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JPRS 72231, Translations on South and East Asia No. 789 (14 November 1978): Pengadilan Tanti Aidit dan Sulami

JPRS 72231 (14 November 1978): Trial of Tanti Aidit and Sulami

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JPRS 72231, Translations on South and East Asia No. 789 (14 Nov 1978), mostly economic and military news. Two Indonesian items matter: Angkatan Bersenjata (8 Jul 1978) reports that Dr Tanti Aidit, widow of D.N. Aidit, described as a Gerwani leader, will be tried for subversion (second Gerwani case after Sulami and three co-defendants three years earlier), and Kompas (16 Aug) on her seeking legal aid.

JPRS 72231, Translations on South and East Asia No. 789 (14 Nov 1978), sebagian besar berita ekonomi dan militer. Dua butir penting: Angkatan Bersenjata (8 Jul 1978) melaporkan dr. Tanti Aidit, janda D.N. Aidit yang disebut pemimpin Gerwani, akan diadili atas subversi (kasus kedua Gerwani setelah Sulami dan tiga terdakwa lain tiga tahun sebelumnya), dan Kompas (16 Agu) tentang permohonan bantuan hukumnya.

“'Her case is the second G-30-S/PKI case involving leaders of GERWANI. Sulami and three co-defendants were tried by the Central Jakarta State Court 3 years ago' (p. 32).”

People

Soetanti AiditD.N. AiditSulamiAnton Suyoto

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Communist Party of IndonesiaJakarta Prosecutor's OfficeCentral Jakarta District Court

Places

JakartaNorth KoreaSurakartaSemarangKebayoran Baru

Events

Trial of four Gerwani women

Topics

trials (Mahmillub)arrests and detentionNew Ordermemory, testimony and justicebiography

Tags

court record

Details

Date
1978-11-14
Creator
JPRS 72231
Publication
Document type
government record (government / intelligence / diplomatic record)
Language
English
Perspective
Indonesian army/New Order voice
Source role
primary
Country
USA
Period
1967–1979
Source archive
Internet Archive (DTIC mirror) · source link
Access
open access (Internet Archive) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records/CIA, FRUS, JPRS and US reports (1949-1978) - items on Gerwani and members (CIA CREST, HathiTrust, Gale, DTIC)/JPRS 72231 (1978-11-14) - Translations on South and East Asia No. 789 (Gerwani trials, Sulami, Tanti Aidit) [DTIC ADA349085].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.922) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records › CIA, FRUS, JPRS and US reports (1949-1978) - items on Gerwani and members (CIA CREST, HathiTrust, Gale, DTIC)
Summary basis
full text keyword-scanned; Indonesia-related sections read

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