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GA-01534 1965-10-11 The Scotsman rel A licensed

Mass arrests in Indonesia: 3500 Communists detained during round-up (The Scotsman, 11 Oktober 1965)

Mass arrests in Indonesia: 3,500 Communists detained during round-up (The Scotsman, 11 October 1965)

The Scotsman, 11 Oct 1965 (Djakarta, Sunday): mass arrests of Communists after the reported discovery of arms and a radio transmitter at burned PKI headquarters, with detainees put at 3,500 including rebels in Java. Among those arrested are Gerwani members alleged to have tortured the six generals whose mutilated bodie

GA-01535 1965-10-12 The Scotsman rel C licensed

Communists 'taking to hills in Indonesia': Soviet warning to Sukarno (The Scotsman, 12 Oktober 1965)

Communists 'taking to hills in Indonesia': Soviet warning to Sukarno (The Scotsman, 12 October 1965)

The Scotsman, 12 Oct 1965 (Reuter and AP): travellers report thousands of Communists, some armed, taking to the hills of Central Java to escape an army dragnet, with party branch officials rounded up; the Soviet Union voices a warning to Sukarno, and the US ambassador Marshall Green comments on a general step. Short an