Soekarno will act against Reds (The Hindustan Times, 7 November 1965)

=== [PDF page 1] === Soekarno will act against Reds Bogor, Nov. 6 (Reuter)--President Soekarno today promised action against the Indonesian Communist Party, while the army continued to hunt down its leading members and supporters. The President told his Cabinet he would act against the country's biggest political party—three million = =members—at a four-hour oes at Bogor, 40 miles from porsinn Minister Subandrio, who d reporters of the President's statement, did not say what type of action would be taken or when. It was President Soekarno's first promise of action against the Communists, widely blamed for the abortive Oct. 1 coup against his Government. With it, he warned of action: against “the parties which tried to benefit from the present situation,” Dr Subandrio said. This may have been = intended as a brake on = anti-Communist parties, particularly Muslim groups, which have led a campal with tacit consent of the anti-Communist army to smash Communist influence here into oblivion. Dr Subandrio said President Soekarno stressed he would “not change the basis of the Indonesian revolution,” or Nasakom. This is a coined word meaning that the rule of the country rests on a combination of nationalism, religion and socialisn. ile the hideout of the Communist Party chairman, Mr D. N. Aldit, was sealed by Government troops in Central Java, the army continued a countrywide crackdown on the party. | The armed forces bulletin todey | said nine women “suicide mempers of the Gerwani (Communist | women's organization)” were kill-. ed by paratroopers when they blocked the street as army tanks tried to pass through a suburb of the Central Java town of Solo, | At Tiilatjao in Central Java! some 200 penpl> susnected of ine: volvement in the coun attempt have been arrested anda Commu. nist Party branches there hadvoluntarily distolved themselves, | Antara said. i The Cabinet meeting today waa_ attended by 85 Ministers. includ. | oor a ernber Praccording to Dr Subsndrio’s account of the meeting, President Soekarno made a scathing attack on the Communists through Mr Nijoto. Dr Subandrio added: “The President openly told Mr Njoto: “You are a f with your childish disease.” | “The President deplored to Mr Njoto that his party had carried out this childish disease, and this for the second time.” === [PDF page 2] === Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.