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GA-02467 1959-03-28 rel C licensed

Aidit Broadcast Speech (FBIS, 28 Mar 1959)

FBIS, 28 March 1959: Aidit broadcast speech (farewell to the Chinese people)

FBIS-monitored Xinhua text (28 Mar 1959) of D.N. Aidit's farewell broadcast to the Chinese people after a fortnight's PKI delegation visit. He praises the Great Leap and people's communes, defends them against 'imperialist lies', and argues peasant women welcome communal dining and nurseries because 'a smoky kitchen is

GA-02936 1962 rel B licensed

Dilemmas of Indonesian Communism

Dilemmas of Indonesian Communism (van der Kroef, 1962)

Article by Justus M. van der Kroef (Pacific Affairs, summer 1962) on the PKI's dilemmas under Guided Democracy: dependence on Sukarno, the July 1960 'Evaluation' clash with the army, and the party's use of mass fronts. Gerwani is named as the PKI's women's front: its organ was aggressive without censure in 1961, and in