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GA-00442 1968-10-15 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 15 Oktober 1968: '70 Prosen wanita P dirangkul G'wani/PKI'

Berita Yudha, 15 October 1968: 70 percent of prostitutes embraced by Gerwani/PKI

Berita Yudha, 15 Oktober 1968: '70 Prosen wanita P dirangkul G'wani/PKI'. Jakarta police chief claims nearly 70% of prostitutes in Central Java and Jakarta had been 'embraced' by Gerwani/PKI, 'proven' by Lubang Buaya; a core New Order sexual slander claim.

GA-00444 1968-11-22 Berita Yudha rel B

Berita Yudha, 22 November 1968

Berita Yudha, 22 November 1968. Report that Kodim 1405 Mallusetasi arrested in Parepare 'a woman ringleader of Gerwani/PKI', Patriani Ngatimen, with a Pemuda Rakyat leader; Jakarta arrests of 13 more 'remnants'.

GA-00471 1968-11-23 Duta Masjarakat rel A

Duta Masjarakat, 23 November 1968

Duta Masjarakat, 23 November 1968. Ramadan issue: arrest in Parepare of 'a woman Gerwani/PKI ringleader, Patriani Ngatimen', with Pemuda Rakyat leader Kaimmudin, and a Pendam V/Jaya list of thirteen more arrests.

GA-00472 1968-12-07 Duta Masjarakat rel A

Duta Masjarakat, 7 Desember 1968

Duta Masjarakat, 7 December 1968

Duta Masjarakat, 7 Desember 1968. Antara brief from Semarang: an ABRI team raided a meeting of six PKI members, 'two of them Gerwani leaders', in Bringin, Salatiga; two captured wounded.

GA-00121 1969 rel A

Legislatif Jaya: Majalah DPRD-GR DCI Jakarta, 1969-1970

Legislatif Jaya: Jakarta Legislature Magazine, 1969-1970

Legislatif Jaya, the monthly magazine of the Jakarta provincial legislature (DPRD-GR DCI Jakarta), bound volume for 1969-70 under Governor Ali Sadikin. It carries council news, committee reports, regulations, speeches (including a Kartini Day address on women's duty, 1970) and a register of council decisions of 1966. T

GA-00253 1969-02-08 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 8 Februari 1969: 'Peristiwa Djatibarang'

Angkatan Bersendjata, 8 February 1969: 'The Djatibarang Incident'

Angkatan Bersendjata, 8 Februari 1969: 'Peristiwa Djatibarang'. Editorial blames a Jatibarang religious clash on 'remnants of Gestapu-PKI', citing 'Gerwani-PKI figure Nj. Suwarti' arrested in Priok working as a Qur'an teacher under a cover job.

GA-00254 1969-02-25 Angkatan Bersendjata rel B

Angkatan Bersendjata, 25 Februari 1969: 'Kali Ini Radio Moskow'

Angkatan Bersendjata, 25 February 1969: 'This Time Radio Moscow'

Angkatan Bersendjata, 25 Februari 1969: 'Kali Ini Radio Moskow'. Editorial rebuts Radio Moscow's 14 Feb 1969 comparison of the New Order to Nazi crimes, listing the dissolved 'democratic organisations' including Gerwani.

GA-00255 1969-03-07 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 7 Maret 1969

Angkatan Bersendjata, 7 March 1969

Angkatan Bersendjata, 7 Maret 1969. 'Pos Piket' column on the arrest of 'Gerwani ringleader Nj. Suwarti' in Priok as a Qur'an teacher, veiled and under a new name; Ibu Tien Soeharto's remarks on women.

GA-00256 1969-03-14 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 14 Maret 1969: 'Menjingkap Peristiwa Djatibarang' (II)

Angkatan Bersendjata, 14 March 1969: 'Uncovering the Djatibarang Incident' (II)

Angkatan Bersendjata, 14 Maret 1969: 'Menjingkap Peristiwa Djatibarang' (II). Part II of a series claiming a 'household course' was a mask for PKI cadre activity, based on the confession of junior-high girl Purwati; a template of the 'Gerwani underground' narrative.

GA-00257 1969-04-15 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 15 April 1969

Angkatan Bersendjata, 15 April 1969. Antara: Medan police arrest a 30-year-old 'Gerwani' woman 'A' from Bali in a prostitution area, said to have 'taken part in the torture and killing of the TNI generals at Lubang Buaya'.

GA-00258 1969-04-30 Angkatan Bersendjata rel B

Angkatan Bersendjata, 30 April 1969

Angkatan Bersendjata, 30 April 1969. PAB report on the Navy military court trial of ex-Major Adnan Soewardi for sheltering Gen. Supardjo; a witness, Sunarti, is identified as a member of the Gerwani Salemba branch.

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-02937 1970 rel B licensed

Indonesian Communism since the 1965 Coup

Indonesian Communism since the 1965 Coup (van der Kroef, 1970)

Article by Justus M. van der Kroef (Pacific Affairs, spring 1970) on the PKI underground and army counter-campaign after 1965, from the Blitar and Purwodadi operations to political prisoners and Moscow/Beijing exile factions. Gerwani appears once (p.50): arrests of former Communists 'including members of Gerwani (the P

GA-02938 1970 rel B licensed

Interpretations of the 1965 Indonesian Coup: A Review of the Literature

Interpretations of the 1965 Indonesian Coup: a review of the literature (van der Kroef, 1970)

Review essay by Justus M. van der Kroef (Pacific Affairs, winter 1970) surveying interpretations of the 1965 coup (Wertheim, Rey, the Cornell Report, Utrecht, Pluvier, Hughes, Nugroho/Saleh) from a pro-PKI-complicity standpoint. Several passages mention Gerwani members' role at Halim; he cites 'Mrs Djamilah's' confessi

GA-03050 1970 rel B licensed

Youth and the Wane of Soekarno's Government

Youth and the Wane of Soekarno's Government (Paget, 1970)

Roger Paget's 1970 Cornell PhD thesis on how student and youth action groups, culminating in KAMI, emerged after 1 October 1965 and helped undermine Sukarno. Gerwani appears in several passages: action fronts demanded its banning (p. 44) and its offices were ransacked (p. 63); Herlina denounced it for not fighting Mala

GA-00499 1970-06-22 Algemeen Handelsblad rel B

Soekarno, grondlegger van Indonesië (Sukarno, pendiri Indonesia)

Sukarno, founder of Indonesia

Algemeen Handelsblad obituary-profile of Sukarno (1970-06-22), covering his life, Guided Democracy, Nasakom, and the 30 September 1965 events, which it blames on palace guards and communist groups, followed by an anti-communist reaction costing 'tens of thousands' of lives. A photo caption states General Yani was murde

GA-03704 1971 Interim Reports Series, Modern Indonesia Project, Cornell University (compilation on Internet Archive) rel A

Archive of the Event of 1965 in Indonesia (compilation incl. Anderson and McVey, A Preliminary Analysis of the October 1, 1965 Coup)

Archive of the Event of 1965 in Indonesia (compilation incl. Anderson and McVey, Preliminary Analysis of the October 1,

Internet Archive compilation on the 1965 events whose main text is Anderson and McVey's Cornell 'Preliminary Analysis of the October 1, 1965 Coup' (1971), with source documents. It says Gerwani and Pemuda Rakjat trainees at Lubang Buaya were drawn into the killings (pp. 22-23) while stressing the army-fed 'orgy' storie

GA-03705 1971 Interim Reports Series, Modern Indonesia Project, Cornell University (compilation on Internet Archive) rel A

Archive of the Event of 1965 in Indonesia (compilation incl. Anderson and McVey, A Preliminary Analysis of the October 1, 1965 Coup)

Archive of the Event of 1965 in Indonesia (compilation incl. Anderson and McVey, Preliminary Analysis of the October 1,

Internet Archive compilation on the 1965 events whose main text is Anderson and McVey's Cornell 'Preliminary Analysis of the October 1, 1965 Coup' (1971), with source documents. It says Gerwani and Pemuda Rakjat trainees at Lubang Buaya were drawn into the killings (pp. 22-23) while stressing the army-fed 'orgy' storie

GA-02388 1971-01 rel A

Penyiksaan Para Jenderal Diceritakan: Kesaksian Emi Marijam (Kompas, 12 Januari 1971; terjemahan JPRS)

Torture of the generals recounted: testimony of Emi Marijam (Kompas, 12 January 1971; JPRS translation)

JPRS translation of Kompas, 12 Jan 1971: Emi Marijam, 24, described as a Jakarta Gerwani activist, testifies as witness in the subversion trial of Pemuda Rakjat secretary-general Sukatno. She says she and three women were assigned to torture the generals at Lubang Buaja, gouging eyes for one million rupiah, after train

GA-00298 1971-01-13 The Canberra Times rel A

Indonesia girl admits torture (Canberra Times, 13 Januari 1971)

Indonesia Girl Admits Torture (Canberra Times, 13 January 1971)

Canberra Times, 13 Jan 1971, p. 7 (AAP-Reuter): at the trial of Sukatno, ex-chairman of the Communist youth organisation, Gerwani member Emmy Marjani, 24, now under arrest, testifies she gouged a general's eyes on 30 Sep 1965 and saw friends mutilate another, claiming she was paid one million rupiah. Repeats the Lubang

GA-00299 1971-01-13 The Canberra Times rel A

Indonesia girl admits torture (Canberra Times, 13 Januari 1971)

Indonesia Girl Admits Torture (Canberra Times, 13 January 1971), duplicate

Canberra Times, 13 Jan 1971, p. 7 (AAP-Reuter): at the trial of Sukatno, ex-chairman of the Communist youth organisation, Gerwani member Emmy Marjani, 24, now under arrest, testifies she gouged a general's eyes on 30 Sep 1965 and saw friends mutilate another, claiming she was paid one million rupiah. Repeats the Lubang

GA-03345 1971-01-13 The Straits Times rel A

Day woman gouged general's eyes with a knife (Emmy Marjam testimony)

Day woman gouged general's eyes with a knife: Emmy Marjam testimony (Straits Times, 1971)

The Straits Times, 13 January 1971, p. 2: at the special-court trial of Pemuda Rakjat chairman Sukatno, witness Emmy Marjam, 24, a Gerwani member now under arrest, testifies that she gouged a general's eyes with a knife and saw friends mutilate another's genitals at Lubang Buaya after training from 26 Sept. Reported as

GA-00187 1973-03-21 Abadi rel B

Abadi, 21 Maret 1973, hlm. 2: Saling curiga di RRI Mataram

Abadi, 21 March 1973, p. 2: Mutual Suspicion at RRI Mataram

Harian Abadi, 21 Mar 1973, p. 2: anonymous allegation that people 'involved in G30S/PKI' remain at RRI Mataram, including 'a woman M., a former Gerwani member'; New Order stigma persisting in workplaces.

GA-03342 1973-05-09 Berita Harian rel A

Wanita pertama dibicarakan bersabit rampasan kuasa 1965 ('Gestapo' woman to be tried)

First woman to be tried over the 1965 coup: 'Gestapo' woman (Berita Harian, 1973)

Berita Harian, 9 May 1973, p. 3, Reuters: a court spokesman says Mrs Sumali, a Gerwani leader, will be the first woman tried over the 1965 coup, charged with torturing an army general with a razor blade; she was arrested with other Gerwani members at Lubang Buaya on 1 October 1965 after six generals' bodies were found.

GA-00729 1973-09-26 De Telegraaf rel A

Scheve conclusies uit brieven van Soekarno (Skewed conclusions from Sukarno's letters)

Skewed conclusions from Sukarno's letters: De Telegraaf commentary on Gerwani's role

De Telegraaf commentary by Frank de Jong (26 Sep 1973) attacking NRC conclusions drawn from Sukarno letters published by Ratna Sari Dewi. It asserts as "established beyond dispute" that thousands of Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani members took part in the abduction and slow torture of the six generals, repeating the slander.

GA-02696 1974-06 TAPOL rel B

TAPOL Bulletin No. 5, June 1974

TAPOL Bulletin no. 5, June 1974 (London campaign for Indonesian political prisoners). Covers mass transfers of tapols to Central Java workcamps (Nusakambangan, Cilacap), British and Australian policy, IGGI aid, press bans and the January 1974 Malari aftermath. A short item, 'Ex-Gerwani Members Also in Trouble' (p.5), r