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GA-00884 1955-10-08 De Waarheid rel B

De gebeurtenissen in Indonesië (slot)

Events in Indonesia (conclusion): Harahap government and mass organisations

De Waarheid, 8 Oct 1955, p. 3: final part of Cor Geugjes's series on events in Indonesia, arguing the Harahap government (which replaced Ali Sastroamidjojo) is resisted: elections could not be postponed, New Guinea was raised at the UN, and preliminary results defeat Masjumi and PSI. Cites PKI (500,000), SOBSI (3 milli

GA-01771 1958-02-17 Renmin Ribao rel B licensed

苏加诺总统为印度尼西亚人民带来了新的力量 (President Sukarno brings new strength to the Indonesian people)

President Sukarno brings new strength to the Indonesian people (Renmin Ribao, 17 February 1958)

Renmin Ribao commentary, 17 Feb 1958, p. 5: praises Sukarno's nine-nation tour, backs Indonesia's West Irian claim and calls the PRRI/Permesta rebels imperialist-instigated. Notes that SOBSI, Pemuda Rakjat, Gerwani, BTI and seventeen Sumatran organisations backed the arrest of the rebels, and cites Aidit's call to brin

GA-01772 1958-02-17 Renmin Ribao rel B licensed

苏加诺总统为印度尼西亚人民带来了新的力量 (President Sukarno brings new strength to the Indonesian people)

President Sukarno brings new strength to the Indonesian people (Renmin Ribao, 17 February 1958)

Renmin Ribao commentary, 17 Feb 1958, p. 5: praises Sukarno's nine-nation tour, backs Indonesia's West Irian claim and calls the PRRI/Permesta rebels imperialist-instigated. Notes that SOBSI, Pemuda Rakjat, Gerwani, BTI and seventeen Sumatran organisations backed the arrest of the rebels, and cites Aidit's call to brin

GA-02223 1959-07-11 Tages-Anzeiger rel B

Indonesien auf dem Weg zur Diktatur (Indonesia menuju diktator)

Tages-Anzeiger, 11 July 1959: Indonesia on the road to dictatorship

Tages-Anzeiger analysis (11 July 1959, signed Th. v. R.) of Sukarno's return to the 1945 constitution and the army's rising power under Nasution. Lists PKI-linked mass organisations, giving Gerwani 75,000 members alongside SOBSI, Pemuda Rakyat, BTI, and notes PKI's 1957 vote.

GA-02220 1965-04-24 Neue Zürcher Zeitung rel B

Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 24. April 1965: Aidit und der indonesische Kommunismus - Auf dem Sprungbrett zur Macht

Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 24 April 1965: Aidit and Indonesian communism - on the springboard to power

Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 24 April 1965, long analytical article 'Aidit and Indonesian Communism: on the springboard to power'. It reviews the Indonesian crisis, PKI history from 1920 through Madiun 1948, Aidit's rise and biography. Gerwani appears once, as a PKI front organisation with 1.5 million members, alongside SOBSI

GA-00494 1965-11-18 Algemeen Handelsblad rel A

Indonesia: Klap voor Omar Dhani (Indonesia: tamparan untuk Omar Dhani)

Indonesia: slap for Omar Dhani

Algemeen Handelsblad column (1965-11-18) on post-coup Indonesia: Suharto slaps Omar Dhani, rumours of poisoning, false communist accusations, and an RPKAD anecdote. Reports that Mrs. Subandrio, chair of Kowani, announced Gerwani had been expelled from the federation; Berita Yudha mocked her, and Mrs. Nasution reportedl

GA-01491 1965-11-19 Hamilton Spectator rel B licensed

The Indonesian Mystery (Hamilton Spectator, 19 November 1965)

Hamilton Spectator, 19 Nov 1965, p.6: Arthur Dommen (Los Angeles Times) on the 'Indonesian mystery' of the 30 September movement in central Java: Pemuda Rakjat raids on police posts at Boyolali and Klaten (22 Oct), army claims about 1,000 raiders killed, arms from China and guerrilla plans. The wartime-quality OCR name

GA-01536 1965-12-08 The Scotsman rel A licensed

Army plans to kill P.K.I. for ever (The Scotsman, 8 Desember 1965)

Army plans to kill P.K.I. for ever (The Scotsman, 8 December 1965)

The Scotsman, 8 Dec 1965, Dennis Bloodworth, 'Army plans to kill PKI for ever': Suharto and Nasution press to destroy the PKI while Sukarno refuses to ban it; the article analyses the PKI's miscalculations. It repeats the slander that six generals were mutilated by 'doe-eyed girls' of the PKI's 'Gerwani' women's moveme

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-02127 1990 Pravda rel B

Pravda, 1990, No. 303: V. Shurygin, 'Indonesia: goresan tragedi 35 tahun lalu'

Pravda, 1990: Shurygin, 'Indonesia: strokes to a tragedy of 35 years ago' (excerpt)

Pravda (Nov/Dec 1990, No. 303) archive.org OCR excerpt of V. Shurygin's retrospective 'Indonesia: strokes to a tragedy of 35 years ago'. Lists Gerwani among PKI-affiliated mass organisations, cites up to 500,000 killed, notes slander turned opinion against communists, and says ~50,000 of 1.4 million ex-prisoners may vo

GA-02288 2021-09-29 Tempo rel A licensed

Organisasi-Organisasi yang Dianggap Berafiliasi dengan PKI

Tempo.co, 29 September 2021: Organisations considered affiliated with the PKI

Tempo.co explainer (29 Sept 2021) on organisations 'considered affiliated' with the PKI: Gerwani, Lekra, SOBSI, Pemuda Rakjat. It states, citing Wieringa, that Gerwis became Gerwani at its 1954 second congress, electing PKI member Umi Sardjono as chair. Short, background-level.

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