17 AUGUST 1950 PUBLICATION OF THE SOBSI

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005800100006-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 10, 1999
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 25, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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to The Four official organs of the %ntral Organisasie Burrih Seluruh Indonesia
(SOPSI) Buruh Pe3kerd a Tenaga. jnr Bangun put out a combined publication
known as 17, August 1~ Number Malay is was done under the auspicies
of the Agit/Prop Commiseariat of the Central Bureau of SOBOI. The cover
carries the following slogan "Revolution Fails: The Labor Class 'Should'
Lead the Struggle to Achieve Victory for the'People's Democracy." A,copy
of this issue has been received by the CIA li.b -;r and may be obtained upon
request.
2. ThefoL ,)wing articles are included in the above noted publ}cation:
Subject Matter
4 An appeal for support of the WFTU.
5 An appeal to advance in a united body under the command of the
SOBS I and the WFTU
6-7 An article concerning the World Peace Promotion Congress.
8-9 }Martojo9s article, "The Peasantry: Social Force Vital and
Dcisive in Achieving National Revolution"?
10 Praising the Viet Minh Communist rebels,
12-113 Re ulations of the Trade Department of the WFTU.
14 The Javanese Communist journalist Darno criticizes the prohi-
bition of strikes.
15 The proclamation of Lt. Col. than Jahjat Military Governor of
Djakarta, prohibiting strikes is labeled as a violation of the
'Peoples' Democracy',
16-17 Criticism of the Representative Assembly,
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This document is hereby regraded to
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FIDENTIAL in accordance with the
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I8-19 . Cartoons
20--2l An article by LIU Ning I (LIU Ning-1),, Deputy Chairman of
the Federation of Trade Unions of China, on the Asian
peoples' for the Asians; Malayan Communists,
' L r:t MV, Wi rebels, and the i1a : 71:K,,aps (& MsQpagnalctya
Ng Bayan - HMB) are praised.
22 The SOBSI Communists in a poem promise to carry on the
revolution of ?4aruto Darusman.
23 An article by Jusuf Bakri on the Cooperators and the Non-
Cooperators
24 An article tiny SIAL'W Giok Tjhan on the question of the minorities,
25 An article by Mukaddimah stating that the vPeoplesa Cultures is
nothing more than propaganda
29 Yl ra Alnusti.s (a nom de plume) writes on her reminiscences as
a guerrilla in the Mt, 14erapi area.
30 The Perhimpunan Indonesia praises SOBSI,
31 Manifesto of the All-India Peace Promotion Congress.
31 An article on labors struggle in India,
32-33 An article concerning the life of harbor and shipyard workers
in which the large steamship companies are severely criticized..,
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