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Speech to Women's Group (Sukarno at Perwari anniversary)

Speech to Women's Group: Sukarno at Perwari Anniversary (FBIS, 17 Dec 1965)

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FBIS summary of Sukarno's 17 Dec 1965 speech at the Perwari anniversary rally. He praised West Irian volunteer Herlina, discussed ideas and 'progressive' versus 'retrogressive' revolutionaries, and defended Nasakom. He ordered a tribunal for those directly involved in Gestok and said those responsible for killing innocents must be punished. Gerwani is not named.

Ringkasan FBIS pidato Sukarno 17 Desember 1965 pada rapat HUT Perwari. Ia memuji sukarelawan Irian Barat Herlina, membahas revolusioner 'progresif' dan 'regresif', serta membela Nasakom. Ia memerintahkan pengadilan khusus bagi yang terlibat langsung dalam Gestok dan menyatakan pembunuh orang tak bersalah harus dihukum. Gerwani tidak disebut.

“p. 2: 'Many people who were not involved with Gestok or Gestapu have been killed.' I have ordered that those responsible for the innocent killings must be punished.”

People

SukarnoHerlinaMadame Falconi

Organisations

Women's Union of the Republic of IndonesiaSupreme Operations Command

Places

JakartaWest New Guinea (Papua)

Topics

1965 coup and aftermathkillings 1965–66trials (Mahmillub)West Irian campaignwomen's rights and emancipation

Tags

anniversary celebrationspeech textnasakom

Details

Date
1965-12-17
Creator
FBIS Daily Report
Publication
Document type
government record (government / intelligence / diplomatic record)
Language
English
Perspective
Intelligence/diplomatic record
Source role
primary
Country
USA
Period
1965–1966
Source archive
Readex: FBIS Daily Reports 1941-1996 (Columbia) | (Readex id 054E5E30) · source link
Access
library-licensed (Columbia University Libraries); personal research copy Library-licensed or subscription copy: show metadata and summary only; link to the source.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records/FBIS Daily Reports (1949-1996) - items on Gerwani and members (Readex, HathiTrust)/FBIS Daily Report (1965-12-17) - Speech to Women's Group, Djakarta Domestic Service [Readex FBIS 054E5E30].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.977) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records › FBIS Daily Reports (1949-1996) - items on Gerwani and members (Readex, HathiTrust)
Summary basis
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