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GA-01267 1966-03-18 Leeuwarder Courant rel C

Sfeer van staatsgreep in Djakarta: Soebandrio in arrest (Atmosphere of coup in Jakarta: Subandrio under arrest)

Coup atmosphere in Jakarta: Subandrio under arrest

Leeuwarder Courant, 18 March 1966, p. 1: report on Suharto's army placing Foreign Minister Subandrio, twelve other ministers and Saleh in 'protective custody' after the 11 March order, with tanks aimed at the Merdeka palace, Adam Malik made acting foreign minister, and student demonstrations. Suharto cites trial testim

GA-01315 1966-03-19 Nieuwsblad Van Het Noorden rel C

Soekarno en Soebandrio onder bewaking: Indonesisch leger voltooit rustig greep naar macht (Sukarno and Subandrio under guard)

Sukarno and Subandrio under guard: Indonesian army quietly completes grab for power

Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, 19 March 1966, p. 1: report on Suharto's 'quiet 12-hour coup' that purged Sukarno's cabinet and arrested 15 ministers including Subandrio. A photo caption says Indonesian women loudly cheered the new regime at a Jakarta mass meeting. Gerwani is not mentioned.

GA-00209 1966-05-14 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 14 Mei 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 14 May 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 14 Mei 1966. Front-page report of Ibu Soeharto telling armed forces wives to adopt their husbands' ideology: 'let it not happen that an ABRI wife becomes a member of Gerwani'.

GA-00213 1966-07-09 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 9 Juli 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 9 July 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 9 Juli 1966. 'Istri-istri ABRI turun tangan': Ny. Nasution says army wives take over social work, hampered earlier by 'Gestapu/PKI such as Gerwani', illustrating the displacement of Gerwani's welfare activities by military wives.

GA-00214 1966-09-07 Angkatan Bersendjata rel B

Angkatan Bersendjata, 7 September 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 7 September 1966. Page 2 regional item mentioning Gerwani; front page shows New Order consolidation (Suharto: no place for PKI; Sukarno 'I am a Marxist') and Mahmillub death sentences in Medan.

GA-00418 1966-10-05 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 5 Oktober 1966: wawancara Ibu Tien Soeharto

Berita Yudha, 5 October 1966: interview with Ibu Tien Soeharto

Berita Yudha, 5 Oktober 1966: wawancara Ibu Tien Soeharto. Armed Forces Day issue with a front-page interview with Ibu Tien Soeharto, 'May our children not inherit the barbarity and immorality of Gerwani', and Perwari conferring 'Penyelamat Revolusi' on Suharto.

GA-02607 1966-11-05 rel B

Airgram A-218: The Army Takes Hold in Central Java, 5 November 1966

Airgram A-218: The Army Takes Hold in Central Java, 5 Nov 1966

US Embassy airgram A-218, 5 Nov 1966, on a Central Java trip showing the Army's 'ironclad grip': roadblocks, meeting bans, ID checks, prison numbers and ex-prisoners as pariahs. Women appear only as the Army lieutenant's wife in village pacification.

GA-00574 1966-12-22 Amigoe di Curacao rel C

Actie houdt aan tegen Soekarno (Action against Sukarno continues)

Action against Sukarno continues

Amigoe di Curaçao wire report, 22 Dec 1966: Indonesian chiefs of staff warn against illegal action as students demand Sukarno resign over the 1965 coup. A Mother's Day meeting of women's organisations at Sukarno's palace (organised by the PNI women's league) was boycotted by other groups including the women's action fr