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2 itemsPerson: Njono ✕Organisation: Indonesian National Armed Forces ✕Place: Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base ✕
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GA-02564 1965 rel C licensed

Indonesia, Internal political situation: Attempted coup against Sukarno [9] (FO 371/180318, October 1965)

FO 371/180318: Attempted Coup against Sukarno [9] (Oct 1965)

UK Foreign Office file FO 371/180318 (Oct 1965): Djakarta embassy telegrams, minutes and copied US cables on the 30 September affair. Covers the anti-PKI demonstration and burning of PKI HQ, Sukarno's return, Suharto and Nasution, and Anglo-American debate on backing the generals. Only Gerwani-relevant item: the 10 Oct

GA-03060 1997 rel B licensed

The Forgotten Years: The Missing History of Indonesia's Mass Slaughter, Jombang-Kediri 1965-1966 (PhD Arizona State, 1997)

The Forgotten Years: Mass Slaughter in Jombang-Kediri 1965-1966 (Sulistyo, 1997)

Hermawan Sulistyo's 1997 Arizona State history PhD, 'The Forgotten Years', studies the 1965-66 killings in Jombang-Kediri, East Java, from interviews and documents, finding no single national pattern and stressing local conflict and military-backed operations. Gerwani appears in passing: its claimed 1.75 million member