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Kondisi perburuhan Indonesia: serikat buruh, Desember 1960 (Indonesia labor conditions: unions)
Indonesian Labor Conditions: Unions, December 1960
Short compilation of US embassy telegrams and airgrams (Dec 1960) on Indonesian labour and unions. A 3 Dec telegram reports the South Sumatra-Jambi military command's continued ban on PKI and affiliates including SOBSI, PERBUM, Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani after regulation changes; other items concern SOBSI and union conditions.
Kumpulan singkat telegram dan airgram Kedubes AS (Des 1960) tentang perburuhan dan serikat buruh Indonesia. Telegram 3 Des melaporkan Komando Militer Sumatra Selatan-Jambi tetap melarang PKI dan afiliasinya, termasuk SOBSI, PERBUM, Pemuda Rakyat dan Gerwani, setelah perubahan peraturan; butir lain membahas SOBSI dan kondisi serikat.
“Telegram 1593, 3 Dec 1960 (p.1): regional war commanders' ban continues on PKI and affiliates incl. SOBSI, PERBUM, Pemuda Rakjat and 'GERWANI (women)'.”
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- 1960-12
- Creator
- US State Department Central Files
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- Document type
- government record (government / intelligence / diplomatic record)
- Language
- English
- Perspective
- Intelligence/diplomatic record
- Source role
- primary
- Country
- USA
- Period
- 1960–1965
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- ProQuest History Vault (Columbia) · source link
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- library-licensed (Columbia University Libraries); personal research copy Library-licensed or subscription copy: show metadata and summary only; link to the source.
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- 01 Primary Sources/1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records/US State Department and White House files (1948-1965) - Indonesia files (ProQuest History Vault)/US State Department Central Files (1960-12) - Indonesia labor conditions unions [ProQuest 3041686364].pdf
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- Fair (0.808) · proof-reading: whole text (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: not needed
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- 01 Primary Sources › 1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records › US State Department and White House files (1948-1965) - Indonesia files (ProQuest History Vault)
- Summary basis
- full text scanned (page-by-page headings and all keyword passages); not read line by line
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