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GA-02565 1965 rel B licensed

Indonesia, Internal political situation: Attempted coup against Sukarno [11] (FO 371/180320, Gilchrist despatch of 8 October 1965)

FO 371/180320: Gilchrist Despatch of 8 October 1965 on the Coup and Counter-Coup

UK Foreign Office file FO 371/180320 (Oct-Nov 1965): Gilchrist's despatch no. 13 of 8 Oct 1965 on the coup and counter-coup, plus telegrams, NATO and Commonwealth reports and Chinese/Soviet/Hanoi reactions. The despatch lists GERWANI among 'chief suspects' (p. 11) and says members of PKI youth and women's groups took p

GA-03042 2023 rel C licensed

Fashioning Authoritarianism: Militarization of Society in Indonesia, 1930-1966

Fashioning Authoritarianism: Militarization of Society in Indonesia, 1930-1966 (Joshua, 2023)

PhD dissertation (Northwestern, 2023) by Norman Joshua on the militarization of Indonesian society, 1930-1966. It argues the Army intervened in non-military affairs through the 'twin logics' of emergency powers and counterinsurgency, culminating in the New Order. Gerwani appears only in passing: p. 428 gives its claime