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GA-00374 1965-10-07 Berita Yudha rel B

Berita Yudha, 7 Oktober 1965

Berita Yudha, 7 October 1965

Berita Yudha, 7 Oktober 1965. Week after 30 September: Pemuda Rakyat members captured in Krukut allegedly took part in the Lubang Buaya killings; Sukarno's Bogor cabinet session condemns the killings; Gerwani mentioned on p. 2.

GA-00384 1965-10-28 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 28 Oktober 1965

Berita Yudha, 28 October 1965

Berita Yudha, 28 Oktober 1965. Youth Pledge Day issue: Central Java under a state of war, 104 dead in Banyuwangi with 62 bodies in three pits; Gerwani item on p. 2.

GA-01701 1965-12-14 Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata, Intisari Berita, 14 Desember 1965

Armed Forces Information Centre, Intisari Berita, 14 December 1965: Sukarno rejects stories of mutilation at Lubang B...

Armed Forces Information Centre bulletin, 14 Desember 1965. Reports Sukarno's address (13 Dec) rejecting press stories of genital mutilation and eye-gouging at Lubang Buaya; 18 Gerwani among 228 detained in Wonosobo; a Gerwani leader beaten by her own members.

GA-02664 1966 rel B

Perkara Untung (Mahmillub 2), 1966

Case of Untung (Mahmillub II), 1966

Army-published record of the second Mahmillub trial, of Lt. Col. Untung, commander of the 30 September Movement: indictment, eleven sessions (23 Feb-7 Mar 1966), witnesses, pleas; printed in 10,000 copies. Primary source on the official case.

GA-00196 1966-01-17 Angkatan Bersendjata rel B

Angkatan Bersendjata, 17 Januari 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 17 January 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 17 Jan 1966. Semarang report on the death of Karyono Purbominoto (alleged Pati 'Dewan Revolusi' designer) noting his wife Marsih, village head and 'pentolan Gerwani', remains at large; KAMI protests.

GA-00197 1966-01-19 Angkatan Bersendjata rel B

Angkatan Bersendjata, 19 Januari 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 19 January 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 19 Jan 1966. Reports Hansip's arrest of Tridjoko, 'Gerwani ringleader of Tuban', and a Tabanan (Bali) round-up that included 'a local Gerwani leader'; Sukarno's dialogue with KAMI.

GA-00206 1966-03-12 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 12 Maret 1966 (edisi Supersemar)

Angkatan Bersendjata, 12 March 1966 (Supersemar Edition)

Angkatan Bersendjata, 12 Mar 1966, the Supersemar issue, with Sukarno's 8 March International Women's Day address, Muslimat NU's Mahmudah Mawardi demanding a PKI ban 'because women feel the effects', and the decree dissolving the PKI.

GA-00231 1967-02-13 Angkatan Bersendjata rel B

Angkatan Bersendjata, 13 Februari 1967

Angkatan Bersendjata, 13 February 1967

Angkatan Bersendjata, 13 Februari 1967. Issue on the DPR-GR resolution and memorandum (9 Feb 1967) on Sukarno's accountability for G30S/PKI; Gerwani mentioned in an inner-page item.

GA-00119 1970 rel A

Seperempat Abad Dewan Perwakilan Rakjat Republik Indonesia (1970)

A Quarter Century of the Indonesian Parliament (1970)

Official institutional history, 'Seperempat Abad DPR RI', compiled by the DPR-GR Secretariat for the 25th anniversary in August 1970; it traces parliament from the KNIP to 1970 with membership rosters. For Gerwani it matters in the 1965-66 chapters: it records the NU demand (5 Oct 1965) to ban Gerwani, the 15 Oct 1965

GA-02232 1984-10-06 Tempo rel C licensed

Kisah-Kisah Oktober, 1965

Tempo, 6 October 1984: Stories of October 1965

Long Tempo feature (6 Oct 1984), New Order-era 'scattered stories' of 30 Sept-1 Oct 1965 told by witnesses: Catherine Panjaitan, Dewi Sukarno, Bambang Wijanarko, Mangil, Roeslan Abdulgani, Sugandhi, Salim Said, Syu'bah Asa. Frames events as a PKI coup and describes army/RRI takeover. Gerwani is not mentioned.

GA-03596 1990-04-21 Tempo (weekly), 21 April 1990 rel A licensed

Dari politik ke kebatinan (S.K. Trimurti)

From politics to mysticism: S.K. Trimurti in her own words (Tempo, 21 Apr 1990)

Tempo profile (21 April 1990), in S.K. Trimurti's own first-person voice, of her life from teacher and Partindo cadre to labour minister and spiritualist. She says she co-founded Gerwis around 1950 (Ketua III, Yogyakarta), that Gerwis became Gerwani at its third congress under Umi Sardjono, and that in 1965 she quit Ge

GA-02688 2000 rel C

Kesaksianku tentang G30S (Soebandrio, sekitar 2000)

My Testimony about G30S (Soebandrio, c. 2000)

Testimony of Dr Soebandrio, Sukarno's deputy prime minister, written after his 1995 release, arguing the 30 September Movement was a provocation exploited by Suharto's circle. Elite memoir; Gerwani is peripheral context.

GA-03598 2007-10-01 Tempo (Edisi 1 Oktober 2007) rel C licensed

Malam Terakhir: Setelah Lampu Depan Dimatikan (Tempo, 1 Oct 2007)

The last night: after the headlights went out (Aidit's last night at home, Tempo, 2007)

Tempo piece (1 October 2007) reconstructing D.N. Aidit's last night at home, 30 September 1965, from his son Ilham and brother Murad. His wife Dr Soetanti Aidit angrily quarrels with him and urges him not to leave; he goes anyway. The article sets out the contested versions of where he went that night. Soetanti appears

GA-03650 2009 Pusat Sejarah dan Tradisi TNI / Yayasan Kajian Citra Bangsa, Jakarta rel A

Komunisme di Indonesia, Jilid IV: Pemberontakan G30S/PKI dan Penumpasannya (1960-1965)

Communism in Indonesia, Vol. IV: The G30S/PKI Rebellion and its Suppression (1960-1965), Pusjarah TNI, 2009

Official Army history (Pusjarah TNI, Jakarta 2009), vol. IV of 'Komunisme di Indonesia', presenting Gerwani as a PKI mass organisation in the 1960-65 build-up and the G30S. It reports Gerwani's Nov-Dec 1964 housewives' seminar (p. 70), 'unilateral actions' (p. 122), the 27 Sept 1965 Surabaya governor's-office raid unde

GA-03651 2009 Pusat Sejarah dan Tradisi TNI / Yayasan Kajian Citra Bangsa, Jakarta rel A

Komunisme di Indonesia, Jilid IV: Pemberontakan G30S/PKI dan Penumpasannya (1960-1965)

Communism in Indonesia, Vol. IV: The G30S/PKI Rebellion and its Suppression (1960-1965), Pusjarah TNI, 2009

Official Army history (Pusjarah TNI, Jakarta 2009), vol. IV of 'Komunisme di Indonesia', presenting Gerwani as a PKI mass organisation in the 1960-65 build-up and the G30S. It reports Gerwani's Nov-Dec 1964 housewives' seminar (p. 70), 'unilateral actions' (p. 122), the 27 Sept 1965 Surabaya governor's-office raid unde

GA-02254 2012-10-01 Tempo rel B licensed

Di Bawah Cengkeraman Kopkamtib

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Under Kopkamtib's grip

Tempo explainer (1 Oct 2012) on Kopkamtib, set up by Suharto on 2 Oct 1965 as the 'super organisation' that planned and drove the mass killings and detentions (Komnas HAM names it chief perpetrator). It notes army-controlled media showing Lubang Buaya photos with stories that Gerwani women tortured the generals, and ci

GA-02261 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Karena Wibawa Sang Jenderal (Mengapa Jawa Barat luput dari pembantaian)

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Because of the general's authority (why West Java escaped the killings)

Tempo piece (1 Oct 2012) explaining why West Java saw no mass killings: Siliwangi commander Ibrahim Adjie ordered detentions without violence (per Benedict Anderson via Umar Said), and RPKAD, whose arrival triggered killings elsewhere (Cribb, Anderson), did not enter. Notes Suharto's 2 Oct 1965 letter claiming to preve

GA-02296 2021-10-02 Tempo rel A licensed

Propaganda Hitam terhadap Gerwani

Tempo, 2 October 2021: Black propaganda against Gerwani (Ita Fatia Nadia)

Op-ed by Ita Fatia Nadia in Tempo (2 Oct 2021) tracing the army-controlled press campaign from 7 Oct 1965 that cast Gerwani as sexually sadistic, contradicted by the military doctors' autopsy (Roebiono Kertapati). It links the slander to the mass killings, Kowani's expulsion of Gerwani (29 Oct 1965), Lubang Buaya volun

GA-02303 2023-09-17 Tempo rel B licensed

Mengapa Para Eksil Peristiwa 1965 Tak Mau Pulang? (Tak Lagi Berharap Pulang)

Tempo, 17 September 2023: Why 1965 exiles will not return home

Tempo report (17 Sep 2023, Raymundus Rikang and Stefanus Pramono) on 1965 exiles who decline to return despite visa and residence facilities offered by ministers Mahfud Md. and Yasonna Laoly in Amsterdam and Prague. Sri Budiarti (Aachen, ex-student in Budapest) demands truth and an apology and removal of the stigma tha

GA-02308 2024-12-15 Tempo rel B licensed

Isi Buku Harian Francisca Fanggidaej untuk Anak-Anaknya (Catatan Eksil)

Tempo, 15 December 2024: Inside Francisca Fanggidaej's diaries for her children (notes of exile)

Tempo magazine article (15 Dec 2024, Dian Yuliastuti and Iwan Kurniawan) on Francisca Fanggidaej's papers at the IISH, Amsterdam, notably her diaries 'Sasja' and 'Nila' written in exile in Beijing from Oct 1965 to her children. Her daughters recall the family's separation, stigma at school and her later reunion. It not