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The Straits Times, 8 August 1955: The Reds have organised for victory in Indonesian polls (P. A. van der Poel)

Straits Times, 8 Aug 1955: the Reds have organised for victory in Indonesian polls (van der Poel)

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Straits Times, 8 Aug 1955, by P. A. van der Poel (lead only). Describes how the Communist organisation is preparing for the 1955 Indonesian elections, winning support through sport, religion and an appeal to 'non-party' people. Matched on Umi Sardjono; lead does not name her.

Straits Times, 8 Agu 1955, oleh P. A. van der Poel (hanya teks pembuka). Menguraikan persiapan organisasi komunis menghadapi Pemilu 1955, menarik dukungan lewat olahraga, agama dan seruan kepada kalangan 'tanpa partai'. Terjaring nama Umi Sardjono; tidak disebut di bagian ini.

“The Communist organisation to fight the elections in Indonesia is here described”

People

P. A. van der PoelUmi Sardjono

Organisations

Communist Party of Indonesia

Places

Indonesia

Events

1955 parliamentary election

Topics

elections and parliamentPKIpropaganda and media

Tags

feature article

Details

Date
1955-08-08
Creator
The Straits Times
Publication
The Straits Times
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
English
Perspective
Western mainstream press
Source role
primary
Country
Singapore
Period
1955–1959
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)/The Straits Times (1955-08-08) - The Reds have organised for victory in Indonesian polls [NewspaperSG straitstimes19550808-1.2.86].txt
OCR / text
Good (0.895) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · 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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