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

Title: FBIS Daily Report Asia Pacific (1968-07) - Arrest of Madame Sri Sukatno in South Blitar [HathiTrust nnc1.cu00734667 seq 929-930] Source: HathiTrust Digital Library (full view), page OCR text via text-only view Volume: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc1.cu00734667 Date retrieved: 2026-10-19 Note: page-image download returned 403 (HathiTrust image downloads blocked); OCR text only. Daily report. Asia & Pacific / Foreign Broadcast Information Service, no.131-144 (1968:July5-24). | HathiTrust Digital Library View this item in the Book Viewer Use of this online version is subject to all U.S. copyright laws. Please do not save or redistribute this file. For questions or comments, contact HathiTrust.org at [email protected] You have one page at a time access to this item. Authenticated members of HathiTrust institutions who have a print disability may have full-text access to this item. Login to determine if you have access and see all volumes that are available when searching. For more information, see HathiTrust Accessibility. Page at a time access to this item is also available via our fully-styled HathiTrust interface. Full Bibliographic Information Title Daily report. Asia & Pacific / Foreign Broadcast Information Service, no.131-144 (1968:July5-24). Published Description v.;27 cm. Rights Public Domain, Google-digitized. Permanent URL https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nnc1.cu00734667 Page #929 11. 24 Jul 68 INDONESIA Woman Communist Leader Captured Djakarta ANTARA in English 0611 GMT 23 Jul 68 B [Text] Djakarta--A woman communist leader since before the abortive 1965 communist coup, Madame Sri Sukatno, was arrested in the South Blitar Region, East Java, late last week, the armed forces paper ANGKATAN BERSENDJATA reported (words indistinct]. The paper said that she was arrested in the village of Pasiraman last Friday during a mopping-up operation in the South Blitar area by the armed forces. Blitar is the main theater of underground communist activities in Indonesia. According to the paper, Madame Sri Sukatno was a Political Bureau member and leader of the Central Committee section in charge of the struggle by armed peasants. Before and during the 1965 coup attempt she was one of the leaders of the Pemuda Rakjat communist movement which was partially developed to play a military role in the coup. [words indistinct) She was also a member of the editorial staff of the communist HARIAN EKONOMI NASIONAL (NATIONAL ECONOMIC DAILY). ARMY DENIES REPORTS ON COMMUNIST LEADERS Djakarta ANTARA in English 1332 GMT 23 Jul 68 B [Text] Djakarta--The Army Central Information Office chief, Brig Gen M. Nawawi Alif, has denied newspaper reports on Gestapu-PKI leaders at Labuhan Bilik, North Sumatra. The reports claimed that ex-Brigadier General Suharjo, together with Military Police Ma M. Joseuf and Siti Chadijah, was planning underground communist activities in East Sumatra. Suharjo was former military commander of East Kalimantan. After the outbreak of the communist coup in October 1965 he sided with the PKI. MALIK: ASEAN MEETING WILL NOT DISCUSS SABAH Kuala Lumpur Domestic Service in English 0830 GMT 19 Jul 68 W (Text) Indonesian Foreign Minister Adam Malik says the forthcoming ASEAN meeting will not discuss the Philippines claim to Sabah. He made the statement following a meeting of the ASEAN committee in Djakarta yesterday. He said that the Sabah question has nothing to do with the association. GOVERNMENT URGED TO HELP IN SABAH DISPUTE Singapore AFP in English 1332 GMT 22 Jul 68 W (FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY) [Text] Djakarta--The daily API PANTJASILA, official organ of the minor nationalist party IPKI, today urged the Indonesian Government to play a positive role in seeking a solution of the Sabah dispute between Malaysia and the Philippines. The dispute is nearing the situation where political stability in the region might be disturbed, it said. Indonesia should try to initiate steps to solve the dispute because it is interested in political stability and good neighborliness. The paper pointed out that Indonesia professes to work for international peace, and that it is the initiator of ASEAN. Daily report. Asia & Pacific / Foreign Broadcast Information Service, no.131-144 (1968:July5-24). | HathiTrust Digital Library View this item in the Book Viewer Use of this online version is subject to all U.S. copyright laws. Please do not save or redistribute this file. 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Permanent URL https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nnc1.cu00734667 Page #930 INDONESIA 24 Jul 68 MALIK: INDONESIA READY TO HELP Singapore Domestic Service in English 1530 GMT 23 Jul 68 W [Text] Indonesian Foreign Minister Malik has said Indonesia is ready to help ease the tension between Malaysia and the Philippines but has not been asked to mediate in the Sabah dispute. Speaking to reporters in Djakarta, he said he thought the dispute would not wreck the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Asked if he thought hostilities might break out between Malaysia and the Philippines, Malik said, "I do not think so, there are still many ways to find a solution to the dispute." WEST IRIAN COMMANDER PLEDGES FREE CHOICE' Djakarta ANTARA in English 1414 GMT 20 Jul 68 В [Text] Menado, 17 July--The new military commander of West Irian Province, Brig Gen Sarwo Edi Wibowo, has said that, being a law-abiding nation, Indonesia would carry out the act of free choice in the province, as stipulated in the New York agreement. Nevertheless, the commander added, West Irian is absolutely a part of Indonesia's territory, and for this reason Indonesia would emerge victorious from the act of free choice. Addressing a flag roll-call at Sukarnapura on 14 July, Sarwo Edi called on the local population to give substance to what had been attained during the Trikora campaigns to regain West Irian from the Dutch colonial rulers. Immediately following his arrival in West Irian, Commander Sarwo Edi began to take the necessary steps to insure security and calm in the province, particularly in reaction to movements aimed at creating breaches and disunity among the West Irianese. The commander stressed that there is still time for those who had been influenced by negative and irresponsible elements to choose the correct path. He warned that stern measures would to to those who failed to make use of this call. Regency Chiefs To Discuss Issue Djakarta Domestic Service in Indonesian 1500 GMT 20 Jul 68 в [Text] On 24 July a conference will be held in Sukarnapura of all regency (secondlevel administrative region) chiefs in West Irian with Assistant Foreign Minister for West Irian Affairs Sudjarwo Tjondronegoro. The meeting will discuss, among other things, matters relating to the implementation of the New York agreement. Meanwhile, the Sorong regency legislature firmly rejected the act of free choice in West Irian. This decision was passed at a recent session of the Sorong regency legislature. The decision said that since 1945 West Irian has both historically as well as geographi - cally been part of the territory of the Republic of Indonesia. Regencies Oppose 'Free Choice' Singapore AFP in English 0657 GMT 24 Jul 68 в (FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY) [Excerpts) Djakarta--The council of representatives of Manokwari Regency in West Irian has rejected the proposed implementation of the act of free choice next year. The council said that there was no need to assess the people's wishes regarding their future status, because the West Irianese are loyal to Indonesia. A few weeks ago it was announced that a gang led by anti-Indonesian Free Papua Movement members was crushed by the armed forces. Last Sunday, a Biak island organization (a movement claiming to defend the 17 August 1945 independence proclamation) declared that West Irian is already an integral part of Indonesia and there is no need for an assessment of the people's wishes.