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JPRS 75238: South and East Asia Report No. 874, 3 March 1980 (release of 22 prisoners incl. Dr Sutanti Aidit)

JPRS 75238, 3 Mar 1980: release of 22 prisoners incl. Dr Sutanti Aidit and Pramoedya (Indonesian press reports)

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JPRS translation volume (3 March 1980). Its Indonesia section reprints Indonesian press reports (Sinar Harapan, Pelita, 21 Dec 1979) on the release of Category B prisoners, including Pramoedya Ananta Toer. At the Jakarta ceremony 22 prisoners including Dr Sutanti Aidit were freed; she wept and said she would follow Islam. Gerwani is not named in this item.

Kumpulan terjemahan JPRS (3 Maret 1980). Bagian Indonesia memuat laporan pers (Sinar Harapan, Pelita, 21 Des 1979) tentang pembebasan tahanan golongan B, termasuk Pramoedya Ananta Toer. Dalam upacara di Jakarta 22 tahanan dibebaskan, termasuk dr. Sutanti Aidit, yang menangis dan menyatakan akan menaati ajaran Islam. Gerwani tidak disebut dalam bagian ini.

“The Jakarta ceremony in which 22 prisoners, including Dr Sutanti Aidit, were released, was a moving one.”

People

Soetanti AiditPramoedya Ananta ToerSudomoRivai ApinHasyim RachmanNaibaho

Organisations

Operational Command for the Restoration of Security and OrderSinar HarapanPelitaAntara News AgencyHarian RakjatBintang Timur

Places

JakartaSemarangBuruIndonesia

Topics

arrests and detentionNew Ordermemory, testimony and justicebiography

Tags

translationprisoner releasesnews brief

Details

Date
1980-03-03
Creator
Joint Publications Research Service (JPRS/FBIS)
Publication
JPRS 75238, South and East Asia Report No. 874
Document type
government record
Language
English
Perspective
Intelligence/diplomatic record
Source role
primary
Country
USA
Period
1980–1998
Source archive
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Access
open access (Internet Archive; US government translation series) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records/CIA, FRUS, JPRS and US reports (1949-1978) - items on Gerwani and members (CIA CREST, HathiTrust, Gale, DTIC)/JPRS 75238 (1980) - South and East Asia Report No. 874, release of 22 prisoners incl. Dr Sutanti Aidit [archive.org].pdf
OCR / text
Fair · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records › CIA, FRUS, JPRS and US reports (1949-1978) - items on Gerwani and members (CIA CREST, HathiTrust, Gale, DTIC)
Summary basis
first 60k chars read + all Gerwani/member passages of the full text

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