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Le Nouvelliste, 11 octobre 1965: En Indonésie, on fait la chasse aux rebelles et aux... communistes

Le Nouvelliste, 11 October 1965: In Indonesia, the hunt for rebels and communists

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Le Nouvelliste (Valais), 11 Oct 1965, 'In Indonesia, rebels and ... communists are hunted down'. A military source claims 90% of rebels arrested and five battalions (4,000 men) took part in the coup. Repeats the AFP account that Muslims ransacked the homes of Aidit and Njoto and then the Gerwani headquarters, with one billion rupiah allegedly found, and 86 rebels captured near Brebes.

Le Nouvelliste (Valais), 11 Oktober 1965, 'Di Indonesia, pemberontak dan ... komunis diburu'. Sumber militer menyebut 90% pemberontak sudah ditangkap dan lima batalyon (4.000 orang) ikut kudeta. Mengulang laporan AFP bahwa kaum Muslim menjarah rumah Aidit dan Njoto lalu markas Gerwani, konon satu miliar rupiah ditemukan, dan 86 pemberontak ditangkap dekat Brebes.

“Then the demonstrators ransacked the headquarters of the organisation of communist women 'Gerwani'.”

People

D.N. AiditNjotoAbdul Latief

Organisations

Communist Party of IndonesiaIndonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Cakrabirawa RegimentAgence France-Presse

Places

JakartaBrebesCentral JavaIndonesia

Events

Attacks on PKI and Gerwani premises in Jakarta30 September Movement

Topics

1965 coup and aftermatharrests and detentionpropaganda and mediaGerwani organisation

Tags

wire report

Details

Date
1965-10-11
Creator
Le nouvelliste
Publication
Le nouvelliste
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
French
Perspective
Western mainstream press
Source role
primary
Country
Switzerland
Period
1965–1966
Source archive
e-newspaperarchives.ch (Switzerland) · source link
Access
open access (e-newspaperarchives.ch) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Swiss press (1959-1965) - wire reports on Gerwani (e-newspaperarchives.ch)/Le nouvelliste (1965-10-11) - En INDONÉSIE, on fait la chasse aux rebelles et aux... communistes [e-newspaperarchives NVE19651011-01.2.42.4].txt
OCR / text
Poor (0.634) · proof-reading: whole text (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: yes
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Swiss press (1959-1965) - wire reports on Gerwani (e-newspaperarchives.ch)
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