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Sfeer van staatsgreep in Djakarta: Soebandrio in arrest (Atmosphere of coup in Jakarta: Subandrio under arrest)

Coup atmosphere in Jakarta: Subandrio under arrest

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Leeuwarder Courant, 18 March 1966, p. 1: report on Suharto's army placing Foreign Minister Subandrio, twelve other ministers and Saleh in 'protective custody' after the 11 March order, with tanks aimed at the Merdeka palace, Adam Malik made acting foreign minister, and student demonstrations. Suharto cites trial testimony on the ministers' role in the coup. No mention of Gerwani.

Leeuwarder Courant, 18 Maret 1966, hlm. 1: laporan tentang tentara Suharto menempatkan Menlu Subandrio, dua belas menteri lain dan Saleh dalam 'tahanan pengamanan' setelah perintah 11 Maret, dengan tank diarahkan ke Istana Merdeka, Adam Malik menjadi pelaksana tugas menlu, dan demonstrasi mahasiswa. Suharto merujuk kesaksian sidang tentang peran para menteri. Gerwani tidak disebut.

People

SuhartoSubandrioChaerul SalehAdam MalikSukarnoOei Tjoe TatJusuf Muda DalamSjafei

Organisations

Indonesian National Armed ForcesCommunist Party of IndonesiaRadio Jakarta

Places

JakartaBogorBangkokIstana Merdeka

Events

Supersemar and national ban of the PKI

Topics

1965 coup and aftermathNew Orderarrests and detentionpropaganda and media

Tags

demonstrationschools and campuses

Details

Date
1966-03-18
Creator
Leeuwarder Courant
Publication
Leeuwarder Courant
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)/Leeuwarder Courant (1966-03-18) - SFEER VAN STAATSGREEP IK DJAKARTA Soebandrio in arrest Tanks richten hun [Delpher ddd-010617397-a0006].txt
OCR / text
Good (0.915) · 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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