Gerwani among banned Communist fronts (Vancouver Sun, 18 Oktober 1965)

=== [PDF page 1] === The Vancouver Sun: Mon., Oct. 18, 1965 [Unreadable] Banned by Army Move Made In Defiance Of Sukarno KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (UPI) — The military commander of Jakarta, in defiance of President Sukarno, today ordered the temporary suspension of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) and other pro-Communist organizations in the Jakarta area. Sukarno had asked the military to leave a political settlement to him, but Maj. Gen. Umar Virahadikusuma banned the left-wing groups and said the leaders must report to him within five days after Tuesday or they will be "severely punished." The action was taken because of Communist backing of the attempted coup. The announcement was carried by the Jakarta radio. Beside the Communist party, the others banned included the Youth Front, which has carried out widespread anti-American demonstrations in the past, Communist-directed labor fronts and the Gerwani, women's organization accused of torturing six generals before they were murdered in the coup attempt. The order was the first direct suspension of the Communists since the coup collapsed. Gen. Virahadikusuma said he was taking the action to restore order and peace following rioting that saw Moslem youths burn the PKI headquarters in Jakarta. Since the coup, millions of Indonesians have denounced the PKI and asked that it be banned. They also demanded the execution of Communist party leader D. N. Aidit, now under arrest [Unreadable] Sukarno, who has long had close ties with Peking, refused the demands and urged national unity and not vengeance. [Unreadable] radio reports Sunday of mounting evidence of Communist participation in the plot which Malaysia radio said was to have brought Aidit into power as president. He fled to central Java when the plot failed. CHINA WARNS INDONESIANS PEKING (Reuters) — China protested strongly to Indonesia today over an alleged attack and search by Indonesian troops of its commercial counsellor's office in Jakarta Saturday. In a note handed to Indonesian Ambassador Djawoto in Peking, China warned of serious consequences if an [Unreadable] wave starting in Indonesia was not checked, New China news agency said. The note said the Indonesian government had been condoning increasingly unruly anti-Chinese activities. [fragment from adjacent columns:] The rest of the page consists of unrelated items printed in interleaved columns and not reconstructed: Peronist demonstrators held in Buenos Aires; a Jehovah's Witness missionary (Ernest Stanley Jones) freed after seven years in China; the new Congo government of Premier Evariste Kimba (Tshombe's defectors Lubaya and Kibwe); 13 ex-Nazis on trial in Bochum; the US debate on preventing the spread of nuclear weapons (George Ball, McNamara, Foster); a skindiver's recovery of a body at Tofino; a kidnapped woman slain in Ohio; French proposals on NATO forces; Champagne sales; weather forecast and advertisements. [Unreadable]