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GA-02571 1965 rel B licensed

Indonesia, Bilateral relations: China (FO 371/180333, 1965)

FO 371/180333: Bilateral Relations with China (1965)

UK Foreign Office file FO 371/180333 (Jan-Dec 1965): Peking, Djakarta and Hanoi telegrams on Sino-Indonesian relations: Subandrio's visit, delegations, PKI-China links, then the post-coup anti-Chinese wave, attacks on Chinese premises and Medan riots. Only Gerwani mention: Angkatan Bersendjata (29 Oct, p. 82) says the

GA-00585 1965-11-08 ANP Radiobulletin rel B

ANP Nieuwsbericht, 8-11-1965, 15.00 (Indonesia)

ANP news report, 8 November 1965, 15.00 (Indonesia)

Second ANP bulletin of 8 Nov 1965 (Reuters/UPI): soldiers seal off Jakarta's Chinese quarter and search houses; separately about 10,000 women march anti-communist, pledge support to Sukarno and the army, and demand Gerwani's dissolution.

GA-00586 1965-11-08 ANP Radiobulletin rel B

ANP Nieuwsbericht, 8-11-1965, 18/19.00 (Indonesia)

ANP news report, 8 November 1965, 18/19.00 (Indonesia)

Third ANP bulletin of 8 Nov 1965: troops seal Jakarta's Chinese quarter; about 10,000 women march in support of Sukarno and the army against the PKI. Their resolution demands the dissolution of Gerwani and government takeover of communist-run schools, linking the attack on Gerwani to its educational work.