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

Title: FBIS Daily Report (1966-11-18) - Gerwani Leader Suwarti Will Stand Trial [HathiTrust osu.32435063629349] 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.32435063629349 Date retrieved: 2026-10-17 Note: page-image PDFs could not be downloaded (HathiTrust temporarily blocked image downloads); OCR text only. Page #305 BRR 1 INDONESIA 18 November 1966 GERWANI LEADER SUWARTI WILL STAND TRIAL Djakarta Domestic Service in Indonesian 0700 GMT 18 November 1966--B (Text) A former member of the Central Committee of the PKI, Suwarti, will stand trial soon in the south Sumatra Mahmilub. She will be the first woman leader of the Gestapu-PKI to be tried by the Mahmilub. According to the south Sumatra military commander, Brig. Gen. Makmun Murod, Gerwani leader Suwarti attempted to build an underground PKI (? chapter) in south Sumatra in (?June of this year). RETURN OF SOME STUDENTS FROM BULGARIA ASKED Djakarta Domestic Service in Indonesian 0600 GMT 18 November 1966--B (Text) At a recent meeting, the executive committee of the Indonesian Students Association in Bulgaria decided to demand that the Indonesian Government return those Indonesian students in Bulgaria who openly oppose the Indonesian republican government. In its decision, the Indonesian Students Assocation in Bulgaria said that the defiant students had refused to enter a screening program prepared by the Indonesian Government for all Indonesian citizens in Bulgaria. The screening was designed to isulate Gestapu-PKI elements and sympathizers, dubious elements, and those who seek to (change) the course of the Pantjasila revolution. PEOPLE MUST NOT BELIEVE MALICIOUS RUMORS Djakarta Domestic Service in Indonesian 1216 GMT 17 November 1966--B (Station commentary by Wiratno Sugito: "How to face rumors") (Summary) Brother listeners: Rumors can cause serious consequences. History has taught us that rumors can cause disaster to a nation and even to the world. Hitler's indoctrination of the German people to hate Jews, for example, developed into racism. For a large part, it was caused by rumors alleging that Jews had brought about German poverty. Certainly rumors are bad symptoms. Therefore we must wipe out rumors. To wipe out rumors, we must locate their origin. During the period of the old order, rumors were rampant and reached a climax with the dissemination of rumors about the so-called "council of generals," "local army friends," and so forth. Everybody knew how evil the rumors were. Even now, a year after the Lubang Buaja tragedy and General Nasution's warning that slander is more evil than killing, we are still being disturbed by rumors employed by political guerrillas of the old order, rumors based on the method of the end justifying the means. Page #306 18 November 1966 INDONESIA RRR 2 The old order is still employing rumors to carry out political guerrilla activities. In this context, MPRS Chairman General Nasution, in his recent message to the second seminar of the PTT employees association in Malang, stressed that efforts to implement the co stitution of 1945 in a pure and resolute manner do not constitute an attack on the President, and that a return to the democratic track does not entail curbing the position and authority of the President. "General Nasution made the statement because of rumors alleging that efforts to resolutely implement the constitution of 1945 constitute an attack on the President, and that a return to the democratic track is designed to curb the position and authority of the President." Such rumors are negative issues at a time when we are doing our utmost to insure the success of the cabinet program. General Nasution has stated that such issues are being launched by the old order, which has imposed on the Indonesian people contradictions and antagonism designed to split unity. "During the heyday of the old order, rumors were rampant because they originated on both sides--the ruling side, which launched rumors systematically in the framework of the end justifying the means, and the community, which was not given official information by the government. Now it seems that we, who have said goodby to the old order, still have failed to learn and be aware of the mistakes of the old order in the field of information." In this context, MPRS member Adnan Bujung Nasution has stated that the old order's distortio of facts has reappeared. In the past, facts were withheld from the people. Whenever a fact was exposed, it was denied by the authorities, thereby creating confusion among the people. As a result, the people could not distinguish between right and wrong. We must wipe out rumors. We must reject the use of rumors as a method in which the end justifies the means. It is necessary to provide the people with full official information, because the people's conviction in the government and the government's conviction in the people are the most efficient means to cope with the psychological warfare being launched by the enemies of the revolution. MISSILE TRAINING CENTER--As part of the program to integrate the armed forces, there is a possibility that a single basic rocket and guided missile training center will be established for the armed services. With the establishment of such a center, trainees would be able to get acquainted with all the rockets and guided missiles in the arsenal of the various services. (Djakarta Domestic Indonesian 1500 GMT 13 November 1966--B) MUHAMMADIJAH STUDENT CONGRESS--The Muhammadijah student national congress will be held in Djakarta from 18 to 24 November, coinciding with the fourth Muhammadijah youth congress. Each regional chapter is instructed to send a three-member delegation, which must be in Djakarta by 17 November. (Djakarta Domestic Indonesian 1215 GMT 3 November 1966--B) CORRESPONDENT TO CAMBODIA--Cambodian Ambassador to Indonesia Hem Phanrasy paid an official visit to ANTARA's head office in Djakarta on 2 November. He was told of the news agency's plan to send a special permanent correspondent to Phnom Penh. The correspondent left for the Cambodian capital on 3 November. (Djakarta ANTARA English 1314 GMT 3 November 1966--B)