verricht (Various arrests also made in East Java)

Various arrests also made in East Java

Nijmeegsch Dagblad (20 Aug 1951) on the August 1951 arrests in East Java: 26 detained including journalists, the local PKI chairman and SOBSI unionists. Among them is Gerwis chairwoman Mrs Parjani Ilham of Surabaya. Officials deny a group is targeted; press control is to be tightened.

GA-01360 1951-08-20 Trouw rel A

Weer tientallen arrestaties in Oost- en West-Java: Te Bandoeng bureaux van "Sobsi" bezet (Dozens more arrests in East and West Java)

Dozens more arrests in East and West Java: Sobsi offices occupied in Bandung

Trouw (20 Aug 1951) on the August 1951 arrests: 26 detained in East Java including journalists, the PKI branch chairman, SOBSI unionists and Gerwis chairwoman Mrs Parjani Ilham; 50 communists arrested in Bandung and SOBSI offices sealed. Attorney General warns of tighter press control; 17 August passed quietly.

GA-00527 1955-08-13 Algemeen Indisch Dagblad rel A

Solidair met stakers bij Openbare Werken (Solider dengan pemogok Pekerjaan Umum)

Solidarity with strikers at Public Works

Brief Algemeen Indisch Dagblad item (1955-08-13, p. 2): during the Public Works workers' strike, the women's organisation Gerwani declared solidarity with the strikers, as did the metalworkers' union SBIM and the SOBSI branch in Bandung.

GA-01255 1957-04-01 Java-Bode rel C

Advertenties, Java-Bode 1 April 1957 (Classified advertisements)

Classified advertisements, Java-Bode 1 April 1957

Java-Bode, 1 April 1957, p. 3: a page of classified advertisements (bookkeeper wanted, midwife wanted, tractor and car for sale, bank holiday notice, pharmacy opening). The 'Trimurti' in it is N.V. Trimurti, a firm seeking typists, not S.K. Trimurti. No relevance to Gerwani or Indonesian politics.

GA-01299 1958-01-20 Nieuwe Haarlemsche Courant rel C

Captain Cook met vreemd stille kinderen: Het Hollandse huis, een kille uitgestorven haven (Captain Cook with strangely quiet children)

Captain Cook with strangely quiet children: the Dutch house, a cold deserted harbour

Nieuwe Haarlemsche Courant, 20 January 1958, p. 3: reporter's account of the arrival at IJmuiden of the Captain Cook with about a thousand Dutch and Indo-Dutch evacuees expelled from Indonesia after the December 1957 takeover of Dutch enterprises. It records broken families, fears and a claim that communist union cars

GA-01339 1960-05-17 Ons Noorden rel B

Nieuwe anti-Nederlandse demonstraties (New anti-Dutch demonstrations)

New anti-Dutch demonstrations

Ons Noorden (17 May 1960): amid anti-Dutch demonstrations, the oil union Perboem and the PKI-affiliated women's organisation Gerwani urge the government to seize remaining Dutch capital in mixed enterprises such as Shell, BPM and Unilever. Demonstrations continue in Bandung, Surabaya and Semarang.