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GA-00264 1963-02-06 News-Mail rel A

Indonesia Protest at Mass Arrests (News-Mail, 6 Feb 1963)

Indonesia Protest at Mass Arrests (News-Mail, 6 February 1963), duplicate OCR

News-Mail (Bundaberg), 6 February 1963, p. 7, AAP-Reuter wire from Jakarta (duplicate OCR of GA-00265, with scrambled columns). SOBSI cabled protest to Singapore over mass arrests of leftists on 2-3 February; Partindo and Gerwani also protested. Also reports Brunei's Sultan warning against Indonesian volunteers and Gen

GA-00265 1963-02-06 News-Mail rel A

Indonesia Protest at Mass Arrests (News-Mail, 6 Feb 1963)

Indonesia Protest at Mass Arrests (News-Mail, 6 February 1963)

News-Mail (Bundaberg), 6 February 1963, p. 7, AAP-Reuter wire from Jakarta (clean OCR). The SOBSI federation, claiming three million members, cabled Singapore condemning its mass arrests of leftists as a move to quell opposition to Malaysia, and Partindo and Gerwani also protested. The Sultan of Brunei warned against a

GA-02037 1963-03-25 The Straits Times rel B

The Straits Times, 25 March 1963: Java Reds in protest march (Purwokerto)

Straits Times, 25 Mar 1963: Java Reds in protest march (Purwokerto)

Straits Times, 25 Mar 1963 (lead only). 1,500 Communists demonstrated in Purwokerto, Central Java, against the high cost of living (Antara), involving PKI members and affiliates including Pemuda Rakyat; Gerwani likely among the affiliates though the lead is cut.

GA-03544 1963-05-24 Berita Harian rel C

Buku puisi di-haramkan (PKI member's poetry book banned in the Federation)

Poetry book banned (PKI member's book banned in the Federation), Berita Harian, 24 May 1963

Berita Harian (Singapore/Malaya), 24 May 1963: Kuala Lumpur report that the Federation government has banned 'Puisi Progresif Indonesia', a book written and translated by a PKI member, 'Bintang S...' (snippet cut off). The sweep guesses the author is Bintang Suradi, possibly the husband of Gerwani member Suwarti Bintan

GA-00492 1963-06-01 Algemeen Handelsblad rel B

Communisten in Indonesië: Geïsoleerde positie, ondanks vijf miljoen aanhangers (Komunis di Indonesia: posisi terisolasi meski lima juta pengikut)

Communists in Indonesia: isolated position despite five million followers

Algemeen Handelsblad analysis by a contributor (1963-06-01) on the PKI's isolated position despite about five million followers. It credits the PKI with 1 million members plus 1.5 million in 'the communist women's organisation Gerwani', and discusses food prices, the lifting of the state of siege, SOKSI's rise and West

GA-03551 1963-06-26 The Straits Times rel B

Secretary of Aidit drowns (Bintang Suradi)

Secretary of Aidit drowns (Bintang Suradi), The Straits Times, 26 June 1963

Straits Times item of 26 June 1963 reporting that Bintang Suradi, 40, private secretary to PKI chairman D.N. Aidit, drowned off Java's south coast the previous Saturday, per Antara. Only the lead snippet was available. Relevant as the death of the husband of Gerwani figure Suwarti Bintang Suradi (the husband link comes