Girl Admits Role In Coup (South China Morning Post, 20 November 1965)

=== [PDF page 1] === Girl Admits Role In Coup: Djakarta, Nov. 19 South China Morning Post (1946-); Nov 20, 1965; ProQuest pg. 20 [Unreadable] girl, captured near Bandung, West Java, has admitted taking part in the murder [Unreadable] [Unreadable] told authorities she fled to the town of Tjimahi, about five miles from Bandung, after joining others in the killing of the six Army High Command generals at Lobang Buaja on the day of the abortive October 1 Communist-backed coup. [Unreadable] Communist youths and renegade [Unreadable] him from his home in the pre-dawn hours of the coup. She also admitted membership in the Gerwani, the dispatch said. Anti-Chinese Meanwhile anti-Chinese riots were reported today to have taken place in the south Celebes cities of Macassar and Bonthain, during which Chinese homes [Unreadable] damaged or destroyed. Antara said that the Chinese Consul in Macassar called on the Commander of the 14th Military District, Brigadier General Solichin, to deplore the incidents and asked for a guarantee that they would not be repeated. [Unreadable] that local authorities had taken measures to prevent the recurrence of such incidents. It was reported yesterday that Chinese Consulate staff members in Medan, Sumatra, showered insults and abuse on Indonesian demonstrators, setting off retalia[Unreadable] The report said the demonstrators had no intention of disorderly action until they were insulted and abused by Chinese officials. "Some youths, unable to restrain their anger, hauled down the Chinese national colours and State emblem and hoisted the Indonesian flag instead." -- UPI and AP. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.