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Somogyi Néplap, 7 November 1965: 'Sukarno mengecam anti-komunisme; sembilan wanita dibunuh tentara di Jawa Tengah'

Somogyi Néplap, 7 Nov 1965: Sukarno condemns anti-communism; nine women killed by army in Central Java

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Somogyi Neplap (Hungary), 7 Nov 1965, p. 2: MTI/AFP dispatch from Bogor on Sukarno's cabinet meeting, where he condemned anti-communist revenge and upheld NASAKOM. States an army press communiqué that soldiers fired on marching Gerwani women in Solo, Central Java, killing nine. Also notes de facto bans on the PKI and the MPRS expelling communists.

Somogyi Neplap (Hungaria), 7 Nov 1965, hlm. 2: kabar MTI/AFP dari Bogor tentang sidang kabinet Sukarno yang mengecam balas dendam anti-komunis dan mempertahankan NASAKOM. Memuat komunike militer bahwa tentara menembaki wanita Gerwani yang berbaris di Solo, Jawa Tengah, menewaskan sembilan orang. Juga larangan de facto PKI dan pengusiran komunis dari MPRS.

“p.2: 'in the Central Javanese city of Solo, members of Gerwani ... demonstrated. The soldiers fired on the marching women and killed nine women.'”

People

SukarnoNjotoChaerul SalehD.N. Aidit

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Communist Party of IndonesiaIndonesian National Armed ForcesProvisional People's Consultative AssemblyAgence France-PresseAssociated PressPravda

Places

SurakartaCentral JavaBogorJakartaIndonesia

Events

Mass killings of 1965–66Army press sexual slander campaign against Gerwani

Topics

1965 coup and aftermathkillings 1965–66Gerwani organisationpropaganda and mediaUSSR and Eastern Europe

Tags

anti-communismnasakomofficial communiquewire report

Details

Date
1965-11-07
Creator
Somogyi Neplap
Publication
Somogyi Neplap
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
Russian
Perspective
Socialist-bloc/solidarity press
Source role
primary
Country
Hungary
Period
1965–1966
Source archive
Hungaricana Library (Hungary) · source link
Access
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File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Soviet and East European press (1946-1990) - Pravda, Izvestiia, Soviet Woman, Hungarian papers (East View, archive.org, Hungaricana)/Somogyi Neplap (1965-11-07) - Gerwani in Solo [Hungaricana SomogyMegyeiHirlap_1965_11 pg31].txt
OCR / text
Good (0.938) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: yes
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Soviet and East European press (1946-1990) - Pravda, Izvestiia, Soviet Woman, Hungarian papers (East View, archive.org, Hungaricana)
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