Short Indonesian essay by 'Stanley' (probably Stanley Adi Prasetyo) for a 1999 history seminar, quoting the canonical army account of Gerwani at Lubang Buaya and showing from the autopsy reports (Anderson, Dr Arief Budianto) that the genitals were intact and eye damage came from the fall into the well. Debunking the sl
Berita Yudha, 30 Januari 1966 (edisi Minggu). Wayang-based moral column 'Tepa-Palupi (60): Bhatari Durga' retells the cursing of Uma into the demon Durga; Gerwani is invoked implicitly through the female-demon figure.
Harian Kami, 29 September 1966. Rosihan Anwar's poem 'Kami Mengenang Kembali' narrates the New Order's founding story in verse and pictures the generals at Lubang Buaya being sunk, with Gerwani implied.
Angkatan Bersendjata, 1 Oktober 1966 (edisi Hari Kesaktian Pancasila pertama). First-anniversary issue and the richest Gerwani source in the batch: prints the official 'Risalah singkat tragedi nasional' claiming officers were tortured 'beyond humanity by members of Pemuda Rakyat and GERWANI', plus 'Bung Piket' retrospe
Berita Yudha, 1 Oktober 1966. First-anniversary issue: Suharto on Pancasila's 'magic power', Nasution on the Cakrabirawa, photo of Yani's exhumed body, an interview with a widow; Gerwani item on p. 1.
Angkatan Bersendjata, 2 Oktober 1966 (edisi Mingguan). Sunday weekly edition continuing the army's 'Risalah singkat tragedi nasional' (p. 3), repeating that four officers were tortured 'by members of Pemuda Rakjat and GERWANI' before being thrown into the Lubang Buaya well.
Berita Yudha, 9 Oktober 1966 (edisi Minggu). Serialised interview with police agent Sukitman, 'the only witness' at Lubang Buaya, describing the well area 'full of PR/Gerwani volunteers' with 'savage faces' shouting 'ganyang kabir' as officers were shot.
Berita Yudha, 23 Oktober 1966 (edisi Minggu). Concluding instalment of Sukitman's account: in the lit kitchen tent at Lubang Buaya on the night of 1 Oct 1965 he saw 'many PR-Gerwani volunteers'.
Angkatan Bersendjata, 1 Oktober 1967 (edisi Mingguan). Second-anniversary issue with a front-page lead 'Dianiaja' alleging the generals were tortured and mutilated and contradicting Sukarno; the richest Lubang Buaya slander item in this run.
Berita Yudha, 27 September 1968: 'Mendjongsong Hari Kesaktian Pantjasila'. Commemorative feature reprinting Yudha's 1965 Lubang Buaya exhumation photos and the 'Ikrar', and celebrating Victor Fic's paper as a 'slap' to the Cornell Paper and Wertheim.
Harian Neraca, 4 Mar 1989, p. 10: instalment 54 on April–August 1965, claiming AURI personnel helped train Pemuda Rakyat, Gerwani and other PKI organisations under the Dwikora volunteer programme.
Harian Neraca, 13 Mar 1989, p. 10: instalment 60 on the 1 October abductions; says about 100 Gerwani members of AURI-trained 'Sukarelawan Kita' were at Lubang Buaya, citing the 'confession' of Nyonya Djamilah.
Harian Neraca, 14 Mar 1989, p. 10: instalment 61, the serial's most important Gerwani item, reprinting the army's 1965 slander: PR and Gerwani dancing naked in a 'flower-scent party', sex permitted, stimulant injections, per 17-year-old Djamilah.
Harian Neraca, 16 Mar 1989, p. 10: instalment 63 on the 4 Oct 1965 exhumation, quoting Nasution's funeral speech naming Lubang Buaya as the training centre for 'Pemuda Rakyat, Gerwani and others'.
Harian Neraca, 21 Maret 1989, p. 10: instalment 67 of Soegiarso Soerojo's serial. Aidit's capture in Solo on 22 Nov 1965 and extracts of his alleged confession (Asahi Evening News) that Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani units were assembled from July 1965.
Harian Neraca, 2 Mei 1989, p. 10: instalment 103 of Soegiarso Soerojo's serial. Mahmilub testimony incl. Serma Marsudi (1976) on training 3,000 volunteers from Lekra, PR, Gerwani, CGMI, BTI and others at Lubang Buaya.
Harian Neraca, 2 Oct 1989, p. 11: education-women page with Minister Fuad Hassan's speech making Hapsak Pancasila a national tradition, and a report on the Lubang Buaya ceremony that mentions Gerwani.
Akcaya (Pontianak), 10 Nov 1991, p. 7: concluding part of a retelling of police officer Sukitman's 1965 story, with the paper glossing the 'volunteers' as '(Gerwani - red)', reproducing the New Order slander.
Letter of 20 Nov 1992 from Brig. Gen. Bintarto appointing PT Tiga Hasta Kreatifa without tender to renovate the Paseban building, dioramas and pool at the Pancasila Sakti Museum for Rp 88,484,000. Administrative record of the Lubang Buaya memorial project.
Berita Yudha, 11 Oct 1994, p. 4: opens serialisation of the 1994 Setneg White Book; Chapter I states that Lubang Buaya trained 'Sukarelawan dan Sukarelawati' of Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani.
Berita Yudha, 5 Nov 1994, p. 4: White Book instalment describing G30S task forces and about 2,000 Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani members 'trained at Lubang Buaya' whose task included 'killing and burial' of the generals.
Berita Yudha, 8 Nov 1994, p. 4: White Book section on Lubang Buaya where 'sukwan PKI, among them sukwati Gerwani' wait by the well and the captives are tortured to death; no sexual or dance motif included.
Berita Yudha, 14 Nov 1994, p. 4: White Book instalment on the discovery and exhumation of the generals at Lubang Buaya, naming PR and Gerwani 'sukwan-sukwati' as trained there.
Bali Post, 30 Sept 1996, p. 1: at a youth seminar on the 'latent danger of communism' Amien Rais says Gerwani 'slashed' the generals; Taufiq Ismail cites S.K. Trimurti as ex-Gerwani; PRD branded 'new PKI'.
Berita Yudha, 28 Sept 1997, p. 12: tourism feature on the Lubang Buaya monument stating that in the 'torture house' four officers 'were cruelly tortured by Gerwani until they breathed their last'.
Berita Yudha, 8 Jan 1998, p. 4: final instalment of a hero biography of M.T. Harjono stating PKI antecedents like Pemuda Rakyat, CGMI and Gerwani used volunteer training as a mask, as at Lubang Buaya.
Hersri Setiawan's Indonesian translation (Kalyanamitra, Dec 1999) of Wieringa's 1988 working paper 'The Perfumed Nightmare' on Indonesian women's organisations after 1950, with a compact history of Gerwani and the Lubang Buaya slander. Accessible Indonesian-language Wieringa.
Tempo book review (29 Aug 1999) of Carmel Budiardjo's prison memoir on New Order detention (Likdam, Bukit Duri, 'bon' interrogations, ET stigma). It records her witness to teenage women political prisoners tortured to make the script of Gerwani's involvement in the Lubang Buaya killings work, and notes she founded Tapo
Tempo interview (29 Aug 1999) with Sulami, former Deputy Secretary-General II of Gerwani, with a short biography: arrested 12 Feb 1967 on Amir Machmud's order, tried 1975, released 1984, torture by rattan between fingers and threats of rape; founded the 1965-66 victims research foundation. She denies any Gerwani role a
Bali Post, 13 Mar 2000, p. 11: Wimar Witoelar interview with ex-CGMI leader Hardoyo, stating that the autopsy showed Gerwani did not mutilate the generals, a story that had inflamed mass killings.