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GA-02118 1965 Pravda rel A

Pravda, 23 November 1965, no. 327 (Situasi di Indonesia: penangkapan massal)

Pravda, 23 Nov 1965: the situation in Indonesia, mass arrests

Pravda no. 327, 23 November 1965 (full issue). Page 1 TASS item 'The situation in Indonesia' (Jakarta, 22 Nov): arrests of 1,600 in South Kalimantan; in Central Java 1,630 (Wonogiri), 820 (Sragen), 711 (Boyolali), over 2,200 (Klaten), said by ANTARA to be members of PKI, Gerwani, Pemuda Rakyat, BTI, Partindo; Subandrio

GA-02119 1965 Pravda rel A

Pravda, 23 November 1965, no. 327 (Situasi di Indonesia: penangkapan massal)

Pravda, 23 Nov 1965: the situation in Indonesia, mass arrests (excerpt)

Pravda no. 327, 23 November 1965 (excerpt of the page). Page 1 TASS item 'The situation in Indonesia' (Jakarta, 22 Nov): arrests of 1,600 in South Kalimantan; in Central Java 1,630 (Wonogiri), 820 (Sragen), 711 (Boyolali), over 2,200 (Klaten), said by ANTARA to be members of PKI, Gerwani, Pemuda Rakyat, BTI, Partindo;

GA-02594 1965-11-12 rel C

Telegram 1425: Joint Situation Report no. 51, 12 November 1965

Telegram 1425: Joint Situation Report no. 51, 12 Nov 1965

US Embassy Joint Situation Report no. 51, 12 Nov 1965: Army-Sukarno contest plus a security section on riots in Makassar, a massacre of 200 PKI prisoners in Bone and arrests in Jakarta. No Gerwani mention; shows how killings were framed as a 'security' item.

GA-02582 1965-12-06 rel B

Telegram 184A, US Consulate Medan, 6 Desember 1965

Telegram 184A, US Consulate Medan, 6 December 1965

US Consulate Medan telegram, 6 December 1965: Muhammadiyah preachers say 'conscious' PKI members must be killed, like NU's final interpretation. Evidence of religious legitimation of killing; Gerwani not mentioned but relevant to women members.

GA-02600 1965-12-10 rel C

Airgram A-386: The PKI Hunt in Central Java, 10 Desember 1965

Airgram A-386: The PKI Hunt in Central Java, 10 Dec 1965

US Embassy airgram A-386, 10 Dec 1965: an informant describes anti-PKI operations around Kudus, where NU/Ansor helped the RPKAD and the informant gave the Army lists of Baperki members. Evidence that civilians compiled lists; Gerwani not mentioned.

GA-03054 2014 rel C licensed

The Cold War in the City of Heroes: U.S.-Indonesian Relations and Anti-Communist Operations in Surabaya, 1963-1965

The Cold War in the City of Heroes: US-Indonesian Relations and Anti-Communist Operations in Surabaya (Setiyawan, 2014)

PhD dissertation in History (UCLA, 2014) by Dahlia Gratia Setiyawan on U.S. anti-communist operations and the 1965-66 purge in Surabaya. Gerwani appears in context: as the PKI's women's affiliate (ch. 1), through the Surabaya women's coalition GOWS in the 27 September 1965 Grahadi demonstration (ch. 4), and in the Army