Pravda no. 327, 23 November 1965 (full issue). Page 1 TASS item 'The situation in Indonesia' (Jakarta, 22 Nov): arrests of 1,600 in South Kalimantan; in Central Java 1,630 (Wonogiri), 820 (Sragen), 711 (Boyolali), over 2,200 (Klaten), said by ANTARA to be members of PKI, Gerwani, Pemuda Rakyat, BTI, Partindo; Subandrio
Pravda no. 327, 23 November 1965 (excerpt of the page). Page 1 TASS item 'The situation in Indonesia' (Jakarta, 22 Nov): arrests of 1,600 in South Kalimantan; in Central Java 1,630 (Wonogiri), 820 (Sragen), 711 (Boyolali), over 2,200 (Klaten), said by ANTARA to be members of PKI, Gerwani, Pemuda Rakyat, BTI, Partindo;
CIA 'Indonesian Situation' report no. 61, 14 November 1965: continuing anti-communist action and mass killings, Aidit's presumed whereabouts, and 1,000 women demonstrating in Jakarta for permanent dissolution of the PKI women's auxiliary. Records an early anti-Gerwani mobilisation.
Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 18 Oct 1965, p.1 (AP): Radio Jakarta announced a military ban on the Indonesian Communist Party and affiliates, issued in the name of Maj-Gen Umar Wirahadikusumah for the Jakarta area; SOBSI was banned, and Pemuda Rakjat and Gerwani, 'the party's women's wing', were also placed under the ban.
Suara Merdeka (Semarang), 21 Oktober 1965, hlm. 1. Front page on the anti-PKI mass action sweeping Semarang on 20 Oct 1965 after RPKAD's arrival under Sarwo Edhie: burning of PKI, SOBSI, CGMI and Baperki buildings; Gerwani appears among targets.
Suara Merdeka (Semarang), 30 Oktober 1965, hlm. 2. After a rally in Pekanbaru crowds razed all offices of the PKI, SOBSI, Pemuda Rakyat, Gerwani, Baperki and BTI within a day; members were 'rescued' from crowds by state organs, some injured.
Berita Yudha, 23 November 1965. Front page: Maluku Pepelrada dissolves the PKI and its mass organisations and detains 279 on Ambon in religious language denying the 'godless' PKI the right to live; Gerwani item on p. 2.
Gudok, 23 Nov 1965, p. 4, TASS dispatch from Jakarta: military and right-wing forces continue the anti-communist campaign, with arrest figures (1,600 in South Kalimantan; 1,630 in Wonogiri, 820 in Sragen, 711 in Boyolali, over 2,200 in Klaten), citing Antara that all those arrested are members of PKI, Gerwani, Pemuda R