Protest by women in Jakarta (The Guardian, 9 November 1965)

=== [PDF page 1] === Protest by women in Jakarta _ The Guardian (1959-2009); Nov 9, 1965; ProQuest Protest by ‘women in Jakarta Jakarta, November 8 About 10,000 Indonesian women and girls marched through the streets here today shouting support for President Sukarno and protesting against the Communists. Marching behind drummers and baton-twirling miayjorettes, they paraded from the headquarters of Major-General Suharto, the Army Commander, to the National Front headquarters, They called for the dissolution of Gerwani, the Communist women's organisation, and for the Government to take over Communist-run schools. Troops and armoured cars today sealed off the densely populated old city quarter here and made a house-to-house search for weapons. The latest raid in the predominantly Chinese old etty followed reports that 7,000 Weapons were stil] unaccounted for after the abortive coup against President Sukarno’s regime on October 1. More than two hundred troops took part in today’s operation. They searched offices, shops, and private houses. Passers-by were stopped and = searched for weapons. Meanwhile, President Sukarno gave a warning at a meeting of Ins Cabinet, that Indonesia would collapse unless the nation's Communists and non-Communists ended their fighting—British United Press and Reuter. Autobiography New York, November 8 President Sukarno of Indonesia states in his autobiography, to be published here next week that he would like to call off his armed conflict with Malaysia, He also says that Indonesia may one day return to the United Nations. He writes: “I do not wish to continue this confrontation. I realise we're now caught up in a vicious chain reaction and somewhere it must stop. All I want is to see that the liberty of my neighbours has been protected.” — British United Press, Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.