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GA-00417 1966-10-04 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 4 Oktober 1966

Berita Yudha, 4 October 1966

Berita Yudha, 4 Oktober 1966. Report of a rally of some 3,500 women of KOWANI, KAWI and BPOW at Lubang Buaya (3 Oct) where, led by Ibu Tien Soeharto, they swore to 'eradicate the gerwani/pki mentality'; Ibu Soeharto says they 'practised obscenities without limit'.

GA-00418 1966-10-05 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 5 Oktober 1966: wawancara Ibu Tien Soeharto

Berita Yudha, 5 October 1966: interview with Ibu Tien Soeharto

Berita Yudha, 5 Oktober 1966: wawancara Ibu Tien Soeharto. Armed Forces Day issue with a front-page interview with Ibu Tien Soeharto, 'May our children not inherit the barbarity and immorality of Gerwani', and Perwari conferring 'Penyelamat Revolusi' on Suharto.

GA-00419 1966-10-07 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 7 Oktober 1966

Berita Yudha, 7 October 1966

Berita Yudha, 7 Oktober 1966. KAWI (anti-communist women's action front) issues a four-point statement: Gerwani/PKI 'barbaric acts' do not stem from Indonesian women's character, the 'gerwani/pki mentality' must be eradicated, and West Sumatra should revoke a title.

GA-02004 1966-10-18 Sinar Harapan rel B

Sinar Harapan, 18 Oktober 1966: 'Buku2 komunis dibakar'

Sinar Harapan, 18 Oct 1966: Communist books burned

Sinar Harapan, 18 Oktober 1966: 'Buku2 komunis dibakar'. Antara item: in Kayuagung (South Sumatra) 'ex-PKI/Gerwani' members burned communist and Marxist literature seized in a military raid before the regency authorities.

GA-00224 1966-10-24 Angkatan Bersendjata rel B

Angkatan Bersendjata, 24 Oktober 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 24 October 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 24 Oktober 1966. Report of PKI Politburo member Sakirman's arrest in Solo alleging a secret plan to mobilise ex-PKI/PR/Gerwani, especially released detainees.

GA-02005 1966-10-24 Sinar Harapan rel B

Sinar Harapan, 24 Oktober 1966

Sinar Harapan, 24 Oct 1966: arrest of PKI Politburo member Sakirman in Solo

Sinar Harapan, 24 Oktober 1966. Report on the arrest of PKI Politburo member Sakirman in Solo alleging a secret plan to remobilise ex-PKI/PR/Gerwani, especially released detainees.

GA-02008 1966-11-06 Sinar Harapan rel B

Sinar Harapan, 6 November 1966 (edisi Minggu)

Sinar Harapan, 6 Nov 1966: customs purge expose; official's wife a 'Gerwani ringleader'

Sinar Harapan, 6 November 1966 (edisi Minggu). Exposé demanding a deeper purge of Customs; customs inspector Heru Basoeki was arrested with 'his wife, a Gerwani ringleader', yet reinstated and posted to Tanjung Pinang.

GA-02009 1966-11-18 Sinar Harapan rel A

Sinar Harapan, 18 November 1966

Sinar Harapan, 18 Nov 1966: Gerwani leader Suwarti to be tried by South Sumatra Mahmillub

Sinar Harapan, 18 November 1966. Antara report that Suwarti, a Gerwani leader and PKI Central Committee member arrested in Palembang in May 1966 forming a shadow regional committee, will be tried by the South Sumatra Mahmillub; the first woman 'Gestapu/PKI' figure before the court.

GA-02010 1966-11-20 Sinar Harapan rel C

Sinar Harapan, 20 November 1966 (edisi Minggu)

Sinar Harapan, 20 Nov 1966: customs director general shields 'Gestapu/PKI' staff

Sinar Harapan, 20 November 1966 (edisi Minggu). Front-page item that the Director General of Customs protects 'Gestapu/PKI' staff, e.g. Heroe Basuki, posted to Tanjung Pinang with his wife 'known as a Gerwani ringleader'.

GA-02011 1966-12-06 Sinar Harapan rel A

Sinar Harapan, 6 Desember 1966: 'Malam Teror Fajar Harapan' (V)

Sinar Harapan, 6 Dec 1966: 'Night of Terror, Dawn of Hope' (V), Clarence Hall serial

Sinar Harapan, 6 Desember 1966: 'Malam Teror Fajar Harapan' (V). Serial translation of Clarence Hall's 'Indonesia: Night of Terror, Dawn of Hope' ends with the claim that the kidnapped generals were 'handed over to about 100 screaming Gerwani members'; also an essay on education as protection against betrayal.

GA-02012 1966-12-17 Sinar Harapan rel B

Sinar Harapan, 17 Desember 1966

Sinar Harapan, 17 Dec 1966: Dharsono at KAMI Puteri Mother's Day commemoration

Sinar Harapan, 17 Desember 1966. Dharsono at a KAMI Puteri Hari Ibu commemoration says 'Gerwani/Gestapu/PKI' honoured heroes only as a mask; a second Gerwani hit in a serialised verdict digest.

GA-00429 1966-12-20 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 20 Desember 1966: 'Istri Aidit dibekuk ABRI'

Berita Yudha, 20 December 1966: Aidit's wife seized by the Armed Forces

Berita Yudha, 20 Desember 1966: 'Istri Aidit dibekuk ABRI'. Banner lead on the arrest on 19 Dec 1966 of D.N. Aidit's wife, a physician and daughter of Mudigdio, in Cipete Udik, living under an alias.

GA-00228 1966-12-24 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 24 Desember 1966: '4 tokoh Gerwani digulung'

Angkatan Bersendjata, 24 December 1966: '4 Gerwani Figures Rolled Up'

Angkatan Bersendjata, 24 Desember 1966: '4 tokoh Gerwani digulung'. Front-page report that Jakarta commander Amir Machmud said a December 1966 cleansing operation rolled up nearly 90% of the PKI's new regional committees and arrested four Gerwani figures.

GA-00233 1967-04-27 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 27 April 1967

Angkatan Bersendjata, 27 April 1967. South Kalimantan governor Aberani Sulaiman says mothers must 'eradicate women of the Gerwani type, the Lubang Buaya type' to realise 'true Indonesian women'; KOWANI Kartini meeting.

GA-00234 1967-07-09 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 9 Juli 1967 (edisi Mingguan)

Angkatan Bersendjata, 9 July 1967 (Weekly Edition)

Angkatan Bersendjata, 9 Juli 1967 (edisi Mingguan). Family column 'Jadilah seorang wanita yang baik' defines womanhood through motherhood and invokes 'how savage and cruel Gerwani women' were in torturing the generals, using the slander as a moral counterexample.

GA-00235 1967-07-12 Angkatan Bersendjata rel B

Angkatan Bersendjata, 12 Juli 1967

Angkatan Bersendjata, 12 July 1967

Angkatan Bersendjata, 12 Juli 1967. Report on the 11th session of Sudisman's Mahmillub trial (witnesses Karel Supit and Sardjono); Gerwani mentioned on p. 3 as the court was to hear further witnesses.

GA-00246 1968-08-21 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 21 Agustus 1968: 'PKI eksploitir wanita2'

Angkatan Bersendjata, 21 August 1968: 'PKI Exploits Women'

Angkatan Bersendjata, 21 Agustus 1968: 'PKI eksploitir wanita2'. Part X of the 'Blitar Selatan' serial on Operasi Trisula: a 'love story' about a 'Red Women's Detachment' and profiles of three women arrested in South Blitar as 'tools of the PKI'.

GA-00248 1968-08-30 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 30 Agustus 1968

Angkatan Bersendjata, 30 August 1968

Angkatan Bersendjata, 30 Agustus 1968. MPRS Secretariat corrects a claim that 'Nj. Chasanah Mansjur of the Gerwani faction' was a detained PKI ringleader: no Gerwani member sat in the 1960–65 MPRS; Chasanah Mansjur is a Muslimat NU member.

GA-00439 1968-08-30 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 30 Agustus 1968

Berita Yudha, 30 August 1968

Berita Yudha, 30 Agustus 1968. Instalment IV of 'PKI Gaja Baru di Djatim': portrays Nj. Kartini, 'Gerwani deputy chair before G30S', disguised as a poor village woman and training cadres in forest 'schools'.

GA-00470 1968-09-03 Duta Masjarakat rel A

Duta Masjarakat, 3 September 1968: 'Muslimat bukan Gerwani'

Duta Masjarakat, 3 September 1968: Muslimat is not Gerwani

Duta Masjarakat, 3 September 1968: 'Muslimat bukan Gerwani'. Boxed MPRS correction: the report that 'Nj. Chasanah Mansjur of the Gerwani fraction' was detained was wrong; the only MPRS member of that name belongs to Muslimat NU.

GA-00443 1968-11-21 Berita Yudha rel B

Berita Yudha, 21 November 1968

Berita Yudha, 21 November 1968. PAB item from Rengat: two women at the Sharia Faculty of IAIN Tembilahan (Riau), a staff member and a lecturer, detained for alleged Gerwani links.

GA-00255 1969-03-07 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 7 Maret 1969

Angkatan Bersendjata, 7 March 1969

Angkatan Bersendjata, 7 Maret 1969. 'Pos Piket' column on the arrest of 'Gerwani ringleader Nj. Suwarti' in Priok as a Qur'an teacher, veiled and under a new name; Ibu Tien Soeharto's remarks on women.

GA-00256 1969-03-14 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 14 Maret 1969: 'Menjingkap Peristiwa Djatibarang' (II)

Angkatan Bersendjata, 14 March 1969: 'Uncovering the Djatibarang Incident' (II)

Angkatan Bersendjata, 14 Maret 1969: 'Menjingkap Peristiwa Djatibarang' (II). Part II of a series claiming a 'household course' was a mask for PKI cadre activity, based on the confession of junior-high girl Purwati; a template of the 'Gerwani underground' narrative.