Communist Party banned in Indonesia (Canberra Times, 19 Oktober 1965)

=== [PDF page 1] === Canberra Times (ACT: 1926 - 1995), Tuesday 19 October 1965, page 1 Communist Party banned Indonesia SINGAPORE, Monday (AAP).— Djakarta reported tonigh* Radio the PKI Communist Parly been banned. had affiliated organisations that the Indonesian and some its and the broadcast, monitored in Singapore by AAP-Reuter was announced by Major-General Associated Press, said the order area. officer of the Djakarta Hadikasumo, The The broadcast said affiliates that the PKI ban the covered included Rakjat nist the (the Party's movement), women's Pemuda Commu ban appeared'to be. and that guarantee the would victory for not happen again. its and right-wing Army According to the laws the Com driye to smash P r e s d c nt Indonesia, that had the only person munist movement Sukarno become strongly entrenched. empowered to ban a politi The major wing), and the big Commu Sobsi nist-dominated trade union organisa Protest All have been prime tar of the Army-inspired gets campaign anti-Co munis t that, followed the crushing of the Communist-supported d'etat October coup tempted in Djakarta. here Monitors quoted listing Djakarta Radio six other political organisa all tions, believed to be linked with the Commun ist Party. They included the Barisan China' (the tion. was party. There dication in the Associated AAP-Reuter Press and ports that the ban had been President imposed Sukarno. cal youth Gerwani The PKI claimed some plus three million members several million more sup porters, making it the big gest Communist party out side the Soviet and Chinese blocs. pressure Earlier Reports of the ban on the party in Indonesia followed by China strong protests against what it said was its attack und search Resisting ercial counsellor's office in Djakarta by Indo nesian troops. Foreign The Chinese Ministry protested against threats insults and made diplomatic against Chinese personel during the alleged nesia Sukarno pressure solution was resisting army the formal dis of the PKI and ap for still not satis parently was fied with the Army's charge dir were that Communists ectly involved in. the coup attempt. A purge of Communists offices from the Government and institutions is continu Tani ing, peasants' fields the Indonesia, search. wing of the PKI, Chinese note, handed the Kons ent.rasion the and Indonesian today tenta in Peking, de Gerakati Ambassador Masaswa, tively identified here. a?,-a from manded apology 11'.rp CcV.munifjt,u$ivfa sifj-" the Indonesian Government, student movement.'' r;• punishment of the culprits The ban appeared'to be. and that guarantee reports from Indo that President said particularly education, the eco nomics, legislative, agricul communications and the press, the AP said. ture, National Library of Australia China protests. Page 5. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105867929 === [PDF page 2] === Canberra Times (ACT: 1926 - 1995), Tuesday 19 October 1965, page 1 (2) President making his Sukarno, first piiblic outside his appearance palace since the Octo ber 1 attempt, coup grins and salutes as he arrives the Hotel Indonesia for the anti foreign hases confer ence National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105867929