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Legercommandant: PKI-verbod Djakarta en omgeving

Army commander bans PKI in Jakarta and surroundings, including Gerwani

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De Waarheid, 19 Oct 1965, p. 3: report, citing foreign agencies, that Jakarta garrison commander General Umar Wirahadikusumo provisionally banned the PKI in and around Jakarta, along with SOBSI, Pemuda Rakjat, Gerwani and some student groups, and ordered their leaders to report to police or military posts before 24 October. Also notes Suharto taking control of state railways and anti-Subandrio slogans.

De Waarheid, 19 Okt 1965, hlm. 3: laporan, mengutip kantor berita asing, bahwa Panglima Garnisun Jakarta Jenderal Umar Wirahadikusumo melarang sementara PKI di Jakarta dan sekitarnya, bersama SOBSI, Pemuda Rakjat, Gerwani, dan beberapa organisasi mahasiswa, serta memerintahkan pimpinannya melapor ke polisi atau pos militer sebelum 24 Oktober. Juga Suharto mengambil alih kereta api negara dan slogan anti-Subandrio.

“Relevance raised from C: reports a ban on Gerwani in Jakarta in October 1965.”

People

Umar WirahadikusumahSuhartoSubandrioSukarnoJohannes LeimenaChaerul Saleh

Organisations

Communist Party of IndonesiaAll-Indonesia Central Labour OrganisationPeople's YouthIndonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Indonesian National Armed Forces

Places

Jakarta

Events

Regional bans of the PKI and its mass organisations

Topics

1965 coup and aftermatharrests and detentionGerwani organisationPKI

Details

Date
1965-10-19
Creator
De Waarheid
Publication
De Waarheid
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
Dutch
Perspective
Socialist-bloc/solidarity 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 Waarheid (1965-10-19) - Legercommandant PKI-verbod Djakarta en omgeving [Delpher ddd-010373055-a0052].txt
OCR / text
Good (0.888) · 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)
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