Nasib 4 pegawai Divisi Diponegoro tidak di-ketahui (Gerwani and the generals' widows)
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Nasib 4 pegawai Divisi Diponegoro tidak diketahui
Sementara itu pasukan-pasukan tentera di Serang, 50 batu dari barat Jakarta, telah menawan [Unreadable] orang pemimpin Komunis tempatan malam semalam apabila mereka cuba lari.
Tentera-tentera juga telah merampas risalah-risalah yang ada kaitan dengan rebutan kuasa yang gagal itu, kata akhbar-akhbar tersebut lagi.
Di Jakarta, tentera-tentera payung terjun telah menggeledah rumah Tuan Suwardi, seorang pemimpin Komunis, dan menjumpai peluru [Unreadable].
Di Yogyakarta, Jawa Tengah, pemuda-pemuda Komunis cuba memaksa seorang juruhebah radio supaya menyiarkan kenyataan mereka menyokong rebutan kuasa sementara 2.000 orang lagi menunjuk perasaan di bandar. Mereka kemudian telah lari apabila tentera-tentera Pemerintah tiba di situ dan menawan kembali bandar tersebut.
Makin ramai anggota-anggota Gerwani, barisan wanita Komunis, diberitakan telah cuba mencolek isteri pegawai-pegawai tentera. Malam semalam anggota-anggota Gerwani cuba menawan beberapa orang balu General-General yang dibunuh dalam masa rebutan kuasa tersebut. Tentera-tentera sedang mengawal rumah pegawai-pegawai tinggi tentera, kata akhbar-akhbar itu.
Sementara itu, akhbar-akhbar tersebut juga memberitakan bahawa empat orang pegawai tentera Komando Diponegoro, Jawa Tengah, telah dicolek oleh tentera-tentera yang memberontak dan nasib mereka masih belum diketahui.
Selamat
Akhbar-akhbar tersebut menambah bahawa tentera-tentera Pemerintah telah menjumpai keluarga Colonel Katamso, panglima tentera di Yogyakarta. Mereka selamat dan telah dibawa ke Jakarta. Sebelum itu, diberitakan keluarga Colonel tersebut telah dibunuh oleh anggota-anggota Gerakan 30 September.
Dua batalion Komando Diponegoro yang telah menyebelahi pihak pemberontak telah menyerah diri apabila panglima mereka ditawan, akhbar-akhbar itu melaporkan lagi. — Reuter.
English translation
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Fate of 4 Diponegoro Division officers unknown
Meanwhile, troops in Serang, 50 miles west of Jakarta, captured [several] local Communist leaders last night as they tried to flee.
The troops also seized leaflets connected with the failed seizure of power, the newspapers said.
In Jakarta, paratroopers searched the house of Mr. Suwardi, a Communist leader, and found ammunition.
In Yogyakarta, Central Java, Communist youths tried to force a radio announcer to broadcast their statement supporting the seizure of power while 2,000 others demonstrated in the town. They later fled when Government troops arrived and recaptured the town.
More and more members of Gerwani – the Communist women's front – are reported to have tried to kidnap the wives of army officers.
Last night Gerwani members tried to capture several widows of the generals killed during the seizure of power.
Troops are guarding the homes of senior army officers, the newspapers said.
Meanwhile the newspapers also reported that four officers of the Diponegoro Division, Central Java, had been kidnapped by rebel troops and their fate is still unknown.
Safe
The newspapers added that Government troops had found the family of Colonel Katamso [OCR: Matamso], army commander in Yogyakarta. They are safe and have been brought to Jakarta. Earlier it had been reported that the Colonel's family had been killed by members of the 30 September Movement.
Two battalions of the Diponegoro Division which had sided with the rebels surrendered when their commander was captured, the newspapers further reported. – Reuter