De Nieuwsgier, 20 Aug 1951: Makassar ceremony to incorporate four CTN ex-guerrilla battalions into APRI fails when they do not arrive; Col. Kawilarang expresses disappointment and Governor Sudiro calls party leaders. According to Pedoman Rakjat, Mrs Salawati Daud left for the interior to try to resolve the difficulties
De Nieuwsgier, 22 Aug 1951: the Defence Ministry spokesman comments on Mrs Salawati Daud's trip into South Sulawesi's interior to contact CTN leader Kahar Muzakkar, saying it suggests government efforts to resume talks, but deeply regretting people's leaders who still negotiate with Kahar and demanding compliance with
De Waarheid, 31 Aug 1951, p. 3: near-verbatim PKI Central Committee statement on the Sukiman government's August 1951 mass arrests, calling them a drift to fascism and a staged 'coup' pretext. It lists Gerwis among organisations whose members were arrested or searched, demands release of all detainees and urges an anti
De Locomotief, 15 Sept 1951: communist MP Suwarti questions the government about recent confiscations of Karl Marx's books and the Attorney General's claim that they rest on legal grounds, asking which statutory article applies. The rest is unreadable. Shows a woman PKI parliamentarian defending the right to publish Ma
Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (15 Sep 1951, p.2): communist MP Suwarti questions the government on the recent confiscation of Karl Marx's books, asking on which legal article the measure rests after the attorney general's spokesman claimed it was lawful. Context for the 1951 anti-communist round-up; identification of Suw
Algemeen Indisch Dagblad readers' page (1951-11-01, p. 3); mostly a letter about street lighting. A final news item says the Gerwis central board supports Tan Po Goan's parliamentary interpellation on the security action and demands release of all persons detained in the August 1951 raids.