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GA-01519 1965-11-06 The Economist rel A licensed

Rings on a tree trunk (The Economist, 6 November 1965)

The Economist, 6 Nov 1965, p.594, 'Rings on a tree trunk', from a special correspondent in Jakarta: the army-inspired anti-communist campaign has gained its own momentum, with raids on PKI offices, arrests, 26 Antara correspondents detained, Aidit in hiding, Sukarno declaring Central Java in a 'state of war'. Wall graf

GA-02600 1965-12-10 rel C

Airgram A-386: The PKI Hunt in Central Java, 10 Desember 1965

Airgram A-386: The PKI Hunt in Central Java, 10 Dec 1965

US Embassy airgram A-386, 10 Dec 1965: an informant describes anti-PKI operations around Kudus, where NU/Ansor helped the RPKAD and the informant gave the Army lists of Baperki members. Evidence that civilians compiled lists; Gerwani not mentioned.

GA-02901 1974 rel C licensed

Social Conditions Leading to Military Dominance: The Case of Indonesia

Social Conditions Leading to Military Dominance: the case of Indonesia (Kahane, 1974)

Journal article by Reuven Kahane (Contributions to Asian Studies, vol. 5, 1974) giving a structural-sociological explanation of the 1965 coup and army dominance in Indonesia: religious-class polarisation, failing Sukarno-era control mechanisms, and the army's rise. Gerwani appears only in a footnote listing PKI-affilia

GA-02260 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Jasad Terapung sampai Jauh (Jembatan Bacem, Bengawan Solo)

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Bodies floating far away (Bacem bridge, Bengawan Solo)

Tempo report (1 Oct 2012) on the Bacem bridge over Bengawan Solo (Sukoharjo), an execution site where bodies were thrown into the river in Oct 1965 and for months after. Local witnesses (Mbah Wiryo, Bibit, Supeno) and historian Sudharmono; dispute over whether Banser NU took part. Gerwani is not mentioned.

GA-03054 2014 rel C licensed

The Cold War in the City of Heroes: U.S.-Indonesian Relations and Anti-Communist Operations in Surabaya, 1963-1965

The Cold War in the City of Heroes: US-Indonesian Relations and Anti-Communist Operations in Surabaya (Setiyawan, 2014)

PhD dissertation in History (UCLA, 2014) by Dahlia Gratia Setiyawan on U.S. anti-communist operations and the 1965-66 purge in Surabaya. Gerwani appears in context: as the PKI's women's affiliate (ch. 1), through the Surabaya women's coalition GOWS in the 27 September 1965 Grahadi demonstration (ch. 4), and in the Army