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Renmin Ribao, 7 November 1965: Ucapan dan tindakan Angkatan Darat Indonesia (印度尼西亚陆军的言行)

Words and deeds of the Indonesian army: Suharto's Bandung speech (snippet)

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Snippet-only Renmin Ribao extract (7 Nov 1965, p. 5) from Suharto's 30 October Bandung speech: the September 30th Movement as a play with Untung and some officers in the lead, Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani members in supporting roles, and the PKI as staff; truncated. Full text is GA-01990.

Cuplikan Renmin Ribao (7 November 1965, hlm. 5) dari pidato Suharto di Bandung 30 Oktober: Gerakan 30 September sebagai lakon dengan Untung dan sejumlah perwira sebagai pemeran utama, anggota Pemuda Rakyat dan Gerwani sebagai pemeran pembantu, dan PKI sebagai staf; terpotong. Teks lengkap GA-01990.

“the supporting roles were played by members of the People's Youth and members of [Gerwani] (p. 5, snippet).”

People

SuhartoUntung

Organisations

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

Places

BandungIndonesia

Events

30 September Movement

Topics

1965 coup and aftermathpropaganda and mediaLubang Buaya and sexual slanderNew Order

Tags

speech textofficial communiquesnippet only

Details

Date
1965-11-07
Creator
Renmin Ribao
Publication
Renmin Ribao
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page)
Language
Chinese
Perspective
Socialist-bloc/solidarity press
Source role
primary
Country
China
Period
1965–1966
Source archive
People's Daily 人民日报图文数据库 (Columbia proxy) · source link
Access
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/Renmin Ribao (1950-1966) - articles on Gerwani and Indonesian women (People's Daily database)/Renmin Ribao (1965-11-07) - 印度尼西亚陆军的言行 (Words and deeds of the Indonesian army; Gerwani accused as supporting actors).pdf
OCR / text
Poor (0.314) · proof-reading: whole text (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: yes
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Renmin Ribao (1950-1966) - articles on Gerwani and Indonesian women (People's Daily database)
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