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Communists 'taking to hills in Indonesia': Soviet warning to Sukarno (The Scotsman, 12 Oktober 1965)
Communists 'taking to hills in Indonesia': Soviet warning to Sukarno (The Scotsman, 12 October 1965)
The Scotsman, 12 Oct 1965 (Reuter and AP): travellers report thousands of Communists, some armed, taking to the hills of Central Java to escape an army dragnet, with party branch officials rounded up; the Soviet Union voices a warning to Sukarno, and the US ambassador Marshall Green comments on a general step. Short and OCR-damaged; Gerwani is not mentioned.
The Scotsman, 12 Okt 1965 (Reuter dan AP): para pelancong melaporkan ribuan komunis, sebagian bersenjata, lari ke pegunungan Jawa Tengah menghindari penyisiran tentara, dengan pengurus cabang partai ditangkap; Uni Soviet menyampaikan peringatan kepada Sukarno, dan Dubes AS Marshall Green berkomentar. Pendek dan OCR rusak; Gerwani tidak disebut.
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- Date
- 1965-10-12
- Creator
- The Scotsman
- Publication
- The Scotsman
- Document type
- newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page)
- Language
- English
- Perspective
- Western mainstream press
- Source role
- primary
- Country
- UK
- Period
- 1965–1966
- Source archive
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers (International / U.S. collections, Columbia) · source link
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- library-licensed (Columbia University Libraries); personal research copy Library-licensed or subscription copy: show metadata and summary only; link to the source.
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- 01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/International press (1949-2000) - newspaper and magazine articles on Gerwani (ProQuest, Gale)/The Scotsman (1965-10-12) - COMMUNISTS 'TAKING TO HILLS IN INDONESIA' Soviet warning to Sukarno [ProQuest 3163584412].pdf
- OCR / text
- Good (0.937) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
- Collection
- 01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › International press (1949-2000) - newspaper and magazine articles on Gerwani (ProQuest, Gale)
- Summary basis
- full text read; OCR largely unreadable
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