Fears of a New Surge of Red Terror in Indonesia (Evening Post, 11 October 1965)

Fears Of A New Surge Of Red Terror ln lndonesiaTACARTA, Oct. 10. — Mass arrests of Com- ^ munists continued in Jacarta during the weekend but fears grew of a retaliatory Communist terror campaign.Unofncial estimates quotel by A.A.P-Reuter tonight said 1500 persons had been. detained in the last week following the October 1 coup attempt. Another 2000 had been captured in fighting between the Army and dissidents in other parts of Java. Other reports said the Communists, accused by the Army of participating in the coup, were secretly grouping for a counter-strike at the Army in the form of night terrorist raids, according to the Associated Press.nansacKea A mob of Indonesian Moslems ransacked a suburban office of the Communist women' s organisation, Gerwani, here yesterday, according to usually reliable som-ces quoted by A.A.PReuter toaay. They destroyed files and burned some of the office furniture, the sources said, but did not burn the premises. On Friday, hundreds of Moslems screaming for the death of Mr. D. N. Aidit, the Communist Party chairman, burned down the Indonesian Communist Party (P.K.I.) headquarters. 'Full Power' The Malaysian Govern,ment radio today reported that President Sukarno has given "full power" to the Army to deal with Communists and supporters in its campaign following the abortive coup, the Associated Press said. Radio Malaysia did not elaborate, nor did it give the source of its information. In Jacarta, Indonesia's Nationalist Party, (P.N.I.), the country's leading political organisation, declared all - out support for the Army's action against the rebel movement, A.P. said. The party earlier had ■ taken a non-committal stand. I Plot Foiled The Moslem newspaper i "Saura Islam" reported tnat the Army had frustrated a1 Communist plan to seize the) Waru air base near Sourabaya, East Java, A.A.P-Reu-ter said. It added that Communist youth in Jacarta had kidnapped several members of the Moslem youth organisation while Communist women members had made unsuccessful attempts to kidnap Moslem women. Meanwhile the National Front — a body charged with uniting all political parties and mass organisations —has called for a meeting on Wednesday of all poliucal party leaders to discuss the present situation in Indonesia. — NZPA - Reuter.