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Openbare vergadering Masjumi in Bandung

Masjumi public meeting in Bandung

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Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (31 Mar 1954, p.2): report of a Masjumi open-air meeting in Bandung where West Java secretary-general M. Rusjad Nurdin rebuts PKI claims that Masjumi members are American 'compradors' and calls on Muslims never to join the PKI 'or organisations influenced by the PKI, such as SOBSI, Gerwis etc.'

Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (31 Mar 1954, hlm. 2): laporan rapat terbuka Masjumi di Bandung tempat sekretaris jenderal Jawa Barat M. Rusjad Nurdin membantah tuduhan PKI bahwa anggota Masjumi 'komprador' Amerika dan menyerukan umat Islam tidak bergabung dengan PKI 'atau organisasi yang dipengaruhi PKI, seperti SOBSI, Gerwis dll.'

“Muslims are urged never to join the PKI 'of bij door de P.K.I. beïnvloede organisaties, zoals de Sobsi, de Gerwis etc.' (p. 2).”

People

M. Rusjad NurdinR. Th. Djaja Rachmat

Organisations

MasyumiCommunist Party of IndonesiaAll-Indonesia Central Labour OrganisationIndonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis)

Places

BandungWest Java

Topics

GerwisPKIelections and parliamentpropaganda and media

Tags

anti-communism

Details

Date
1954-03-31
Creator
Het Nieuwsblad Voor Sumatra
Publication
Het Nieuwsblad Voor Sumatra
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
Dutch
Perspective
Western mainstream press
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1950–1954
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)/Het Nieuwsblad Voor Sumatra (1954-03-31) - Openbare vergadering Masjumi in Bandung [Delpher ddd-010476891-a0050].txt
OCR / text
Fair (0.871) · proof-reading: whole text (Claude, Oct 2026) · 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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