GA-02555 1978 relevance C public
Aanhangsel Handelingen Tweede Kamer 1977-1978, nr. 614: politieke gevangenen Indonesië (CDA)
Dutch Parliament Written Question 614 (1978): Political Prisoners in Indonesia (CDA)
Dutch Second Chamber written question no. 614 (Jan 1978) by three CDA members after the British ambassador criticised conditions for Buru prisoners; Minister Van der Klaauw says concern has repeatedly been voiced. Context on Buru detainees.
Pertanyaan tertulis no. 614 Tweede Kamer (Januari 1978) oleh tiga anggota CDA setelah duta besar Inggris mengkritik kondisi tahanan Buru; Menlu Van der Klaauw menyatakan keprihatinan sudah berulang kali disampaikan. Konteks tahanan Buru.
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- Date
- 1978
- Creator
- Tweede Kamer
- Document type
- government record (parliamentary written question and ministerial answer (Aanhangsel van de Handelingen))
- Language
- Dutch
- Perspective
- Intelligence/diplomatic record
- Source role
- primary
- Country
- Netherlands
- Period
- 1967–1979
- Source archive
- Staten-Generaal Digitaal / officielebekendmakingen.nl · source link
- Access
- Dutch parliamentary papers (Aanhangsel van de Handelingen, Tweede Kamer); the PDF metadata (creation date 2008) matches the digitised series of Staten-Generaal Digitaal (statengeneraaldigitaal.nl) / officielebekendmakingen.nl, but the download URL was not recorded [verify]. Open access; retrieved 2026-10-13. Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
- Citation (APA)
- Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal. (1978). Vragen van de leden Van den Broek, Gualthérie van Weezel en Scholten (allen C.D.A.) over de politieke gevangenen in Indonesië, met antwoord van Minister Van der Klaauw (Buitenlandse Zaken) [Questions from members Van den Broek, Gualthérie van Weezel and Scholten (all CDA) on the political prisoners in Indonesia, with the answer of Foreign Minister Van der Klaauw] (Aanhangsel van de Handelingen, Tweede Kamer, zitting 1977-1978, No. 614, p. 1237). Staatsdrukkerij.
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- 01 Primary Sources/1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records/Tweede Kamer (1978) - Aanhangsel Handelingen 1977-1978 nr 614, politieke gevangenen Indonesie (CDA).pdf
- OCR / text
- Good (0.907) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: yes
- Collection
- 01 Primary Sources › 1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records
- Summary basis
- condensed from full annotation
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