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GA-00496 1966-01-04 Algemeen Handelsblad rel A

Zorgen van de Indonesische huisvrouw (Kekhawatiran ibu rumah tangga Indonesia)

Worries of the Indonesian housewife

Algemeen Handelsblad feature from Surabaya (1966-01-04) on housewives and domestic servants at Lebaran and rising prices. A key passage repeats the Lubang Buaya claim that Gerwani members had military training and, per arrested women's confessions, took part in the generals' murders, and alleges Gerwani members worked

GA-00998 1966-02-08 Gereformeerd Gezinsblad rel A

Soebandrio vraagt China om 'wederzijdse achting'

Subandrio asks China for 'mutual respect'

Gereformeerd Gezinsblad roundup (8 Feb 1966, p.3) of Indonesia-China tension (Subandrio, student protest at Chinese embassy) and Indonesian-Japanese trade talks. One paragraph reports that communist Suradijo, shot while escaping, had tortured General Parman with a bamboo spear 'in front of a group of screaming women an

GA-03587 1966-02-15 La Suisse rel A

Le procès de ceux qui voulaient renverser Soukarno a commencé (Trees Soenito)

Swiss press, 15 Feb 1966: PKI leader Njono on trial in Jakarta (defence counsel Trees Soenito)

La Suisse, 15 Feb 1966, UPI/AFP wire from Singapore on the opening of the first coup trial in Jakarta. Defendant Njono, PKI Central Committee member, denies plotting against Sukarno. His only lawyer is Mrs Trees Soenito, aged 50, daughter of a former Dutch official in Indonesia and wife of a left-wing Indonesian leader

GA-00288 1966-04-15 The Canberra Times rel A

Bloody orgy at Halim air base (Canberra Times, 15 April 1966)

Bloody Orgy at Halim Air Base (Canberra Times, 15 April 1966)

Canberra Times, 15 Apr 1966, p. 10: concluding part of a 'Special Correspondent' account repeating the Lubang Buaya slander. Claims 100 Gerwani women at Halim took razor blades, tortured and mutilated the generals, citing 'Mrs Djamilah' via the Djakarta Mail (15 Nov), singing 'People's Blood'. Adds Nasution escape narr

GA-00289 1966-04-15 The Canberra Times rel A

Bloody orgy at Halim air base (Canberra Times, 15 April 1966)

Bloody Orgy at Halim Air Base (Canberra Times, 15 April 1966), duplicate

Canberra Times, 15 Apr 1966, p. 10: concluding part of a 'Special Correspondent' account repeating the Lubang Buaya slander. Claims 100 Gerwani women at Halim took razor blades, tortured and mutilated the generals, citing 'Mrs Djamilah' via the Djakarta Mail (15 Nov), singing 'People's Blood'. Adds Nasution escape narr

GA-01991 1966-04-19 Renmin Ribao rel A licensed

Renmin Ribao, 19 April 1966: Komite Solidaritas Asia-Afrika Thailand memprotes penindasan di Indonesia (泰国亚非人民团结委员会发表新闻公报)

Thai Afro-Asian Solidarity Committee protests repression in Indonesia (snippet)

Snippet-only Renmin Ribao extract (19 Apr 1966, p. 4) from a Thai Afro-Asian Solidarity Committee communiqué protesting Indonesia's repression. It lists banned mass organisations including Gerwani and notes the 12 March 1966 ban on the PKI; truncated. Full text is GA-01992.

GA-00730 1966-04-23 De Tijd rel A

Gruwelen (Atrocities)

Atrocities: account of the generals' killing and alleged Gerwani role

De Tijd article "Gruwelen" (23 Apr 1966) recounting the 1 Oct 1965 killings of the generals, claiming a hundred Gerwani women at Halim took part in torturing them with knives and razor blades after "training" including sexual orgies and blood oaths, citing a 15-year-old "Miss Djamilah" and the Djakarta Mail of 5 Nov. A

GA-00731 1966-04-23 De Tijd rel A

Gruwelen (Atrocities)

Atrocities: account of the generals' killing and alleged Gerwani role (duplicate record)

De Tijd article "Gruwelen" (23 Apr 1966) recounting the 1 Oct 1965 killings of the generals, claiming a hundred Gerwani women at Halim took part in torturing them with knives and razor blades after "training" including sexual orgies and blood oaths, citing a 15-year-old "Miss Djamilah" and the Djakarta Mail of 5 Nov. D

GA-00913 1966-05-13 De Waarheid rel A

Indonesië: protest tegen vervolging vrouwenbeweging 'Gerwani'

Indonesia: protest against persecution of the women's movement Gerwani

De Waarheid, 13 May 1966, p. 1: report that the NVB wrote to President Sukarno in shock and indignation at the terror against Gerwani and other democratic organisations, recalling the role they played in the Indonesian revolution and nation-building, and demanding the release of all political prisoners and lifting of t

GA-00914 1966-05-13 De Waarheid rel A

Indonesië: protest tegen vervolging vrouwenbeweging 'Gerwani' (volledige voorpagina, De Waarheid 13-5-1966)

Protest against persecution of Gerwani (full front page, 13 May 1966)

Full De Waarheid front page, 13 May 1966, mostly Dutch domestic and international news (cabinet Cals wage policy, Soviet trade delegation, US-China air incident). Only one box is relevant: the NVB's letter to Sukarno protesting terror against Gerwani and other democratic organisations and demanding release of political

GA-00366 1966-06-29 Tribune rel A

Dossier of a slaughter (Tribune, 29 Juni 1966)

Dossier of a slaughter

Tribune (Sydney), 29 Jun 1966, p. 5: editorial attacking Western press whitewashing of the Suharto regime plus a long reconstruction of 30 Sep-1 Oct 1965 taken from the British New Left Review, portraying the movement as junior officers' action. It mentions that Halim auxiliaries from Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani took par

GA-00367 1966-06-29 Tribune rel A

Dossier of a slaughter (Tribune, 29 Juni 1966)

Dossier of a slaughter

Tribune (Sydney), 29 Jun 1966, p. 5: editorial attacking Western press whitewashing of the Suharto regime plus a long reconstruction of 30 Sep-1 Oct 1965 taken from the British New Left Review, portraying the movement as junior officers' action. It mentions that Halim auxiliaries from Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani took par

GA-00915 1966-07-23 De Waarheid rel A

In oproep Internationale Vrouwenfederatie: vrijlating gearresteerde Indonesische vrouwen verlangd

WIDF appeal: release of arrested Indonesian women demanded

De Waarheid, 23 Jul 1966, p. 6: report that the WIDF Bureau, meeting in Berlin in June 1966, adopted an appeal for solidarity with Indonesian women and the progressive organisation Gerwani, demanding immediate release of arrested Gerwani members and leaders and restoration of legality for all Indonesian women's organis

GA-01673 1966-10-08 Press rel A

Students Demand Trial for Mrs Hartini Sukarno (Press, Christchurch, 8 October 1966)

Students Demand Trial for Mrs Hartini Sukarno (Press, Christchurch, 8 October 1966), caption clipping

Caption clipping from the Press (Christchurch), 8 Oct 1966: anti-Communist students in Jakarta demand Hartini Sukarno's arrest and trial for economic deviation, affiliation with Communist leaders and patronage of Gerwani, 'whose members are said to have played a major role' in the killing of six Army generals in Octobe

GA-00916 1966-11-07 De Waarheid rel A

Levendige discussie (20 jaar NVB)

Lively discussion: twenty years of the Dutch Women's Movement

De Waarheid, 7 Nov 1966, p. 3: report on the NVB's 20th-anniversary congress and gathering in Amsterdam. Chair Heiltje de Vos recalls NVB solidarity with Indonesia and proudly notes that first NVB chair Trees Sunito-Heyligers recently defended PKI leader Njono before the generals' military tribunal in Jakarta. Greeting

GA-02020 1966-12-21 Berita Harian rel A

Berita Harian, 21 Disember 1966: Isteri Aidit ditangkap

Berita Harian, 21 Dec 1966: Aidit's wife arrested

Berita Harian, 21 Dec 1966 (UPI, lead only). Reports the arrest of D.N. Aidit's wife, described as a leader of the women's wing Gerwani, who had been under intelligence watch since the coup and was a very active communist.

GA-02026 1966-12-21 Eastern Sun rel A

Eastern Sun, 21 December 1966: Wife of Aidit captured

Eastern Sun, 21 Dec 1966: Wife of Aidit captured

Eastern Sun, 21 Dec 1966 (UPI, lead only). Aidit's wife, a leader of Indonesia's communist women's organisation, was captured; intelligence agents had watched her since the coup and described her as a dedicated Communist.

GA-03331 1966-12-21 Berita Harian rel A

Isteri Aidit ditangkap (Army seizes Aidit's wife)

Army seizes Aidit's wife (Berita Harian, 1966)

Berita Harian, 21 December 1966, p. 1, UPI: the wife of D.N. Aidit, described as a leader of the communist women's section (Gerwani), is arrested; per the paper 'Harian Perang' she had been watched since the coup and stayed very active as a fugitive. Short item; she is not named in the text.

GA-03465 1966-12-21 New York Times, p. 16 rel A licensed

Mrs. Aidit Reported Seized (New York Times, 21 Dec 1966, p. 16)

Mrs. Aidit Reported Seized (New York Times, 21 Dec 1966)

New York Times headline item, 21 December 1966, p. 16: 'Mrs. Aidit Reported Seized'. Per the sweep log it reports the arrest of Dr Soetanti Aidit, wife of PKI chairman D.N. Aidit. Only the citation header was captured, not the article text.