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Harian Rakjat, 27 Mei 1955, hlm. 1

Harian Rakjat, 27 May 1955, p. 1

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Harian Rakjat, 27 Mei 1955, hlm. 1. Front page with PM Ali Sastroamidjojo in Canton and 'Wanita tani ditangkap': Subang peasant women arrested during a land reoccupation against the British estate P&T; richest page for Gerwani in the batch.

Harian Rakjat, 27 Mei 1955, hlm. 1. Halaman depan dengan PM Ali Sastroamidjojo di Kanton dan 'Wanita tani ditangkap': perempuan tani Subang ditangkap saat menduduki kembali tanah dari perkebunan Inggris P&T; halaman terkaya soal Gerwani dalam kelompok ini.

People

Ali Sastroamidjojo

Organisations

Communist Party of IndonesiaPost and Telegraph Service

Places

SubangSukamandiGuangzhou

Topics

peasant womenarrests and detentionPKIpropaganda and media

Tags

countrysideland reformplantations

Details

Date
1955-05-27
Creator
Harian Rakjat
Publication
Harian Rakjat
Document type
newspaper issue (newspaper front page (PKI daily Harian Rakjat, Tahun V; news reports, exhibition report, fraternal greetings, editorial, photographs, notices, cartoon))
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 of the Cornell University Library run; this page carries a Cornell receipt stamp of 27 July 1955 (No. 1157)), 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 27). [Front page: P.M. Ali di Kanton: Apa jang dibutuhkan Rakjat Asia ialah perdamaian dan tetangga jang baik; Wanita tani ditangkap; Pameran PKI langkah dan tradisi jang baik; Sambutan2 luarnegeri kepada ulangtahun ke-35 P.K.I.; and other items]. Harian Rakjat, 5, p. I. [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 (1955-05-27) - issue [archive.org].pdf
OCR / text
Fair (0.857) · proof-reading: whole text (Claude, Oct 2026) · 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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