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GA-02575 1965-10-29 rel C

Ichtisar Situasi Djawa Tengah, 29 Oktober 1965 (Intelijen AURI)

Situation Summary for Central Java, 29 October 1965 (AURI Intelligence)

Secret Indonesian Air Force intelligence summary, 29 October 1965, on tension between nationalist/religious parties and the PKI in Central Java, with Solo security arrangements under Col. Sarwo Edhie and casualty figures. Early-aftermath regional context; no Gerwani content.

GA-02210 1965-11-08 Freiburger Nachrichten rel A

Freiburger Nachrichten, 8. November 1965: Indonesien - Kommunistenjagd geht weiter

Freiburger Nachrichten, 8 November 1965: Indonesia - the hunt for communists continues

Freiburger Nachrichten, 8 Nov 1965, 'Indonesia: hunt for Communists continues' (Reuter/AFP). Citing the Army newspaper, paratroopers killed nine women described as 'suicide fighters of Gerwani' who tried to block army tanks near Solo, shot after warning shots; also arrests in Cilacap, suspensions in Kalimantan, a 'holy

GA-03036 1968 rel B licensed

The Politico-Military Role of the Indonesian Armed Forces, October 1965–1968 (MA dissertation, University of Chicago)

The Politico-Military Role of the Indonesian Armed Forces, October 1965-1968 (Fox, 1968)

Edward J. Fox, University of Chicago MA dissertation (1968; the catalogue title says PhD) on the Indonesian armed forces' control programme and the pattern of violence from October 1965 to early 1968. Gerwani appears only in passing: a footnote cites 1.75 million members and notes its self-dissolution (p.32), and one u

GA-02250 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Burhan Zainuddin Rusjiman: "Saya Punya License to Kill"

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Burhan Zainuddin Rusjiman - 'I had a licence to kill'

Tempo testimony (1 Oct 2012) of Burhan Zainuddin Rusjiman, 72, 'Burhan Kampak', a former HMI/KAMI/Laskar Ampera member in Yogyakarta given a pistol and 'license to kill' from Nov 1965, who hunted PKI with Kostrad/RPKAD in Yogyakarta, Gunungkidul and Klaten. Motivated by anti-communism and CGMI conflict; Gerwani not men