De Locomotief, 13 Mar 1950 (Aneta): RIS parliament unanimously adopts a motion that Irian be linked to Indonesia within a year, and the government accepts it. In the defence-minister Q&A, it is noted that the Defence Ministry has asked the NIT government about the arrest of Salawati Daud, still unanswered; Supomo repor
Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (13 Mar 1950, p.3): the Sultan (Hamengkubuwono IX) explains arrests of PSII men Abikusno and Anwar Tjokroaminoto over APRA contacts and Zakaria in Kalimantan; on the detention of Mrs Salawati Daud, the defence ministry has contacted the NIT government but has had no reply. He reaffirms a nat
De Locomotief, 29 June 1950 (Aneta): the South Sulawesi people's representation, meeting as 'Komite Nasional Indonesia Sulawesi Selatan', elects Salawati Daud, 'a well-known political figure in Makassar', as chairwoman. Her arrest in the Masamba affair had recently been raised in the RIS parliament; she was released sh
Bredasche Courant, 11 July 1950: short item recalling that the 'Masamba affair' implicated a woman member of parliament, Salawati Daud, released soon after her arrest and now elected chair of South Sulawesi's people's representation. The rest of the item (Soviet divisions on the Yugoslav border) is unrelated.