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GA-00480 1964-04-10 Algemeen Dagblad rel C

Hoe het wordt - daar gaat het om! (Bagaimana jadinya - itulah yang penting!)

How it turns out - that's what matters!

Algemeen Dagblad feature by H.N. Appel from Jakarta (1964-04-10) on Indonesia's new elite, its revolutionary rhetoric and economic hardship. Briefly describes women as playing a small, decorative role in a 'men's society', noting Sukarno's second wife Hartini at a party. Gerwani is not mentioned.

GA-01506 1965-10-15 South China Morning Post rel A licensed

Torture Squads in Djakarta: How Indonesian Generals Died (South China Morning Post, 15 Oktober 1965)

Torture squads in Djakarta: how Indonesian generals died (South China Morning Post, 15 October 1965)

South China Morning Post, 15 Oct 1965, p.12, 'Torture squads in Djakarta: how Indonesian generals died', by a special correspondent. A lurid account of the 1 October killings: it says 'frenzied members of the Gerwani women's organisation' chanted insults and danced naked while Pemuda Rakjat youths emasculated six gener