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Indonesian Gencrals Cla Our for Purge

· The Week Vol. 5, No. 18, 5 May 1966 · p. 6 of the scan · 123 words

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from dsinhua The Indonesian right-wing generals' cliuue has demanded a thorough "purge" of the provisional People's Consultative Congress(People's Assembly), so as to deal a further blow at the middle forces and to complete fascistisation. This has followed in the wake of the banning of the Indonesian Communist Farty and mass purge of communists and the nationalist middle-of-the-rogders from state organs. The Provigonal People's Consultative Congress(M.P.R.S.) was set up in Septemeber, 1960 as the supreme organ of state power of Indonesia. It comprises members of the cooperation parliament belonging to several parties, and representatives belonging to various areas and professional organisations. After seizing power, the right-wing generals clique 'purged' more than sixty members of the Con:zress on April 8th "on suspicion of pro-communist activities",

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