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Eastern Sun, 21 December 1966: Wife of Aidit captured

Eastern Sun, 21 Dec 1966: Wife of Aidit captured

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Eastern Sun, 21 Dec 1966 (UPI, lead only). Aidit's wife, a leader of Indonesia's communist women's organisation, was captured; intelligence agents had watched her since the coup and described her as a dedicated Communist.

Eastern Sun, 21 Des 1966 (UPI, hanya teks pembuka). Istri Aidit, pemimpin organisasi wanita komunis Indonesia, ditangkap; agen intelijen mengawasinya sejak kudeta dan menyebutnya komunis yang berdedikasi.

“The wife of ... Aidit was captured today ... one of the leaders of Indonesia's Communist Women's Organisation”

People

Soetanti AiditD.N. Aidit

Organisations

Communist Party of IndonesiaIndonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)

Places

Jakarta

Topics

arrests and detentionGerwani organisationbiography

Tags

wire reportdiplomatic and intelligence report

Details

Date
1966-12-21
Creator
Eastern Sun
Publication
Eastern Sun
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
English
Perspective
Western mainstream press
Source role
primary
Country
Singapore
Period
1965–1966
Source archive
NewspaperSG · source link
Access
open access (NewspaperSG) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Singapore and Malayan press (1949-2015) - articles on Gerwani (NewspaperSG)/Eastern Sun (1966-12-21) - Wife of Aidit captured [NewspaperSG easternsun19661221-1.2.54.4].txt
OCR / text
Fair (0.832) · proof-reading: whole text (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Singapore and Malayan press (1949-2015) - articles on Gerwani (NewspaperSG)
Summary basis
full text read; only the ~60-word lead text is archived

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