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GA-00983 1948-09-24 Eindhovensch Dagblad rel C

De Republiek zuivert op Sumatra: talrijke arrestaties

The Republic purges Sumatra: numerous arrests

Eindhovensch Dagblad report (24 Sep 1948, p.5) on republican purge arrests of military officers in Tapanuli, Sumatra (Padang Sidempuan, Sibolga, Tarutung), with a second Aneta account that communist laskars effectively control the area. Also reports two executed 'terrorists' who used village women as cover in July raid

GA-02581 1965-12-06 rel C

Telegram 183A, US Consulate Medan, 6 Desember 1965

Telegram 183A, US Consulate Medan, 6 December 1965

US Consulate Medan telegram, 6 December 1965: after the PKI's 'virtual destruction' in Sumatra the Army extends control over civil service, press, youth, National Front and Hansip. Shows the institutional consolidation that followed the killings.