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GA-00193 1966-01-11 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 11 Januari 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 11 January 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 11 Jan 1966. NTB military order (31 Dec 1965) dissolving the PKI and affiliates including Gerwani, BTI, SOBSI, Lekra, Baperki and Universitas Rakyat (UNRA), confiscating their property; about 66,000 detainees in Central Java.

GA-00200 1966-02-05 Angkatan Bersendjata rel B

Angkatan Bersendjata, 5 Februari 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 5 February 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 5 Feb 1966. Kodam Udayana round-up: 24 PKI/BTI arrests at Kupang, six 'Gerwani' escorted from Klungkung to Denpasar, and other detainees; Suharto on securing the revolution.

GA-00201 1966-02-07 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 7 Februari 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 7 February 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 7 Feb 1966. Yogyakarta report that BTI member Suradijo, called an 'executioner of Lubang Buaya', was shot 'fleeing'; his reported confession says Gerwani members tortured and stabbed the generals while singing.

GA-00402 1966-02-07 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 7 Februari 1966

Berita Yudha, 7 February 1966

Berita Yudha, 7 Februari 1966. Boxed Antara report: BTI member Suradijo, called an 'executioner of Lubang Buaya', shot dead while 'escaping'; his reported confession involves Gerwani members stabbing the generals.

GA-00744 1966-02-24 De Volkskrant rel B

Onrust in Djakarta, Oentoeng voor gerecht (Unrest in Jakarta, Untung in court)

Unrest in Jakarta, Untung in court: strike force included Gerwani members

De Volkskrant report (24 Feb 1966) on unrest in Jakarta and the opening of Untung's trial. The prosecutor said his strike force of 5,000 included 2,000 communists, "men and women, of the organisations Gerwani, Pemuda Rakjat and the BTI". No claims of torture or sexual misconduct appear in this item.

GA-00999 1966-02-25 Gereformeerd Gezinsblad rel B

Studenten pogen beëdiging te verhinderen: proces tegen Oentoeng begonnen

Students try to prevent swearing-in: trial of Untung begun

Gereformeerd Gezinsblad wire item (25 Feb 1966, p.1) on the opening of Colonel Untung's trial in Jakarta for treason and armed rebellion. The prosecutor claimed Untung gathered 5,000 people before the coup, including Tjakrabirawa troops, paratroops and 2,000 members of the PKI and its linked women's organisation Gerwan

GA-01991 1966-04-19 Renmin Ribao rel A licensed

Renmin Ribao, 19 April 1966: Komite Solidaritas Asia-Afrika Thailand memprotes penindasan di Indonesia (泰国亚非人民团结委员会发表新闻公报)

Thai Afro-Asian Solidarity Committee protests repression in Indonesia (snippet)

Snippet-only Renmin Ribao extract (19 Apr 1966, p. 4) from a Thai Afro-Asian Solidarity Committee communiqué protesting Indonesia's repression. It lists banned mass organisations including Gerwani and notes the 12 March 1966 ban on the PKI; truncated. Full text is GA-01992.

GA-01992 1966-04-19 Renmin Ribao rel B licensed

Renmin Ribao, 19 April 1966: Komite Solidaritas Asia-Afrika Thailand memprotes penindasan di Indonesia (泰国亚非人民团结委员会发表新闻公报)

Thai Afro-Asian Solidarity Committee communique condemns Indonesian military killings and arrests

Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (19 Apr 1966, p. 4) of a 13 April communiqué by the Thai Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Committee condemning Indonesia's military and 'reactionaries': 78,500 killed and 106,000 arrested per the Fact-Finding Commission in Bali, Java and North Sumatra; bans on Pemuda Rakyat, CGMI, Gerwani, B

GA-00211 1966-06-18 Angkatan Bersendjata rel B

Angkatan Bersendjata, 18 Juni 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 18 June 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 18 Juni 1966. Front-page editorial welcoming KODAM Jaya's ban on Partindo members at MPRS, arguing Partindo drew its members from the PKI, SOBSI, BTI, Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani; Suharto warns against the 'Lubang Buaya trap'.

GA-00215 1966-09-13 Angkatan Bersendjata rel B

Angkatan Bersendjata, 13 September 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 13 September 1966. 'Bung Piket' retrospective names 'the PKI with its accomplices BTI, SOBSI, PR, GERWANI, BAPERKI, HSI, CGMI' as the 'thieves' of October 1965; issue also rich in items on women including Fatmawati Sukarno.

GA-02006 1966-11-04 Sinar Harapan rel B

Sinar Harapan, 4 November 1966: '3 Gembong Gestapu dibekuk'

Sinar Harapan, 4 Nov 1966: '3 Gestapu ringleaders seized'

Sinar Harapan, 4 November 1966: '3 Gembong Gestapu dibekuk'. Antara item: the Gerwani chair for South Bengkulu (name omitted), a PKI sub-section secretary and a BTI member captured after fleeing into the forest.