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Sukarno the Key to Any Revolution in Indonesia (Evening Post, 10 December 1965)

Sukarno the Key to Any Revolution in Indonesia (Evening Post, 10 December 1965), standfirst clipping

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Standfirst clipping of the Evening Post article of 10 Dec 1965: the Indonesian Communists, 'almost overlords yesterday, almost outlaws today', miscalculated their moment, strength and strategy and the determination of the military and Muslims to wipe them out. Gerwani is not named in this fragment.

Kliping teras berita artikel Evening Post 10 Des 1965: komunis Indonesia, 'hampir penguasa kemarin, hampir terlarang hari ini', salah menghitung waktu, kekuatan dan strategi serta tekad militer dan umat Muslim untuk membasmi mereka. Gerwani tidak disebut dalam fragmen ini.

“'... SAVAGE DETERMINATION OF THE MILITARY AND THE MUSLIMS TO WIPE THEM OUT.'”

People

SukarnoSuhartoA.H. Nasution

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Communist Party of IndonesiaIndonesian Army

Places

JakartaHalim Perdanakusuma Air Force BaseCentral JavaEast JavaIndonesia

Topics

Lubang Buaya and sexual slander1965 coup and aftermathpropaganda and mediakillings 1965–66PKI

Tags

sexual slanderatrocity rumourscommentary

Details

Date
1965-12-10
Creator
Evening Post
Publication
Evening Post
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page)
Language
English
Perspective
Western mainstream press
Source role
primary
Country
New Zealand
Period
1965–1966
Source archive
Papers Past (NZ) · source link
Access
open access (Papers Past, National Library of NZ) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/New Zealand press (1959-1966) - articles on Gerwani (Papers Past)/Evening Post (1965-12-10) - Sukarno the key to any revolution in Indonesia (Gerwani girls atrocity claim), area 2 [PapersPast EP19651210.2.78].gif
OCR / text
Good (0.949) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › New Zealand press (1959-1966) - articles on Gerwani (Papers Past)
Summary basis
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