Documentary Photographs of Dioramas, Museum of PKI Treachery / Pancasila Sakti Monument, c. 1990-92
Fourteen prints from Edhi Sunarso's archive of Lubang Buaya dioramas, including 'Latihan sukarelawan P.K.I. di Lubang Buaya' and 'Penganiayaan dan pembunuhan di Lubang Buaya'. Titles match the Paseban dioramas opened in 1981. Visual material on the official narrative.
Direct Appointment Letter for Renovation of the Pancasila Sakti Monument (B-813), 20 Nov 1992
Letter of 20 Nov 1992 from Brig. Gen. Bintarto appointing PT Tiga Hasta Kreatifa without tender to renovate the Paseban building, dioramas and pool at the Pancasila Sakti Museum for Rp 88,484,000. Administrative record of the Lubang Buaya memorial project.
Draft Bank Guarantee Request, Pancasila Sakti Museum, 30 Nov 1992
Handwritten draft by sculptor Edhi Sunarso, 30 Nov 1992, asking Bank Niaga Yogyakarta for a 5% performance guarantee for the Paseban, diorama and pool renovation at Monumen Pancasila Sakti. Shows the commercial side of the state memory project.
President Suharto's Visit to the Museum of PKI Treachery, 1992
Three snapshots of President Suharto's visit to the Museum Pengkhianatan PKI at Lubang Buaya, probably at its 1 Oct 1992 inauguration. Shows him before dioramas made in Edhi Sunarso's workshop.
Berita Yudha, 1 October 1993: 'Facts' (Suharto's speech of 15 October 1965)
Berita Yudha, 1 Oct 1993, p. 2: reprints Maj. Gen. Soeharto's 15 Oct 1965 speech to the Front Nasional from Alex Dinuth's document selection, narrating 1–4 October 1965; Gerwani mentioned.
Berita Yudha, 11 October 1994: White Book on G30S (part 1)
Berita Yudha, 11 Oct 1994, p. 4: opens serialisation of the 1994 Setneg White Book; Chapter I states that Lubang Buaya trained 'Sukarelawan dan Sukarelawati' of Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani.
Berita Yudha, 24 October 1994: White Book on G30S (part 12)
Berita Yudha, 24 Oct 1994, p. 4: White Book instalment on PKI infiltration of IPPI and PGRI and the 'Angkatan V', with volunteers from Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani.
Berita Yudha, 25 October 1994: White Book on G30S (part 13)
Berita Yudha, 25 Oct 1994, p. 4: White Book instalment on BTI/PR 'mass actions' and the anti-American campaign; Gerwani named twice, including among a PR/CGMI/Gerwani crowd at the East Java governor's office.
Berita Yudha, 5 November 1994: White Book on G30S (part 23)
Berita Yudha, 5 Nov 1994, p. 4: White Book instalment describing G30S task forces and about 2,000 Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani members 'trained at Lubang Buaya' whose task included 'killing and burial' of the generals.
Berita Yudha, 8 November 1994: White Book on G30S (part 25), 'Torture and Murder'
Berita Yudha, 8 Nov 1994, p. 4: White Book section on Lubang Buaya where 'sukwan PKI, among them sukwati Gerwani' wait by the well and the captives are tortured to death; no sexual or dance motif included.
Berita Yudha, 9 November 1994: White Book on G30S (part 26)
Berita Yudha, 9 Nov 1994, p. 4: White Book instalment on Central Java and Yogyakarta, naming Gerwani among PKI mass organisations issuing a support resolution in Wonogiri on 1 Oct 1965; editorial honours Fatmawati.
Berita Yudha, 14 November 1994: White Book on G30S (part 30)
Berita Yudha, 14 Nov 1994, p. 4: White Book instalment on the discovery and exhumation of the generals at Lubang Buaya, naming PR and Gerwani 'sukwan-sukwati' as trained there.
Berita Yudha, 10 October 1995: 'Minister: Bishop Belo has learned a lesson'
Berita Yudha, 10 Oct 1995, p. 1: Minister Tarmizi Taher claims the PKI once 'recruited Gerwani' as domestic servants posing as Christians or Muslims to provoke religious conflict.
Berita Yudha, 28 September 1997: Pancasila Sakti Monument, Lubang Buaya
Berita Yudha, 28 Sept 1997, p. 12: tourism feature on the Lubang Buaya monument stating that in the 'torture house' four officers 'were cruelly tortured by Gerwani until they breathed their last'.
Berita Yudha, 31 December 1997: biography of General Basuki Rachmat (2)
Berita Yudha, 31 Dec 1997, p. 4: hero biography stating a Gerwani demonstration in Surabaya on 27 Sept 1965 damaged the East Java governor's residence, reported by Basuki Rachmat to Yani.
Berita Yudha, 8 January 1998: 'PKI abducted, killed and dumped the bodies in Lubang Buaya' (M.T. Harjono)
Berita Yudha, 8 Jan 1998, p. 4: final instalment of a hero biography of M.T. Harjono stating PKI antecedents like Pemuda Rakyat, CGMI and Gerwani used volunteer training as a mask, as at Lubang Buaya.