GA-02218 1965-11-05 relevance B public
Neue Berner Zeitung, 5. November 1965: Wie die KP Indonesiens die Macht an sich reissen wollte - Massenmorde waren geplant
Neue Berner Zeitung, 5 November 1965: How the Indonesian Communist Party wanted to seize power - mass murders planned
Neue Berner Zeitung, 5 Nov 1965, DPA report 'How the Communist Party of Indonesia wanted to seize power: mass murders were planned'. Citing army-held 'captured plans', it claims the PKI intended to kill 10,000+ officers and officials, and to arm one million peasants and workers as a militia built from Pemuda Rakyat, BTI, SOBSI and Gerwani cadres; it also dwells on Sukarno's presence at Halim. Gerwani appears only in the militia sentence.
Neue Berner Zeitung, 5 November 1965, laporan DPA 'Bagaimana PKI hendak merebut kekuasaan: pembunuhan massal direncanakan'. Mengutip 'rencana yang disita' militer, disebut PKI hendak membunuh 10.000+ perwira dan pejabat serta mempersenjatai sejuta petani dan buruh sebagai milisi dari kader Pemuda Rakyat, BTI, SOBSI dan Gerwani; juga menyoroti kehadiran Sukarno di Halim. Gerwani hanya disebut dalam kalimat milisi.
“With the cadres of 'Pemuda Rakyat', 'BTI', 'Sobsi' and 'Gerwani' (women) ... a people's militia on the Peking model was to be built up already in the second phase of the coup.”
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- 01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Swiss press (1959-1965) - wire reports on Gerwani (e-newspaperarchives.ch)/Neue Berner Zeitung (1965-11-05) - Wie die KP Indonesiens die Macht an sich reissen wollte Massenmorde [e-newspaperarchives NBZ19651105-01.2.25.1].txt
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