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US Embassy Djakarta, Joint Sitrep No. 68, Telegram 1842 (22 Desember 1965)
US Embassy Djakarta, Joint Sitrep No. 68, Telegram 1842 (22 December 1965)
US Embassy Djakarta telegram 1842, Joint Sitrep No. 68 (22 Dec 1965, Secret, sanitized, OCR rough). Reports Sukarno's speeches defending the PKI, including a Mother's Day gathering where he defended the PKI's women's affiliate (Gerwani), Nasution's 'basic guide' for crushing the PKI, the PNI purge, anti-Chinese violence, and killings in East Java said to have virtually ceased though PKI prisoners were still released to Muslim activists.
Telegram 1842 Kedubes AS Jakarta, Joint Sitrep No. 68 (22 Des 1965, Rahasia, disanitasi, OCR buruk). Melaporkan pidato Sukarno membela PKI, termasuk di acara Hari Ibu saat ia membela organisasi perempuan PKI (Gerwani), 'pedoman dasar' Nasution untuk menumpas PKI, pembersihan PNI, kekerasan anti-Tionghoa, dan pembunuhan di Jawa Timur yang disebut nyaris berhenti meski tahanan PKI masih diserahkan ke aktivis Muslim.
“President repeated the same themes at Mother's Day gathering 'with emphasis on defense of PKI's affiliate (GERWANI)' (p. 2; OCR garbled).”
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