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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-02701 1976-04 TAPOL rel B

TAPOL Bulletin No. 15, April 1976

TAPOL Bulletin no. 15, April 1976. Editorial links East Timor killings to the 1965-66 massacres; the issue devotes pages to a mimeographed East Java massacre report and to translated fictional accounts (Gestapu: Indonesian Short Stories, ed. Harry Aveling). Gerwani appears incidentally: victims included members of the

GA-00267 1978-01-19 Papua New Guinea Post-Courier rel B

After 12 Years Freedom (Post-Courier, 19 Jan 1978)

After 12 Years Freedom (Post-Courier, 19 January 1978)

Papua New Guinea Post-Courier, 19 January 1978, p. 5, feature by George Oliver on the release of 10,000 political prisoners held since the 1965 coup, with PKI members forced to swear loyalty. It describes the Category A, B, C system, the 1965-66 massacres (estimates up to half a million killed), Amnesty International's

GA-00268 1978-01-19 Papua New Guinea Post-Courier rel B

After 12 Years Freedom (Post-Courier, 19 Jan 1978)

After 12 Years Freedom (Post-Courier, 19 January 1978), clean OCR

Papua New Guinea Post-Courier, 19 January 1978, p. 5, clean OCR of George Oliver's feature on the release of 10,000 political prisoners held since the 1965 coup (same article as GA-00267). It covers the official and alternative accounts of 30 September, killings of perhaps half a million, half to three-quarters of a mi

GA-02708 1978-04 TAPOL rel A

TAPOL Bulletin No. 27, April 1978 (dengan Special Supplement tentang pers)

TAPOL Bulletin No. 27, April 1978, with Special Supplement on the Press

TAPOL Bulletin no. 27 (London, April 1978) with a Special Supplement on press freedom. Covers student repression, prisoner-release figures, trials and a Buru letter. The supplement notes that in 1965–66 the press published sensational reports of sexual orgies by leftwing organisations, and its list of jailed journalist

GA-02718 1985-09 TAPOL rel B

TAPOL Bulletin No. 71, September 1985

Issue no. 71 (September 1985) of TAPOL Bulletin, the British campaign for Indonesian political prisoners. It carries an anonymous ex-prisoner's article on the 'G30S/PKI' symbol, reports on death-row prisoners, the Gatot defence statement, harassment of ex-prisoners and military reorganisation. Gerwani appears only once

GA-02719 1987-04 TAPOL rel B

TAPOL Bulletin No. 80, April 1987

TAPOL Bulletin no. 80 (London, April 1987) on East Timor, the 1987 elections, the Societies Law and ex-tapol rights. A short 'Gerwani members arrested' item reports a woman called 'Mrs Har', said to be a former Gerwani member, arrested with her three daughters in Tanjung Priok (14 Feb 1987), and another alleged Gerwani

GA-01609 1989-03-04 Harian Neraca rel B

Harian Neraca, 4 Maret 1989: 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (54)

Harian Neraca serial 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (54): AURI training of PKI organisations

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.

GA-01612 1989-03-14 Harian Neraca rel A

Harian Neraca, 14 Maret 1989: 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (61)

Harian Neraca serial 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (61): army's 1965 sexual slander retold

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.

GA-01614 1989-03-16 Harian Neraca rel B

Harian Neraca, 16 Maret 1989: 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (63)

Harian Neraca serial 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (63): the 4 October exhumation and Nasution's funeral sp...

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'.

GA-01615 1989-03-17 Harian Neraca rel A

Harian Neraca, 17 Maret 1989: 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (64)

Harian Neraca serial 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (64): arrests in Bekasi and Njono's confession

Harian Neraca, 17 Mar 1989, p. 10: instalment 64 saying 'hundreds' of Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani members were arrested in Bekasi, and listing 'Gerakan Wanita Indonesia' among organisations Aidit planned to deploy per Njono's confession.

GA-01617 1989-03-21 Harian Neraca rel B

Harian Neraca, 21 Maret 1989: 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (67)

Harian Neraca serial 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (67): Aidit's capture and alleged confession

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.

GA-01618 1989-03-23 Harian Neraca rel B

Harian Neraca, 23 Maret 1989: 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (69)

Harian Neraca serial 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (69): Lekra 'setan kota' campaign and 29 September 1965...

Harian Neraca, 23 Maret 1989, p. 10: instalment 69 of Soegiarso Soerojo's serial. Presents Lekra's 'setan kota' campaign and the 29 Sept 1965 Front Pemuda demonstration (Gerwani listed) as incitement; claims Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani military training.

GA-01626 1989-05-02 Harian Neraca rel B

Harian Neraca, 2 Mei 1989: 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (103)

Harian Neraca serial 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (103): Marsudi's testimony on volunteer training at Luba...

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.

GA-00977 1989-09-02 De Waarheid rel B

Moorden (Suharto en de massamoorden van 1965-66)

Murders (Suharto and the mass killings of 1965-66)

De Waarheid piece (2 Sep 1989, p.16) criticising Suharto's silence on the 1965-66 massacres, quoting Stanley Karnow and C.L. Sulzberger on the killings and estimates of 300,000 to one million dead. It notes mass arrests without trial of hundreds of thousands, including members of SOBSI, Gerwani and Pemuda Rakjat, and t

GA-01523 1990-09-08 The Guardian rel B licensed

The black hole of Bali (The Guardian, 8 September 1990)

The Guardian (Weekend Guardian), 8 Sept 1990, p.A4, John Gittings, 'The black hole of Bali': long feature on the 1965 massacre (250,000 or more killed), how the killings were organised by the army under Suharto, the Aidit/PKI role, the US list of communists (Martens/Kadane) and US encouragement, survivors ('Tapols') an

GA-01593 1994-10-11 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 11 Oktober 1994: Buku Putih G30S (bagian I)

Berita Yudha, 11 October 1994: White Book on G30S (part 1)

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.

GA-01595 1994-10-25 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 25 Oktober 1994: Buku Putih G30S (bagian 13)

Berita Yudha, 25 October 1994: White Book on G30S (part 13)

Berita Yudha, 25 Oct 1994, p. 4: White Book instalment on BTI/PR 'mass actions' and the anti-American campaign; Gerwani named twice, including among a PR/CGMI/Gerwani crowd at the East Java governor's office.

GA-01596 1994-11-05 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 5 November 1994: Buku Putih G30S (bagian 23)

Berita Yudha, 5 November 1994: White Book on G30S (part 23)

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.

GA-01598 1994-11-09 Berita Yudha rel B

Berita Yudha, 9 November 1994: Buku Putih G30S (bagian 26)

Berita Yudha, 9 November 1994: White Book on G30S (part 26)

Berita Yudha, 9 Nov 1994, p. 4: White Book instalment on Central Java and Yogyakarta, naming Gerwani among PKI mass organisations issuing a support resolution in Wonogiri on 1 Oct 1965; editorial honours Fatmawati.

GA-01583 2000-04-07 Bali Post rel A

Bali Post, 7 April 2000: 'Pencabutan Tap MPRS No. XXV/1966'

Bali Post, 7 April 2000: Revoking MPRS Decree No. XXV/1966

Bali Post, 7 Apr 2000, p. 7: editorial on Wahid's proposal to revoke the 1966 PKI ban, saying the military's stories of sadism by Gerwani and Pemuda Rakyat made the killings 'barbarity' in public memory and enabled mass slaughter.