Syafruddin Prawiranegara

Category: Indonesian state/army/politician
Nationality: Indonesian
Life dates: 1911–1989
Biography: Masyumi leader who headed the PDRI and later the PRRI.
Biografi: Pemimpin Masyumi yang mengetuai PDRI dan kemudian PRRI.
Also written as: Syafruddin Prawiranegara; Sjafruddin Prawiranegara

1958 – 1965

2 items

GA-00465 1958-03-31 Bintang Timur rel A

Gerwani Sumatera Tengah: pernyataan menentang pemberontak PRRI, Bintang Timur 31 Maret 1958

Gerwani Central Sumatra: statement against the PRRI rebels (Bintang Timur, 31 March 1958)

Bintang Timur, 31 March 1958, p. 1 (during the PRRI rebellion). Reports a statement by the Gerwani Sumatera Tengah leadership: women and people of Central Sumatra cannot be fooled again by the 'traitors' (PRRI, proclaimed 14 February 1958), stand firmly behind the central government, the army chief and President Sukarn

GA-02578 1965-08-05 rel C

Letter to Edwin L. Fox (Sjafruddin Prawiranegara), 5 Agustus 1965

Letter to Edwin L. Fox from Sjafruddin Prawiranegara, 5 August 1965

US Embassy copy of a 5 August 1965 letter from Sjafruddin Prawiranegara to Edwin Fox defending the US in Vietnam and warning of Chinese and Indonesian communist aggression. Pre-coup anti-communist voice; no Gerwani content.