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GA-02045 1967-06-22 The Straits Times rel A

The Straits Times, 22 June 1967: Woman Red gets life sentence

Straits Times, 22 Jun 1967: woman Red gets life sentence (Palembang)

Straits Times, 22 Jun 1967 (lead only). A special military tribunal in Palembang sentenced Mrs Suwardiningsih, a local communist leader, to life imprisonment for complicity in the 1965 coup attempt; she was the first woman tried by that tribunal.

GA-01410 1967-07-05 Harian Kami rel A

Harian Kami, 5 Juli 1967

Harian Kami, 5 July 1967: Sudisman's lawyers and witnesses

Harian Kami, 5 Juli 1967. List of Sudisman's three defence lawyers and 22 witnesses for his Mahmillub trial includes two Gerwani leaders with underground aliases, including Sulami (alias Siti Alfiah).

GA-00234 1967-07-09 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 9 Juli 1967 (edisi Mingguan)

Angkatan Bersendjata, 9 July 1967 (Weekly Edition)

Angkatan Bersendjata, 9 Juli 1967 (edisi Mingguan). Family column 'Jadilah seorang wanita yang baik' defines womanhood through motherhood and invokes 'how savage and cruel Gerwani women' were in torturing the generals, using the slander as a moral counterexample.

GA-03326 1967-07-11 Berita Harian rel A

Ketua Komunis Jawa Barat di-tawan dekat Bandung (Gerwani members arrested)

Communist leader in West Java captured near Bandung: Gerwani members arrested (Berita Harian, 1967)

Berita Harian, 11 July 1967, p. 3, Reuters: the army announces capture near Bandung of Yakob Margolang, who allegedly tried to form a new Communist party in West Java; several women believed to be members of Gerwani, 'the secret organisation of Communist women', were also arrested. Context: army warnings against pro-Su

GA-00236 1967-08-05 Angkatan Bersendjata rel B

Angkatan Bersendjata, 5 Agustus 1967

Angkatan Bersendjata, 5 August 1967

Angkatan Bersendjata, 5 Agustus 1967. Siliwangi commander Dharsono hands West Java prosecutors case files of 141 'G.30.S/PKI persons' from Pemuda Rakyat, BTI, SOBSI, Gerwani and Lekra; Sukarno confined to Bogor.

GA-01411 1967-09-01 Harian Kami rel A

Harian Kami, 1 September 1967

Harian Kami, 1 September 1967: arrest of Nyonya Djubaedah

Harian Kami, 1 September 1967. Arrest in Jakarta on 29 Aug 1967 of Nyonya Djubaedah, wife of Nun Tjik AR, called 'cashier of Gerwani' and 'G30S/PKI ringleader', after two years in hiding; includes her biography.

GA-01316 1967-09-02 Nieuwsblad Van Het Noorden rel A

Rode Kruis krijgt nieuwe uniformen (Red Cross gets new uniforms; note on arrest of Gerwani's former treasurer)

Red Cross gets new uniforms (note on arrest of Gerwani's former treasurer)

Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, 2 September 1967, p. 7: page-column item on new Red Cross uniforms, followed by a short wire note that Mrs Djoebaedah, former treasurer of the PKI women's movement (Gerwani), was arrested in Jakarta, per an Indonesian paper, accused of taking part in the torture and murder of six generals on

GA-03577 1967-09-03 Szolnok Megyei Néplap rel B

Arrest of Mrs Djubaedah, leftist organisation (Szolnok Megyei Néplap, 3 September 1967)

Arrest of Mrs Djubaedah, leftist organisation (Szolnok Megyei Neplap, 3 Sep 1967)

Hungarian county daily, 3 Sep 1967: a search snippet states that Mrs Djubaedah was arrested on charges of taking part in 'the events', described as belonging to one of the banned leftist organisations (text cut off). The sweep identifies her as Djubaedah (Zubaidah Nungtjik A.R.); unverified. Page OCR not retrieved.

GA-00575 1967-09-06 Amigoe di Curacao rel B

Oud-penningmeesteres P.K.I. gearresteerd (Former PKI treasurer arrested)

Former PKI treasurer arrested

Amigoe di Curaçao, 6 Sept 1967: Mrs Djoebaedah, former treasurer of the PKI women's movement (i.e. Gerwani, not named), was arrested in Jakarta after being a fugitive. She is accused of taking part in the torture and murder of six generals on 1 October 1965; documents were reportedly found. Typical New Order framing of

GA-00733 1967-09-29 De Tijd rel B

Executies in Indonesië (Executions in Indonesia)

Executions in Indonesia: Untung and others, with Gerwani blamed

De Tijd commentary by C.H. Schaap (29 Sep 1967) on the executions of Untung and others for the 1965 coup. It says the generals were killed at Halim by "volunteers" trained by Maj. Sujono, "among them members of the communist women's organisation Gerwani", and notes the trials were broadcast and published.

GA-00237 1967-10-01 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 1 Oktober 1967 (edisi Mingguan)

Angkatan Bersendjata, 1 October 1967 (Weekly Edition)

Angkatan Bersendjata, 1 Oktober 1967 (edisi Mingguan). Second-anniversary issue with a front-page lead 'Dianiaja' alleging the generals were tortured and mutilated and contradicting Sukarno; the richest Lubang Buaya slander item in this run.

GA-00239 1967-10-16 Angkatan Bersendjata rel B

Angkatan Bersendjata, 16 Oktober 1967

Angkatan Bersendjata, 16 October 1967

Angkatan Bersendjata, 16 Oktober 1967. Antara report: 25 ex-PKI arrested in Banyuwangi for underground activity and spreading a Sukarno cult, including 'P.S, a former Gerwani member' and a Chinese courier.

GA-01370 1967-10-25 Tubantia rel C

Adam Malik op bezoek bij collega mr. Luns (Adam Malik visits colleague Luns)

Adam Malik visits colleague Luns

Tubantia profile (25 Oct 1967) of Adam Malik on his visit to The Hague to meet Luns: Dutch plea for clemency for Subandrio, New Guinea, credit needs, his role against Sukarno. Notes that in 1965 Mrs Subandrio led a women's demonstration against Malik, then trade minister. Gerwani not named; context for Subandrio's wife

GA-01412 1967-10-27 Harian Kami rel B

Harian Kami, 27 Oktober 1967

Harian Kami, 27 October 1967: Pemuda Pancasila wall newspapers protest detainee releases

Harian Kami, 27 Oktober 1967. Antara brief from Pangkalpinang: wall newspapers by Pemuda Pancasila protest the release of category C detainees with slogans 'Ganyang PKI' and 'Ganyang Gerwani'; police did not intervene.

GA-00917 1967-11-04 De Waarheid rel A

Indonesische protesten tegen houding van Sowjet-leiders

Indonesian protests abroad against stance of Soviet leaders

De Waarheid, 4 Nov 1967, p. 3: report that Indonesian representatives abroad of SOBSI, Pemuda Rakjat and Gerwani protested Soviet leaders' stance towards the Suharto regime. SOBSI secretary Setiati Surasto condemned a Soviet union delegation's January 1967 visit; Gerwani rejected a 'hypocritical' WIDF resolution in Eas

GA-01413 1967-11-20 Harian Kami rel A

Harian Kami, 20 November 1967

Harian Kami, 20 November 1967: Sarwo Edhie on crushing the 'PKI Malam' near Lubuk Pakam

Harian Kami, 20 November 1967. KNI report: Sarwo Edhie on crushing the 'PKI Malam' near Lubuk Pakam: 429 PKI and 58 soldiers arrested, planned attacks on ABRI posts, 'some members of Gerwani' involved.

GA-00240 1967-11-21 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 21 November 1967

Angkatan Bersendjata, 21 November 1967. 'Operasi Tjakra' in North Sumatra: 215 PKI members arrested for an alleged 'Gerakan 12 Nopember'; Pemuda Rakyat, BTI and Gerwani members at Tanjung Morawa and 'women members of Gerwani' among those arrested.

GA-02574 1967-12-01 rel C

Elliott Haynes' Indonesian Diary, Desember 1967

Elliott Haynes' Indonesian Diary, December 1967

Typescript diary by Elliott Haynes of Business International, Dec 1967, recording about sixty Jakarta meetings with technocrats, officials and politicians while preparing a 1968 executives' roundtable. Background on New Order economic opening; no Gerwani content.

GA-00241 1967-12-05 Angkatan Bersendjata rel B

Angkatan Bersendjata, 5 Desember 1967

Angkatan Bersendjata, 5 December 1967

Angkatan Bersendjata, 5 Desember 1967. Follow-up on 'Operasi Tjakra': 750 arrested in North Sumatra including ex-PKI, PR, Chinese nationals and Gerwani; a Gerwani fugitive from Lubuk Pakam caught on a plantation.

GA-02027 1967-12-13 Eastern Sun rel B

Eastern Sun, 13 December 1967: Detained Communists build their own prisons

Eastern Sun, 13 Dec 1967: detained communists build their own prisons

Eastern Sun, 13 Dec 1967 (by Soeharjono, lead only). Thousands of detained Communists are building brick-and-bamboo prisons because of acute prison-space shortage and lack of funds to feed some 60,000 rounded up after the coup. Lead does not mention Gerwani; matched on a query about Aidit's wife.

GA-03036 1968 rel B licensed

The Politico-Military Role of the Indonesian Armed Forces, October 1965–1968 (MA dissertation, University of Chicago)

The Politico-Military Role of the Indonesian Armed Forces, October 1965-1968 (Fox, 1968)

Edward J. Fox, University of Chicago MA dissertation (1968; the catalogue title says PhD) on the Indonesian armed forces' control programme and the pattern of violence from October 1965 to early 1968. Gerwani appears only in passing: a footnote cites 1.75 million members and notes its self-dissolution (p.32), and one u

GA-03708 1968 Review of Indonesian and Malayan Affairs, vols 1-2 (1967-1968) rel B

Review of Indonesian and Malayan Affairs, vols 1-2 (1967-68), p. 271: the Yap Thiam Hien affair and Trees Sunito

Review of Indonesian and Malayan Affairs, 1967-68, p. 271: the Yap Thiam Hien affair and Trees Sunito

Page 271 of the Sydney-published Review of Indonesian and Malayan Affairs (vols 1-2, 1967-68), on the arrest and release of lawyer Yap Thiam Hien. It reports Djohan Arifin's claim that the Mahmillub trials had been infiltrated by the 'FKI', referring to Trees Sunito (Njono's defence counsel) and Yap, which Mahmillub ch

GA-00431 1968-01-05 Berita Yudha rel B

Berita Yudha, 5 Januari 1968

Berita Yudha, 5 January 1968

Berita Yudha, 5 Januari 1968. Antara report on the arrest of lawyer Yap Thiam Hien, singling out Trees Sunito, defence counsel of Njono, as 'HSI figure and Gerwani leader' as proof of PKI front organisations' infiltration.

GA-00483 1968-01-05 Algemeen Dagblad rel B

Hollandse juriste gearresteerd in Djakarta (Ahli hukum Belanda ditangkap di Jakarta)

Dutch jurist arrested in Jakarta

Algemeen Dagblad (1968-01-05): short item that Jakarta police arrested Dutch-born jurist Trees Sunito-Heyligers (52), alleged member of the banned HSI (Hubungan Sarjana Indonesia). Gives her biography: Leiden law doctorate 1940, husband Sunito, return to Indonesia 1953, dismissal from the state bank after 1965; she had

GA-00498 1968-01-05 Algemeen Handelsblad rel B

Uit Nederland afkomstig juriste in Djakarta gearresteerd (Ahli hukum asal Belanda ditangkap di Jakarta)

Dutch-born jurist arrested in Djakarta

Short Algemeen Handelsblad item (1968-01-05): Jakarta police arrested Dutch-born jurist Trees Soenito-Heyligers (52) on suspicion of membership of the banned HSI. She had defended K. Njono, sentenced to death for the 1965 coup; her husband Soenito, parliament secretary and member of the left-wing Urec movement, was arr

GA-00728 1968-01-05 De Telegraaf rel B

Nederlandse in Djakarta gearresteerd (Dutch woman arrested in Jakarta)

Dutch woman arrested in Jakarta (Soenito-Heyligers)

Short De Telegraaf wire (5 Jan 1968, Reuter): Dutch-born lawyer Trees Soenito-Heyligers (52) was arrested in Jakarta on suspicion of membership of the banned communist scholars' association; she had defended trade-union leader Njono, sentenced to death for the 1965 coup. Gerwani is not mentioned.

GA-00918 1968-01-05 De Waarheid rel A

Protesttelegram hoofdbestuur NVB (arrestatie Trees Sunito-Heyligers)

Protest telegram from NVB executive over arrest of Trees Sunito-Heyligers

De Waarheid, 5 Jan 1968, p. 1: telegram from the NVB executive to the Indonesian ambassador in The Hague protesting the arrest of lawyer Trees Sunito-Heyligers, recalling her anti-fascist work, her defence of Dutch soldiers who refused colonial war and her defence of union leader Njono, and demanding release of her and

GA-01272 1968-01-05 Limburgsch Dagblad rel B

Uit Nederland afkomstige juriste in Indonesië gearresteerd (Dutch-born jurist arrested in Indonesia)

Dutch-born jurist arrested in Indonesia

Limburgsch Dagblad, 5 January 1968, p. 1: Reuters/ANP report that Jakarta police arrested Dutch-born lawyer Trees Soenito-Heyligers (52, from Zwolle) as a suspected member of the banned scholars' association HSI; she had defended trade-union leader Njono, sentenced to death. Her husband Soenito, parliament secretary an

GA-01317 1968-01-05 Nieuwsblad Van Het Noorden rel B

Beatrix en Claus op jacht in Bondsrepubliek (headline unrelated; item on arrest of Trees Soenito-Heyligers)

Beatrix and Claus hunting in the Federal Republic (item on arrest of Trees Soenito-Heyligers)

Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, 5 January 1968, p. 1: short wire item under an unrelated royal-hunt headline: Jakarta police arrested Dutch-born lawyer Trees Soenito-Heyligers as a suspected member of the banned HSI; two years earlier she defended SOBSI leader Njono, who was sentenced to death. No Gerwani content.