Nieuwe Provinciale Groninger Courant, 22 September 1948, p. 2: wire items from the Madiun crisis (censorship and bans in Yogyakarta, Amir Sjarifuddin leaving Madiun, executions of two TNI/BPRI raiders who used kampong women as shields), a court-martial for thefts at Tanjung Priok, and a South Sulawesi-Singapore smuggli
CIA-held copy of a joint SOBSI publication of 17 August 1950 (Independence Day issue of the labour magazines Bangun, Tenaga, Pekerja and Buruh), in Indonesian, issued by the SOBSI Information Bureau. It contains union and anti-imperialist articles, an item on prostitution in Tanjung Priok, appeals for WFTU unity and re
De Waarheid, 1 May 1954, p. 4: travel report by Mak Meyer, a Dutch union delegate to the SOBSI conference, on Indonesian workers' misery: poverty, homelessness, factory conditions and wages, child labour, becak drivers, and figures such as 35,000 women dying in childbirth yearly. Portrays SOBSI and PKI as leaders and u
UK Foreign Office file FO 371/180324 (1965), 'Attempted coup against Sukarno [15]': telegrams and letters from Djakarta, Washington and Peking, November 1965, plus appended US and Canadian reports. It records Sukarno's Heroes Day speech, Adam Malik's view of the Sukarno-generals stalemate and accounts of 30 September.
Nieuwe Haarlemsche Courant, 6 November 1965, p. 3: UPI report (headline 'PKI women's section the culprit') relaying the armed-forces bulletin story of 'Djamilah', a pregnant 15-year-old Pemuda Rakjat member, who describes training at Halim and about 100 Gerwani women handed knives and razors who mutilated and stabbed a
Canberra Times, 15 Apr 1966, p. 10: concluding part of a 'Special Correspondent' account repeating the Lubang Buaya slander. Claims 100 Gerwani women at Halim took razor blades, tortured and mutilated the generals, citing 'Mrs Djamilah' via the Djakarta Mail (15 Nov), singing 'People's Blood'. Adds Nasution escape narr
Canberra Times, 15 Apr 1966, p. 10: concluding part of a 'Special Correspondent' account repeating the Lubang Buaya slander. Claims 100 Gerwani women at Halim took razor blades, tortured and mutilated the generals, citing 'Mrs Djamilah' via the Djakarta Mail (15 Nov), singing 'People's Blood'. Adds Nasution escape narr
Angkatan Bersendjata, 27 Maret 1968. Security report 'PKI malam' arrests during the MPRS session; reports the capture on 22 March 1968 in Tanjung Priok of Nj. Soeharti So[...], a Gerwani figure disguised as a Qur'an teacher.
Angkatan Bersendjata, 20 September 1968. Introduction to W.W. Tjokro's memoir series 'Mengungkap 30 September '65' claims Chinese ships delivered weapons 'to PR, Gerwani and SOBSI' before the coup.
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.
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.