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Gevechten in Djakarta (Fighting in Jakarta)

Fighting in Jakarta: students storm Sukarno's palace

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De Nieuwe Limburger, 25 Feb 1966: students storm Sukarno's palace after the swearing-in of the new cabinet; Sukarno calls them 'madmen' and the cabinet is derided as a 'Gestapu cabinet'. A photo caption notes that KOWANI members also joined the mass gathering at the palace. Gerwani is not named.

De Nieuwe Limburger, 25 Feb 1966: mahasiswa menyerbu istana Sukarno setelah pelantikan kabinet baru; Sukarno menyebut mereka 'orang gila' dan kabinet diejek 'kabinet Gestapu'. Keterangan foto menyebut anggota KOWANI ikut dalam kerumunan di istana. Gerwani tidak disebut.

“"The members of Kowani (Indonesian Women's Congress) also took part in the mass gathering before President Soekarno's palace."”

People

SukarnoSubandrioA.H. Nasution

Organisations

Indonesian Students' Action FrontIndonesian Women's Congress

Places

IndonesiaJakarta

Topics

1965 coup and aftermathNew Orderpropaganda and media

Tags

demonstrationcabinet politics

Details

Date
1966-02-25
Creator
De Nieuwe Limburger
Publication
De Nieuwe Limburger
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
Dutch
Perspective
Western mainstream press
Source role
primary
Country
Netherlands
Period
1965–1966
Source archive
Delpher (KB, Netherlands) · source link
Access
open access (Delpher) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)/De Nieuwe Limburger (1966-02-25) - GEVECHTEN IN DJAKARTA [Delpher MMCC01-048121022-a00020].txt
OCR / text
Fair (0.851) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: yes
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)
Summary basis
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