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GA-02539 1975-01-29 rel C licensed

Military Tribunals to Try Gestapu-PKI Elements

Military Tribunals to Try Gestapu-PKI Elements (FBIS, 29 Jan 1975)

FBIS item (Jakarta radio, 29 Jan 1975): military tribunals in Padang and Pekanbaru began trying six Gestapu-PKI and subversion defendants, all former junior officers or soldiers. Names, units and judges are listed. Gerwani and women are not mentioned; the people tag Umi Sardjono appears unrelated to the text.

GA-02540 1975-02-03 rel A licensed

Subversion Trial (Four Gerwani leaders)

Subversion Trial of Four Gerwani Leaders (FBIS, 3 Feb 1975)

Short FBIS item (Jakarta radio, 3 Feb 1975): four leaders of the PKI-affiliated Gerwani, Mrs Sri Ambar, Sujinah, Sulami and Suharti, went on trial in the Central Jakarta district court on subversion, conspiracy and rebellion charges linked to Gestapu-PKI. The report calls them the first PKI woman leaders to be tried.

GA-02332 1975-07-26 Daily World rel A licensed

Women leaders jailed by Indonesian junta

Daily World, 26 July 1975: Women leaders jailed by Indonesian junta

Daily World (New York), 26 July 1975, p. 9: Foreign Department report that a Jakarta court on 16 June 1975 sentenced four women after a five-month trial: Sulami (general secretary of the Indonesian Women's Movement, 20 years), Sudjinah (magazine editor, 18), Sri Ambar (SOBSI women's section, 15) and Suharti Alimarkaban

GA-02542 1976-07-14 rel B licensed

Gestapu-PKI Defendant Sentenced to Death

Gestapu-PKI Defendant Sentenced to Death (FBIS, 14 Jul 1976)

FBIS item (Jakarta radio, 14 Jul 1976): the Banten court martial sentenced former air force sergeant Marsudi to death for complicity in the 1965 Gestapu-PKI affair. The tribunal held him and Maun of Cakrabirawa responsible for the generals' deaths at Lubang Buaya, together with the Sukwan, described as a women voluntee

GA-02900 1979 rel C licensed

The 30 September Movement: A Political Movement of the Armed Forces or an Intelligence Operation?

The 30 September Movement: a political movement of the armed forces or an intelligence operation? (Holtzappel, 1979)

Journal article by Coen Holtzappel (Journal of Contemporary Asia, 1979) analysing the Untung and Njono trial records to argue the 30 September Movement was steered by Air Force and Army intelligence, with Sjam's Pringgodani group deliberately compromising the PKI and Aidit. Gerwani is mentioned only once, in a footnote