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2 itemsTopic: 1965 coup and aftermath ✕Theme: Transnational connections ✕Place: Palembang ✕
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GA-01494 1965-10-18 Kitchener-Waterloo Record rel A licensed

Red Party Outlawed: Indonesia bans Communist party, Pemuda Rakjat and Gerwani (Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 18 Oktober 1965)

Red Party outlawed: Indonesia bans Communist party, Pemuda Rakjat and Gerwani (Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 18 October 196

Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 18 Oct 1965, p.1 (AP): Radio Jakarta announced a military ban on the Indonesian Communist Party and affiliates, issued in the name of Maj-Gen Umar Wirahadikusumah for the Jakarta area; SOBSI was banned, and Pemuda Rakjat and Gerwani, 'the party's women's wing', were also placed under the ban.

GA-02593 1965-11-01 rel C

Telegram 1290 to Department of State, 1 November 1965

Telegram 1290 to Department of State, 1 Nov 1965

US Embassy telegram 1290, 1 Nov 1965: labour attache's Palembang visit finds 600 communists jailed, SOBSI officials at Shell, Stanvac and PUSRI arrested, and concern for American oil staff. Context on arrests in the oil sector.