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GA-02221 1965-10-12 Neue Zürcher Zeitung rel B

Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 12. Oktober 1965: Die Normalisierung in Indonesien

Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 12 October 1965: Normalisation in Indonesia

Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 12 Oct 1965, 'Normalisation in Indonesia' (Reuter/UPI wire digest). Items: armed Communists fleeing into Central Java mountains, Antara placed under military management, evacuation of American embassy families, and a Swiss ambassador's credentials. Relevant here: Malaysian radio, citing Radio Jaka

GA-03336 1965-11-07 Berita Harian rel A

Aidit di-kepong oleh ahli2 Tentera di-Jawa Tengah (Gerwani 'suicide squad' in Solo)

Aidit surrounded by army in Central Java: Gerwani 'suicide squad' in Solo (Berita Harian, 1965)

Berita Harian, 7 November 1965, p. 1: reports Aidit surrounded in Central Java (Col. Jasir) and, from army broadcasts, that nine 'suicide' members of Gerwani blocked tanks in Solo, jeered at paratroopers and were killed when they would not move. The text does not say how; the account is army-sourced and unverified. Als

GA-02405 1965-12-22 rel B licensed

US Embassy Djakarta, Joint Sitrep No. 68, Telegram 1842 (22 Desember 1965)

US Embassy Djakarta, Joint Sitrep No. 68, Telegram 1842 (22 December 1965)

US Embassy Djakarta telegram 1842, Joint Sitrep No. 68 (22 Dec 1965, Secret, sanitized, OCR rough). Reports Sukarno's speeches defending the PKI, including a Mother's Day gathering where he defended the PKI's women's affiliate (Gerwani), Nasution's 'basic guide' for crushing the PKI, the PNI purge, anti-Chinese violenc

GA-02257 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Ironi Gandhi di Medan

Tempo, 1 October 2012: The irony of Gandhi Street in Medan (detention house)

Tempo report (1 Oct 2012) on the Jalan Gandhi detention house in Medan, a former Baperki school used by Kopkamtib for over a decade; Komnas HAM names it a torture site (beatings, confinement in toilets with faeces). Testimony from Astaman Hasibuan (Lekra) and soldier Eddy Sartimin. Gerwani is not mentioned.

GA-02320 2021-10-04 Tempo English rel A licensed

Traumatic Burden of 1965 (Umi Sardjono's Last Years)

Tempo English, 4 October 2021: Traumatic burden of 1965 (Umi Sardjono's last years)

Tempo English cover story 'Traumatic Burden of 1965' (4 Oct 2021, Dini Pramita) on Umi Sardjono's silence and guilt after release in 1978. Ita Fatia Nadia read her a Medan woman's testimony of gang rape and public parading, and showed Sudjinah's X-ray; Umi wept, saying it was her responsibility. It covers her life in t