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GA-03549 1960-06-16 The Singapore Free Press rel C licensed

The Singapore Free Press, 16 June 1960: Grenade attack on MP (house of Nungtjik)

Singapore Free Press, 16 June 1960 (lead snippet only; full text behind NewspaperSG click-through). A hand grenade thrown by an unknown person into the house of 'Mr. Nungtjik' in Jakarta killed one woman and injured a member of parliament and a girl. The item does not name Zubaidah Nungtjik or any Gerwani member; the l

GA-03550 1960-06-17 The Straits Times (Singapore) rel C

Woman dies, MP hurt in grenade attack (The Straits Times, 17 June 1960)

Straits Times (Singapore), 17 Jun 1960, Antara report from Jakarta: a hand-grenade attack the day before killed one woman and injured an Indonesian MP and a girl; the thrower was unknown. The sweep suggests the MP was Djubaedah (Zubaidah Nungtjik A.R.), unverified. Only the lead is available; Gerwani is not mentioned.

GA-03551 1963-06-26 The Straits Times rel B

Secretary of Aidit drowns (Bintang Suradi)

Secretary of Aidit drowns (Bintang Suradi), The Straits Times, 26 June 1963

Straits Times item of 26 June 1963 reporting that Bintang Suradi, 40, private secretary to PKI chairman D.N. Aidit, drowned off Java's south coast the previous Saturday, per Antara. Only the lead snippet was available. Relevant as the death of the husband of Gerwani figure Suwarti Bintang Suradi (the husband link comes

GA-03448 1963-07-03 Tribune (Sydney), p. 2 rel C

Death of Indonesian Leader (Bintang Suradi), Tribune (Sydney), 3 July 1963

Tribune (Sydney) p. 2: the Communist Party of Australia sends condolences to the PKI on the death of Bintang Suradi, a PKI Central Committee figure and private secretary to D.N. Aidit, who died on 22 June 1963 in a swimming accident while touring Indonesia with CPA's E. Bacon, aged 40. His wife Suwarti (Suwarti Bintang

GA-03449 1963-07-03 Tribune (Sydney), p. 2 rel C

Death of Indonesian Leader (Bintang Suradi), Tribune (Sydney), 3 July 1963

Tribune (Sydney) p. 2: the Communist Party of Australia sends condolences to the PKI on the death of Bintang Suradi, a PKI Central Committee figure and private secretary to D.N. Aidit, who died on 22 June 1963 in a swimming accident while touring Indonesia with CPA's E. Bacon, aged 40. His wife Suwarti (Suwarti Bintang

GA-03612 1965-07-20 Translations on South and East Asia, no. 81-96 (1965); original Harian Rakjat, 20 July 1965, p. 1 rel B

JPRS (1965): Mrs Mudigdio with Indonesian Women's Congress at Bogor Palace

JPRS 1965: Mrs Mudigdio with Indonesian Women's Congress at Bogor Palace (Harian Rakjat, 20 July 1965)

US JPRS translation (Translations on South and East Asia, 1965) of an unsigned Harian Rakjat article of 20 July 1965, p. 1. President Sukarno received women's delegations from the USA, North Vietnam and the NLF at Bogor Palace after their 13-18 July Jakarta meetings; they were greeted by Indonesian Women's Congress cha

GA-03478 1966-11-19 The Press (Christchurch) rel B

Military Trial: Woman Named (Suwarti, PKI Central Committee)

Military Trial: Woman Named (Suwarti, PKI Central Committee), The Press, 19 Nov 1966

Short NZPA-Reuter dispatch in The Press (Christchurch), 19 Nov 1966, citing Antara: the first woman member of the banned PKI to face trial will appear before a special military court in South Sumatra. She is named only as Suwarti, a Central Committee member. The sweep tentatively identifies her as Suwarti Bintang Surad

GA-03469 1966-12-20 Toronto Daily Star rel A licensed

Toronto Daily Star, 20 December 1966, p. 17: Indonesian Red's wife (arrest of Mrs Aidit)

Toronto Daily Star, 20 Dec 1966: Indonesian Red's wife (arrest of Mrs Aidit)

Page 17 of the Toronto Daily Star (20 Dec 1966), a general world-news page. A short wire item headed 'Indonesian Red's wife' reports, citing the army paper Berita Yudha, the arrest of Mrs Aidit, a doctor and chairman of the Communist women's organization, accused of propaganda after the coup. The OCR is badly garbled;

GA-03472 1966-12-20 Vancouver Sun, p. 16 rel A licensed

Vancouver Sun, 20 December 1966, p. 16: 'Family Captured' (wife and daughter of D.N. Aidit)

Vancouver Sun, 20 Dec 1966: 'Family Captured' (wife and daughter of D.N. Aidit)

Reuters item on a Vancouver Sun 'Names in the News' page (20 December 1966): the wife and daughter of D.N. Aidit, former Indonesian Communist leader, 'have been captured' in Jakarta; Mrs Aidit, a doctor, is described as chairman of the Communist women's (movement, text cut off). The wife is Sutanti Aidit, presented as

GA-03465 1966-12-21 New York Times, p. 16 rel A licensed

Mrs. Aidit Reported Seized (New York Times, 21 Dec 1966, p. 16)

Mrs. Aidit Reported Seized (New York Times, 21 Dec 1966)

New York Times headline item, 21 December 1966, p. 16: 'Mrs. Aidit Reported Seized'. Per the sweep log it reports the arrest of Dr Soetanti Aidit, wife of PKI chairman D.N. Aidit. Only the citation header was captured, not the article text.

GA-03477 1968-01-06 The Washington Post, Times Herald, p. A9 rel A licensed

Washington Post, 6 January 1968, p. A9: 'Red Defenders Held in Djakarta' (Trees Sunito)

Washington Post, 6 Jan 1968: 'Red Defenders Held in Djakarta' (Trees Sunito)

Washington Post (6 January 1968, p. A9), an AP report headed 'Red Defenders Held in Djakarta'. Per the sweep log, it says woman lawyer Trees Sunito, who defended Njono, has been arrested and is described as a former leader of the women's section of the Communist Party. Only the page header is in the text; the article b

GA-03649 1968-07-24 FBIS Daily Report, Asia & Pacific, no. 143 rel B

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

FBIS Daily Report, 24 Jul 1968: Woman communist leader captured (Madame Sri Sukatno, South Blitar)

FBIS Daily Report (24 Jul 1968) relaying Antara: Madame Sri Sukatno, described as a woman communist leader, was arrested at Pasiraman, South Blitar, in a mopping-up operation, per the army paper Angkatan Bersendjata. She is called a Politburo member, head of the Central Committee section on armed peasants and a Pemuda