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Harian Rakjat, 21 Mei 1955, hlm. 2

Harian Rakjat, 21 May 1955, p. 2

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Harian Rakjat, 21 Mei 1955, hlm. 2. News page including World Peace Council prizes for 1954 (Joris Ivens) and election-sign vandalism; no Gerwis or Gerwani item.

Harian Rakjat, 21 Mei 1955, hlm. 2. Halaman berita termasuk hadiah perdamaian Dewan Perdamaian Dunia 1954 (Joris Ivens) dan perusakan tanda pemilu; tanpa butir Gerwis atau Gerwani.

People

Joris IvensBéla Bartók

Organisations

Communist Party of IndonesiaWorld Peace Council

Places

PontianakPati

Topics

peace and anti-imperialismelections and parliamentpropaganda and media

Tags

election campaign

Details

Date
1955-05-21
Creator
Harian Rakjat
Publication
Harian Rakjat
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper page (PKI daily Harian Rakjat, page II; about 30 domestic and international news reports, a feature on the World Peace Council prizes, readers' letters, and listings))
Language
Indonesian (old spelling)
Perspective
Gerwani/PKI-aligned voice
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1955–1959
Access
From the archive.org compilation 'Harian Rakjat Tahun 1955' (digitised microfilm, apparently from the Cornell University Library holding; compare the Cornell stamp on the 20 May front page), open access; downloaded to Nath's Gerwani folder; retrieval date 2026-10-13. Exact archive.org item identifier not recorded in the file; verify. Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
Citation (APA)
Harian Rakjat. (1955, May 21). [Page II: Hadiah Perdamaian Internasional 1954; Pemuda2 Masjumi Sukabumi ditangkap; Belanda tetap keras kepala mengenai Irian Barat; PKI menang di Posso; Pesan Sarbupri kepada Kisan Sabha; and other items]. Harian Rakjat, p. II. [Cornell University Library copy, digitised; archive.org compilation]
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Harian Rakjat (1955) - Harian Rakjat Tahun 1955 (archive.org compilation)/Harian Rakjat (1955-05-21) - p. 2 [archive.org].pdf
OCR / text
Fair (0.764) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Harian Rakjat (1955) - Harian Rakjat Tahun 1955 (archive.org compilation)
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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