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Renmin Ribao, 20 Oktober 1965: Perubahan mendadak situasi politik Indonesia (印度尼西亚政局发生急剧变化)
Abrupt change in Indonesia's political situation: Suharto takes control, mass arrests, PKI offices burned
Xinhua survey in Renmin Ribao (20 Oct 1965, p. 1) of Indonesia's first three weeks after 30 September, from Chinese-side sources: Suharto takes control, mass arrests (3,000 by 17 October), PKI headquarters burned, Harian Rakjat closed, universities shut, anti-Chinese incidents. Gerwani appears in the NU demand to dissolve it, the burning of its offices on 9 October, and the 18 October ban of Gerwani along with PKI, Pemuda Rakyat and others.
Tinjauan Xinhua di Renmin Ribao (20 Oktober 1965, hlm. 1) tentang tiga pekan pertama Indonesia setelah 30 September, dari sumber pihak Tiongkok: Suharto menguasai keadaan, penangkapan massal (3.000 orang hingga 17 Oktober), markas PKI dibakar, Harian Rakjat ditutup, perguruan tinggi ditutup, insiden anti-Tionghoa. Gerwani muncul dalam tuntutan NU agar dibubarkan, pembakaran kantornya 9 Oktober, dan pelarangan Gerwani bersama PKI, Pemuda Rakyat dan lain-lain pada 18 Oktober.
“On the 9th the offices of the Indonesian Women's Movement Association [Gerwani] were burned ... On the 18th the Jakarta Military Region Command ... announc[ed] the banning of the PKI and ... [Gerwani] (p. 1).”
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