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- ↑ Rocamora, J . Eliseo. THE PARTAI NASIONAL INDONESIA 1963-1965, published in Indonesia. no. 10
- ↑ Anderson, Benedict R. O'G., and Ruth Thomas McVey. A Preliminary Analysis of the October 1, 1965 Coup in Indonesia . Jakarta: Equinox Publishing, 2009. p. 196
- ↑ Yuwono, P.S.H. Close to the stone, far from the throne : the story of a Javanese fishing community, 1820s-1990s
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