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Sinar Harapan, 20 November 1966 (edisi Minggu)

Sinar Harapan, 20 Nov 1966: customs director general shields 'Gestapu/PKI' staff

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Sinar Harapan, 20 November 1966 (edisi Minggu). Front-page item that the Director General of Customs protects 'Gestapu/PKI' staff, e.g. Heroe Basuki, posted to Tanjung Pinang with his wife 'known as a Gerwani ringleader'.

Sinar Harapan, 20 November 1966 (edisi Minggu). Butir halaman depan bahwa Dirjen Bea Cukai melindungi staf 'Gestapu/PKI', mis. Heroe Basuki, ditempatkan di Tanjung Pinang bersama istrinya yang 'dikenal sebagai gembong Gerwani'.

People

Padang SudirdjoHeru Basoeki

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)

Places

Tanjung Pinang

Topics

arrests and detentionlabour and workerspropaganda and media

Tags

screening and loyalty oaths

Details

Date
1966-11-20
Creator
Sinar Harapan
Publication
Sinar Harapan
Document type
newspaper issue (Newspaper issue (Jakarta Protestant daily, Sunday edition 'edisi minggu'), 4 pages)
Language
Indonesian (old spelling)
Perspective
Indonesian mainstream/other press
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1965–1966
Source archive
Perpusnas Khastara | (catalog https://khastara.perpusnas.go.id/koleksi-digital/detail/?catId=384639) · source link
Access
Perpusnas Khastara digital collection (free PDF; catalogue id 384639 in file name), downloaded 2026-10-15/16 via the Claude desktop browser. Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
Citation (APA)
Sinar Harapan. (1966, November 20). Sinar Harapan [Daily, Sunday edition], pp. I–IV. Jakarta: PT Sinar Kasih.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Sinar Harapan (1966) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)/Sinar Harapan (1966-11-20) - issue, Gerwani p. 1 [Khastara 384639].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.885) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Sinar Harapan (1966) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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