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GA-00726 1965-10-07 De Telegraaf rel A

Woedend (Furious)

Furious: Suharto's statement on the generals' bodies near the Halim training base

De Telegraaf item (7 Oct 1965) on General Suharto's television statement: the generals' bodies were found near the air-force base where Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani volunteers were trained, and an arrested female volunteer in Cirebon reportedly said volunteers came from Central Java. An early press link of Gerwani to the

GA-01262 1965-10-07 Leeuwarder Courant rel A

Dramatische begrafenis in Djakarta: Luitenant redde het leven van Nasoetion (Dramatic funeral in Jakarta)

Dramatic funeral in Jakarta: lieutenant saved Nasution's life

Leeuwarder Courant, 7 October 1965, p. 1: report on the exhumation of the seven murdered army officers from the Lubang Buaya well and the generals' funeral, with Nasution's escape and Lt Tendean's death. It relays Suharto's televised claim that the bodies lay next to a base where the air force trained Pemuda Rakjat and

GA-01382 1965-10-07 Twentsch Dagblad Tubantia rel A

Djakarta zag gruwelijke tv-film over opgraving lijken van generaals (Jakarta saw gruesome TV film of the exhumation of the generals' bodies)

Jakarta saw gruesome TV film of exhumation of generals' bodies

Twentsch Dagblad Tubantia (7 Oct 1965): Jakarta TV shows exhumation of the generals' mutilated bodies from the Lubang Buaya well; Suharto says they were found near the air-force base where Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani volunteers were trained, citing an arrested female volunteer from Cirebon. Also the generals' funeral and

GA-00730 1966-04-23 De Tijd rel A

Gruwelen (Atrocities)

Atrocities: account of the generals' killing and alleged Gerwani role

De Tijd article "Gruwelen" (23 Apr 1966) recounting the 1 Oct 1965 killings of the generals, claiming a hundred Gerwani women at Halim took part in torturing them with knives and razor blades after "training" including sexual orgies and blood oaths, citing a 15-year-old "Miss Djamilah" and the Djakarta Mail of 5 Nov. A

GA-00731 1966-04-23 De Tijd rel A

Gruwelen (Atrocities)

Atrocities: account of the generals' killing and alleged Gerwani role (duplicate record)

De Tijd article "Gruwelen" (23 Apr 1966) recounting the 1 Oct 1965 killings of the generals, claiming a hundred Gerwani women at Halim took part in torturing them with knives and razor blades after "training" including sexual orgies and blood oaths, citing a 15-year-old "Miss Djamilah" and the Djakarta Mail of 5 Nov. D

GA-02240 2010-05-09 Tempo rel A licensed

Membela Gerwani dari Fitnah Orde Baru

Tempo.co, 9 May 2010: Defending Gerwani from New Order slander (Wieringa book)

Tempo.co book notice (9 May 2010) on Saskia Wieringa's Indonesian edition of 'Penghancuran Gerakan Perempuan' (Galangpress 2010, transl. Harsutejo). Recounts the military propaganda of naked dancing, razor-cutting and castration at Lubang Buaya, Wieringa's rebuttal from 1982-85 interviews and autopsy results, and Siti

GA-02241 2010-05-17 Tempo rel A licensed

Membela Gerwani dari Fitnah Orde Baru

Tempo.co, 17 May 2010: Defending Gerwani from New Order slander (Wieringa book, second version)

Tempo.co book notice (17 May 2010) (second Tempo.co version, with a lead on the penis-cutting allegation) on Saskia Wieringa's Indonesian edition of 'Penghancuran Gerakan Perempuan' (Galangpress 2010, transl. Harsutejo). Recounts the military propaganda of naked dancing, razor-cutting and castration at Lubang Buaya, Wi