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FBIS Daily Report, 18 Nov 1966: Gerwani leader Suwarti will stand trial

Gerwani Leader Suwarti Will Stand Trial (FBIS, 18 Nov 1966)

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Two-page FBIS extract (18 Nov 1966) from HathiTrust. The Gerwani-relevant item says PKI Central Committee member Suwarti, called a Gerwani leader, will be tried by the South Sumatra Mahmilub, the first woman Gestapu-PKI leader to be tried. Other items cover Indonesian students in Bulgaria and a radio commentary on rumours.

Kutipan dua halaman FBIS (18 November 1966) dari HathiTrust. Item terkait Gerwani menyebut anggota CC PKI Suwarti, disebut pemimpin Gerwani, akan diadili Mahmilub Sumatra Selatan, perempuan pemimpin Gestapu-PKI pertama yang diadili. Item lain tentang mahasiswa di Bulgaria dan komentar radio soal desas-desus.

“p. 1: Suwarti will be the first woman leader of the Gestapu-PKI to be tried by the Mahmilub; she allegedly attempted to build an underground PKI chapter in south Sumatra.”

People

SuwartiMakmun MurodA.H. NasutionAdnan Buyung Nasution

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Communist Party of IndonesiaExtraordinary Military Tribunal

Places

South SumatraBulgaria

Topics

trials (Mahmillub)Gerwani organisationarrests and detentionpropaganda and media

Details

Date
1966-11-18
Creator
FBIS Daily Report
Publication
Document type
government record (government / intelligence / diplomatic record (text transcription/OCR))
Language
English
Perspective
Intelligence/diplomatic record
Source role
primary
Country
USA
Period
1965–1966
Source archive
HathiTrust full-view (US gov) · 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 (1966-11-18) - Gerwani Leader Suwarti Will Stand Trial [HathiTrust osu.32435063629349].txt
OCR / text
Good (0.951) · 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
full text read

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