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Woman Communist Leader Captured (Madame Sri Sukatno, South Blitar), FBIS Daily Report, 24 July 1968

FBIS Daily Report, 24 Jul 1968: Woman communist leader captured (Madame Sri Sukatno, South Blitar)

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FBIS Daily Report (24 Jul 1968) relaying Antara: Madame Sri Sukatno, described as a woman communist leader, was arrested at Pasiraman, South Blitar, in a mopping-up operation, per the army paper Angkatan Bersendjata. She is called a Politburo member, head of the Central Committee section on armed peasants and a Pemuda Rakjat leader. Gerwani is not mentioned.

Laporan Harian FBIS (24 Juli 1968) mengutip Antara: Madame Sri Sukatno, disebut pemimpin komunis perempuan, ditangkap di Pasiraman, Blitar Selatan, dalam operasi pembersihan, menurut harian Angkatan Bersendjata. Ia disebut anggota Politbiro, pimpinan seksi Comite Central untuk perjuangan tani bersenjata, dan pimpinan Pemuda Rakjat. Gerwani tidak disebut.

“Madame Sri Sukatno was a Political Bureau member and leader of the Central Committee section in charge of the struggle by armed peasants. (seq. 929)”

People

Sri Sukatno

Organisations

Communist Party of IndonesiaPeople's YouthAntara News AgencyAngkatan Bersendjata (newspaper)Ekonomi Nasional (weekly)

Places

South BlitarPasiramanEast Java

Events

Operasi Trisula, South Blitar

Topics

arrests and detentionPKINew Orderpeasant women

Tags

news briefanti-communism

Details

Date
1968-07-24
Creator
Foreign Broadcast Information Service (Antara report)
Publication
FBIS Daily Report, Asia & Pacific, no. 143
Document type
government record
Language
English
Perspective
Intelligence/diplomatic record
Source role
primary
Country
USA
Period
1967–1979
Source archive
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Access
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File
01 Primary Sources/1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records/FBIS Daily Reports (1949-1996) - items on Gerwani and members (Readex, HathiTrust)/FBIS Daily Report Asia Pacific (1968-07) - Arrest of Madame Sri Sukatno in South Blitar [HathiTrust nnc1.cu00734667 seq 929-930].txt
OCR / text
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Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records › FBIS Daily Reports (1949-1996) - items on Gerwani and members (Readex, HathiTrust)
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