FBIS Daily Report, Dec 1965: PKI and cover organs dissolved, women's organisation purges pro-Gerwani members

Title: FBIS Daily Report (1965-12) - PKI and cover organs dissolved, women organization purges pro-Gerwani members [HathiTrust osu.32435063920482] Source: HathiTrust Digital Library (full view, US government work), page OCR text via text-only view Volume: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435063920482 Date retrieved: 2026-10-17 Note: page-image PDFs could not be downloaded (HathiTrust temporarily blocked image downloads); OCR text only. Page #70 RRR 1 INDONESIA 8 December 1965 CENTRAL KALIMANTAN BANS PKI ACTIVITIES Djakarta ANTARA in English 1511 GMT 7 December 1965--B (Text) Palangka Raja, 7 December--The Dwikora administrator of Central Kalimantan announced a decree here Monday temporarily suspending activities by the PKI and its cover organizations in the jurisdiction of Central Kalimantan Province. The decision was taken, it was explained in the decree, because sufficient indications that the PKI and its cover organs had been involved in the counterrevolutionary coup by the 30 September Movement. Violation of the decree would be liable to drastic action. The PKI-affiliated Gerwani women's organization of East Kalimantan dissolved itself voluntarily this week. Board leaders of the Gerwani chapter and its affiliated bodies and organs throughout East Kalimantan realized that the national revolution must be safeguarded. They admitted that Gerwani had been involved in the coup attempt two months ago. At Kampung Gunung Samarinda at Balikpapan, the members of PKI, Gerwani, Pemuda Rakjat, and another PKI cover organ also disbanded themselves before local civil and military authorities this week. In other measures, the governor of East Kalimantan also temporarily dismissed officials of government agencies and bodies who were members of political parties and organizations involved in the coup. The dismissals were in agreement with the instructions of Koti and of the Dwikora administrator. SUKARNO ISSUES ORDERS ON ECONOMIC PROBLEMS Djakarta ANTARA in English 0605 GMT 7 December 1965--B (Text) Djakarta, 7 December--President Sukarno has issued instructions to the Cabinet Presidium to study and formulate steps to solve the current economic problems of the country and join them into a presidential decree, Dr. Chaerul Saleh, third vice premier and Presidium member, disclosed to newsmen at the presidential palace this morning. He disclosed that the Presidium and the President just concluded talks on economic issues faced by the nation at the moment. A number of economic experts would be summoned to carry out these presidential instructions and to make the projected decree effective next year, he added. said the new economic ruling would be preceded with a transitory regulati agreement with the decree. egulation in CHAERUL SALEH CITES IMPORTANCE OF ECONOMY Djakarta Domestic Service in Indonesian 1500 GMT 7 December 1965--B (Text) Third Deputy Premier Chaerul Saleh has stressed the importance of economy, especially in the sector of routine spending, in combating inflation at present because routine expenditures form the greatest source of inflation. Dr. Chaerul Saleh said this at a meeting with executive committee of the GMKI (Christian University Students Movement) led by Sitohang today. Page #162 9 December 1965 INDONESIA RRR 3 Brig. Gen. Amin Machmud made these remarks at his first meeting with representatives of political parties, mass organizations of the functional group, and reporters in the capital this morning at the Diponegoro military club, Djakarta, He further called on the people not to stain Pantjasila by carrying out extremist activities. He said that whoever tries to turn our revolution to the right will be beaten for sure, as in the case with the PKI which has been beaten by the Pantjasila itself because it had tried to turn our revolution to the extreme left. In connection with the campaign to eradicate the 30 September Movement, Brig. Gen. Amir Machmud said that the entire he entire community in Djakarta should become "the ear and hand" of authorities without becoming a self-appointed judge. the same occasion, the Djaya military commander also issued a similar serious warning to economic grafters who have been trying to create disorder in our economy. PAKANBARU SPEECH--Riouw Provincial Gov. Kaharudin Nasution has said that the Indonesian revolution, which is based on Pantjasila, is a gift from God, and we as tools of the revolution should believe in God and bear responsibility toward both in building a Pantjasila Indonesian socialism and a new world free from exploitation and oppression. Delivering a speech at a closing color ceremony on 6 December at the Pakanbaru District Office, the governor reminded all heads of departments in Pakanbaru to be serious in their work as tools of the revolution, loving God, humanity, justice, and democracy. He stressed that anyone who does not maintain the character and moral of the Pantjasila has no right to call himself a tool of the revolution and is a counterrevolutionary element of the so-called 30 September Movement. 8 December 1965--S) (Pakanbaru Sumatra Regional Indonesian 1000 GMT RIOUW WOMEN'S ROLE--The general chairman of the Riouw region women's organization, Mother Kaharudin Nasution, has said that women in the Riouw region have shown courage in performing their role and shown what women can do in helping their opposite sex to maintain law and order. They have carried out the instructions of their superiors both to enhance the Dwikora struggle and to eradicate the counterrevolutionary Gestapu to its roots. The women's organization has taken the first step to purge from its organization members who were pro-Gerwani both physically and mentally. Besides, the women's organization has also placed itself in the United action movement to crush the Nekolim, Malaysia, and the Gestapu. (Pakanbaru Sumatra Regional Indonesian 1000 GMT 8 December 1965--S) VIETNAM WAR--Coordinator Minister-DPRGR Speaker Arudji Kartawinata said on 8 December that the Indonesian people are convinced that ultimate victory in the war against U.S. aggression will be on the Vietnamese people's side, and that Indonesia will continue to support the Vietnamese people's fight to expel U.S. imperialism and its henchmen from Vietnamese soil. Coordinator Minister Kartawinata made his remark to the DRV ambassador, Pham Binh, who visited him at his office. Ambassador Pham Binh handed a letter of thanks from the DRV National People's Assembly for the DPRGR's support to the Vietnamese just struggle to forge a national unity. The ambassador also talked about the latest exploits of the Vietnamese people against the U.S. aggressors. (Djakarta Domestic Indonesian 2300 GMT 8 December 1965--B)