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2 itemsTopic: 1965 coup and aftermath ✕Event: Army press sexual slander campaign against Gerwani ✕Publication: The Straits Times ✕
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GA-03350 1965-11-07 The Straits Times rel A

Suicide squad women crushed by army tanks

Suicide squad women crushed by army tanks (Straits Times, 1965)

The Straits Times, 7 November 1965, p. 7, world round-up: an army bulletin says nine 'suicide members' of Gerwani blocked army tanks in Solo, were 'gently asked' to move, jeered at paratroopers, and were killed by the troops when they refused. Same army-sourced story as Berita Harian's 7 November report; unverified. He

GA-03352 1965-12-08 The Straits Times rel A

Almost overlords yesterday, almost outlaws today: What happened to the PKI? (Dennis Bloodworth)

Almost overlords yesterday, almost outlaws today: what happened to the PKI? (Bloodworth, Straits Times, 1965)

The Straits Times, 8 December 1965, p. 12, analysis by Dennis Bloodworth on why the PKI failed. In passing it repeats the Lubang Buaya slander as fact: 'six leading generals were done to death, horribly mutilated by doe-eye girls of the PKI's Gerwani women's movement'. It then covers Sukarno's weakness, Nasution's esca