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GA-03704 1971 Interim Reports Series, Modern Indonesia Project, Cornell University (compilation on Internet Archive) rel A

Archive of the Event of 1965 in Indonesia (compilation incl. Anderson and McVey, A Preliminary Analysis of the October 1, 1965 Coup)

Archive of the Event of 1965 in Indonesia (compilation incl. Anderson and McVey, Preliminary Analysis of the October 1,

Internet Archive compilation on the 1965 events whose main text is Anderson and McVey's Cornell 'Preliminary Analysis of the October 1, 1965 Coup' (1971), with source documents. It says Gerwani and Pemuda Rakjat trainees at Lubang Buaya were drawn into the killings (pp. 22-23) while stressing the army-fed 'orgy' storie

GA-03705 1971 Interim Reports Series, Modern Indonesia Project, Cornell University (compilation on Internet Archive) rel A

Archive of the Event of 1965 in Indonesia (compilation incl. Anderson and McVey, A Preliminary Analysis of the October 1, 1965 Coup)

Archive of the Event of 1965 in Indonesia (compilation incl. Anderson and McVey, Preliminary Analysis of the October 1,

Internet Archive compilation on the 1965 events whose main text is Anderson and McVey's Cornell 'Preliminary Analysis of the October 1, 1965 Coup' (1971), with source documents. It says Gerwani and Pemuda Rakjat trainees at Lubang Buaya were drawn into the killings (pp. 22-23) while stressing the army-fed 'orgy' storie

GA-02388 1971-01 rel A

Penyiksaan Para Jenderal Diceritakan: Kesaksian Emi Marijam (Kompas, 12 Januari 1971; terjemahan JPRS)

Torture of the generals recounted: testimony of Emi Marijam (Kompas, 12 January 1971; JPRS translation)

JPRS translation of Kompas, 12 Jan 1971: Emi Marijam, 24, described as a Jakarta Gerwani activist, testifies as witness in the subversion trial of Pemuda Rakjat secretary-general Sukatno. She says she and three women were assigned to torture the generals at Lubang Buaja, gouging eyes for one million rupiah, after train

GA-00298 1971-01-13 The Canberra Times rel A

Indonesia girl admits torture (Canberra Times, 13 Januari 1971)

Indonesia Girl Admits Torture (Canberra Times, 13 January 1971)

Canberra Times, 13 Jan 1971, p. 7 (AAP-Reuter): at the trial of Sukatno, ex-chairman of the Communist youth organisation, Gerwani member Emmy Marjani, 24, now under arrest, testifies she gouged a general's eyes on 30 Sep 1965 and saw friends mutilate another, claiming she was paid one million rupiah. Repeats the Lubang

GA-00299 1971-01-13 The Canberra Times rel A

Indonesia girl admits torture (Canberra Times, 13 Januari 1971)

Indonesia Girl Admits Torture (Canberra Times, 13 January 1971), duplicate

Canberra Times, 13 Jan 1971, p. 7 (AAP-Reuter): at the trial of Sukatno, ex-chairman of the Communist youth organisation, Gerwani member Emmy Marjani, 24, now under arrest, testifies she gouged a general's eyes on 30 Sep 1965 and saw friends mutilate another, claiming she was paid one million rupiah. Repeats the Lubang

GA-02029 1971-01-13 Eastern Sun rel B

Eastern Sun, 13 January 1971: Young woman tells court she gouged general's eyes

Eastern Sun, 13 Jan 1971: young woman tells court she gouged general's eyes

Eastern Sun, 13 Jan 1971 (lead only). A young woman told a special court she gouged an army general's eyes with a knife before he was shot, on the eve of the 1965 coup. A confession-style Lubang Buaya claim of the kind that fed the sexual-slander narrative, here from a trial under the New Order.

GA-02046 1971-01-13 The Straits Times rel B

The Straits Times, 13 January 1971: Day woman gouged general's eyes with a knife

Straits Times, 13 Jan 1971: day woman gouged general's eyes with a knife

Straits Times, 13 Jan 1971 (lead only). Same story as the Eastern Sun item: a young woman told a special court she gouged an army general's eyes with a knife before he was shot, on the eve of the 1965 coup. A Lubang Buaya-style testimony from a New Order trial.

GA-00729 1973-09-26 De Telegraaf rel A

Scheve conclusies uit brieven van Soekarno (Skewed conclusions from Sukarno's letters)

Skewed conclusions from Sukarno's letters: De Telegraaf commentary on Gerwani's role

De Telegraaf commentary by Frank de Jong (26 Sep 1973) attacking NRC conclusions drawn from Sukarno letters published by Ratna Sari Dewi. It asserts as "established beyond dispute" that thousands of Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani members took part in the abduction and slow torture of the six generals, repeating the slander.

GA-02695 1975 TAPOL rel A

TAPOL Bulletin no. 9, Maret 1975: Women on Trial

TAPOL Bulletin no. 9, March 1975: Women on Trial

TAPOL Bulletin no. 9 (March 1975) front page 'Women on Trial': photo of Sulami, Sudjinah, Sri Ambar Rukmiati and Suharti Harsono at their 3 Feb 1975 trial for subversion, with a Lubang Buaya sewing-and-cooking allegation. Early international attention to Gerwani trials.

GA-00275 1975-07-30 Tharunka rel A

Indonesian Women: The Banned Women's Organisation (Tharunka, 30 Jul 1975)

Indonesian Women: The Banned Women's Organisation (Tharunka, 30 July 1975)

Tharunka (UNSW student paper), 30 July 1975, p. 8, clean OCR of the article 'Indonesian Women: The Banned Women's Organisation' (same article as GA-00274). It presents Gerwani as unaffiliated with the PKI, then attacked in 1965 by press stories of 'Gerwani prostitutes', 'obscene sex-dancing' and genital mutilation of g

GA-02939 1976 rel A licensed

The 1965 Coup in Indonesia: The CIA's Version

The 1965 Coup in Indonesia: The CIA's Version (van der Kroef, 1976)

Critical review by Justus M. van der Kroef (Asian Affairs, Nov 1976) of the CIA's declassified 1968 report 'Indonesia-1965: The Coup That Backfired'. Takes issue with the CIA's claim that Lubang Buaya victims were not mutilated and that Gerwani/Pemuda Rakyat confessions were Army-contrived, quoting Gerwani member Djami

GA-02708 1978-04 TAPOL rel A

TAPOL Bulletin No. 27, April 1978 (dengan Special Supplement tentang pers)

TAPOL Bulletin No. 27, April 1978, with Special Supplement on the Press

TAPOL Bulletin no. 27 (London, April 1978) with a Special Supplement on press freedom. Covers student repression, prisoner-release figures, trials and a Buru letter. The supplement notes that in 1965–66 the press published sensational reports of sexual orgies by leftwing organisations, and its list of jailed journalist