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GA-00727 1965-10-11 De Telegraaf rel A

Terwijl Soekarno blijft zwijgen: 1500 communisten gearresteerd (While Sukarno keeps silent, 1,500 communists arrested)

While Sukarno keeps silent, 1,500 communists arrested; Gerwani blamed for torture

De Telegraaf report (11 Oct 1965) that the army arrested over 1,500 communists, including Col. A. Latief; it states Gerwani members among the arrested "are said to be responsible for the torturing to death of the generals." Early Dutch-press repetition of the Gerwani slander.

GA-01656 1965-10-11 Evening Post rel A

Fears of a New Surge of Red Terror in Indonesia (Evening Post, 11 October 1965)

Evening Post (Wellington), 11 Oct 1965, AAP-Reuter/AP/NZPA report: mass arrests of Communists in Jakarta (about 1,500 detained in a week, 2,000 in Java) and fears of a Communist counter-terror. A Muslim mob ransacked a suburban Gerwani office, destroying files and furniture. Saura Islam alleges Communist women tried to

GA-01658 1965-10-11 Evening Post rel B

Fears of a New Surge of Red Terror in Indonesia (Evening Post, 11 October 1965)

Fears of a New Surge of Red Terror in Indonesia (Evening Post, 11 October 1965), opening clipping

Opening clipping of the Evening Post article of 11 Oct 1965: mass arrests of Communists continued in Jakarta, with fears of a retaliatory terror campaign; unofficial estimates of 1,500 detained in a week and 2,000 captured in Java. Gerwani is not mentioned in this fragment.

GA-01659 1965-10-11 Evening Post rel B

Fears of a New Surge of Red Terror in Indonesia (Evening Post, 11 October 1965)

Fears of a New Surge of Red Terror in Indonesia (Evening Post, 11 October 1965), opening clipping (duplicate)

Opening clipping of the Evening Post article of 11 Oct 1965: mass arrests of Communists continued in Jakarta, with fears of a retaliatory terror campaign; unofficial estimates of 1,500 detained in a week and 2,000 captured in Java. Gerwani is not mentioned in this fragment.

GA-01660 1965-10-11 Evening Post rel A

Fears of a New Surge of Red Terror in Indonesia (Evening Post, 11 October 1965)

Fears of a New Surge of Red Terror in Indonesia (Evening Post, 11 October 1965), clipping on Gerwani office raid

Clipping from the Evening Post, 11 Oct 1965: a Muslim mob ransacked a suburban Gerwani office, destroying files and burning furniture, after PKI headquarters was burned; Sukarno reportedly gave the Army 'full power'; PNI backs the Army; Saura Islam claims Communist women tried to kidnap Muslim women.

GA-01661 1965-10-12 Evening Post rel A

Armed Java Reds Flee to Hills to Escape Dragnet (Evening Post, 12 October 1965)

Evening Post (Wellington), 12 Oct 1965, NZPA-Reuter report: Communists flee into Central Java hills from an Army dragnet; branch officials detained; US embassy dependants withdrawn. Mobs ransacked Communist youth, women's and trade-union offices in Jakarta; per Radio Malaysia quoting Radio Jakarta, a crowd burned the G

GA-01664 1965-10-12 Evening Post rel A

Armed Java Reds Flee to Hills to Escape Dragnet (Evening Post, 12 October 1965)

Armed Java Reds Flee to Hills to Escape Dragnet (Evening Post, 12 October 1965), clipping on arrests and Aceh office

Clipping from the Evening Post of 12 Oct 1965: US embassy dependants withdrawn; hundreds of Communist branch officials detained, Bandung committee arrested in Yogyakarta; Jakarta curfew eased. Communist youth, women's and trade-union offices ransacked in Jakarta, and a crowd burned the Gerwani office in Aceh, north Sum

GA-01665 1965-10-12 Evening Post rel B

Armed Java Reds Flee to Hills to Escape Dragnet (Evening Post, 12 October 1965)

Armed Java Reds Flee to Hills to Escape Dragnet (Evening Post, 12 October 1965), closing clipping

Closing clipping of the Evening Post article of 12 Oct 1965: Radio Malaysia says Army units in Sumatra are ordered to disarm and break up armed Communist groups, assisted by police; the Soviet leaders Brezhnev, Kosygin and Mikoyan warn Sukarno that blows against anti-imperialist forces are a gift to imperialism. Gerwan

GA-00281 1965-10-19 The Canberra Times rel A

Communist Party banned in Indonesia (Canberra Times, 19 Oktober 1965)

Communist Party Banned in Indonesia (Canberra Times, 19 October 1965)

Canberra Times, 19 Oct 1965, p. 1 (AAP-Reuter): Radio Jakarta reports the PKI and affiliates banned, including Pemuda Rakjat, Gerwani (called the women's wing), Sobsi, BTI and the student movement; the ban is by the Jakarta military commander, not Sukarno. Notes Army-led anti-Communist drive and Chinese protests. Early

GA-00282 1965-10-19 The Canberra Times rel A

Communist Party banned in Indonesia (Canberra Times, 19 Oktober 1965)

Communist Party Banned in Indonesia (Canberra Times, 19 October 1965), duplicate

Canberra Times, 19 Oct 1965, p. 1 (AAP-Reuter): Radio Jakarta reports the PKI and affiliates banned, including Pemuda Rakjat, Gerwani (called the women's wing), Sobsi, BTI and the student movement; the ban is by the Jakarta military commander, not Sukarno. Notes Army-led anti-Communist drive and Chinese protests. Early

GA-01383 1965-10-19 Twentsch Dagblad Tubantia rel A

Doorzoeken ambassade door Djakarta ontkend (Jakarta denies searching embassy)

Jakarta denies searching embassy

Twentsch Dagblad Tubantia (19 Oct 1965): Jakarta denies soldiers searched the Chinese embassy, as Beijing protested. Reports Maj.-Gen. Umar Wirahadikusumah's temporary ban in the Jakarta district on the PKI and affiliated bodies including Pemuda Rakyat, SOBSI and Gerwani; leaders have five days to report. Army reported

GA-01384 1965-10-19 Twentsch Dagblad Tubantia rel A

Doorzoeken ambassade door Djakarta ontkend (Jakarta denies searching embassy)

Jakarta denies searching embassy (duplicate)

Twentsch Dagblad Tubantia (19 Oct 1965): Jakarta denies soldiers searched the Chinese embassy, as Beijing protested. Reports Maj.-Gen. Umar Wirahadikusumah's temporary ban in the Jakarta district on the PKI and affiliated bodies including Pemuda Rakyat, SOBSI and Gerwani; leaders have five days to report. Army reported

GA-01385 1965-10-21 Twentsch Dagblad Tubantia rel B

Nasakom voorlopig zonder "kom": Communisten bevroren, maar nog niet uitgeschakeld in Indonesië (Nasakom for now without 'kom')

Nasakom for now without 'kom': communists frozen but not yet eliminated

Twentsch Dagblad Tubantia (21 Oct 1965), H.L. Leffelaar from Jakarta: the freezing of the PKI is an army victory over Sukarno; Nasakom 'without kom'. A poster targets Mrs Subandrio, head of the women's federation (Kowani), for not yet suspending Gerwani. Hatta criticises communist land seizures; a minister recounts Unt

GA-01386 1965-10-21 Twentsch Dagblad Tubantia rel B

Nasakom voorlopig zonder "kom": Communisten bevroren, maar nog niet uitgeschakeld; Soebandrio in het nauw (Nasakom for now without 'kom'; Subandrio increasingly cornered)

Nasakom for now without 'kom'; Subandrio increasingly cornered

Twentsch Dagblad Tubantia (21 Oct 1965), H.L. Leffelaar from Jakarta: the freezing of the PKI is an army victory over Sukarno; Nasakom 'without kom'. A poster targets Mrs Subandrio, head of the women's federation (Kowani), for not yet suspending Gerwani. Hatta criticises communist land seizures; a minister recounts Unt

GA-01387 1965-10-26 Twentsch Dagblad Tubantia rel A

Djakarta rekent er op dat Soebandrio's rol spoedig is uitgespeeld (Jakarta expects Subandrio's role will soon be played out)

Jakarta expects Subandrio's role will soon be played out

Twentsch Dagblad Tubantia (26 Oct 1965), Leffelaar from Jakarta: Subandrio's role expected to end; successors speculated. Reports Karya Bhakti's claim of a secret PKI meeting under Lukman attended by Mrs Mudigdio, Aidit's mother-in-law, and economist J. Piry. Army raids continue, Onrust island used as an internment cam

GA-00272 1965-11-10 Sunraysia Daily rel A

Women Denounce Reds (Sunraysia Daily, 10 Nov 1965)

Women Denounce Reds (Sunraysia Daily, 10 November 1965)

Sunraysia Daily (Mildura), 10 November 1965, p. 14, AAP/UPI report from Jakarta that 10,000 women (housewives, students, actresses) denounced Gerwani as 'a disgrace to Indonesian womanhood' and demanded its dissolution. They marched from Suharto's headquarters to the National Front with bands and batons and handed a pe

GA-00273 1965-11-10 Sunraysia Daily rel A

Women Denounce Reds (Sunraysia Daily, 10 Nov 1965)

Women Denounce Reds (Sunraysia Daily, 10 November 1965), duplicate

Sunraysia Daily (Mildura), 10 November 1965, p. 14, AAP/UPI report from Jakarta that 10,000 women (housewives, students, actresses) denounced Gerwani as 'a disgrace to Indonesian womanhood' and demanded its dissolution. They marched from Suharto's headquarters to the National Front with bands and batons and handed a pe

GA-01547 1966-05-06 l'Unità rel B

L'Unità, 6 maggio 1966, p. 11: 'Indonesia, cessino i massacri'

l'Unita, 6 May 1966, p. 11: 'Indonesia, stop the massacres'

l'Unità (PCI daily), 6 May 1966, p. 11 (PDF page). Dozens of PCI, PSI and PSIUP deputies and senators send a letter to the Indonesian embassy in Rome asking Sukarno's government to stop the massacres, executions and mass arrests of leftist leaders and thousands of militants by security forces and army. Gerwani is not n

GA-01548 1966-05-06 l'Unità rel B

L'Unità, 6 maggio 1966, p. 11: 'Indonesia, cessino i massacri' (teks OCR)

l'Unita, 6 May 1966, p. 11: 'Indonesia, stop the massacres' (OCR text)

l'Unità (PCI daily), 6 May 1966, p. 11 (OCR text version). Dozens of PCI, PSI and PSIUP deputies and senators send a letter to the Indonesian embassy in Rome asking Sukarno's government to stop the massacres, executions and mass arrests of leftist leaders and thousands of militants by security forces and army. Gerwani

GA-01672 1966-10-08 Press rel B

Students Demand Trial for Mrs Hartini Sukarno (Press, Christchurch, 8 October 1966)

Students Demand Trial for Mrs Hartini Sukarno (Press, Christchurch, 8 October 1966), photograph clipping

Photograph-only clipping from the Press (Christchurch), 8 Oct 1966: demonstrators with banners and flags in Jakarta, one banner partly legible; illustrates the students' demand to try Hartini Sukarno for patronage of Gerwani. No caption text in this clipping.

GA-01673 1966-10-08 Press rel A

Students Demand Trial for Mrs Hartini Sukarno (Press, Christchurch, 8 October 1966)

Students Demand Trial for Mrs Hartini Sukarno (Press, Christchurch, 8 October 1966), caption clipping

Caption clipping from the Press (Christchurch), 8 Oct 1966: anti-Communist students in Jakarta demand Hartini Sukarno's arrest and trial for economic deviation, affiliation with Communist leaders and patronage of Gerwani, 'whose members are said to have played a major role' in the killing of six Army generals in Octobe

GA-00425 1966-10-27 Berita Yudha rel B

Berita Yudha, 27 Oktober 1966

Berita Yudha, 27 October 1966

Berita Yudha, 27 Oktober 1966. Arrest in Mampang of Krukut PKI chair Dadiwinata after a year in hiding; confession alleges in Aug 1965 PKI, PR and Gerwani figures prepared for action.

GA-00294 1968-10-07 The Canberra Times rel A

Arrest of Sukarno's wife denied (Canberra Times, 7 Oktober 1968)

Arrest of Sukarno's Wife Denied (Canberra Times, 7 October 1968)

Canberra Times, 7 Oct 1968, p. 4 (AAP-Reuter): Presidential Secretary Colonel Sutikno denies reports that Hartini, Sukarno's second wife, had been detained, saying she was last questioned about 18 months earlier over reports she was a member of the banned Gerwani. Also notes Armed Forces Day and army command changes.

GA-00295 1968-10-07 The Canberra Times rel A

Arrest of Sukarno's wife denied (Canberra Times, 7 Oktober 1968)

Arrest of Sukarno's Wife Denied (Canberra Times, 7 October 1968), duplicate

Canberra Times, 7 Oct 1968, p. 4 (AAP-Reuter): Presidential Secretary Colonel Sutikno denies reports that Hartini, Sukarno's second wife, had been detained, saying she was last questioned about 18 months earlier over reports she was a member of the banned Gerwani. Also notes Armed Forces Day and army command changes.

GA-00368 1970-01-21 Tribune rel A

The forgotten massacre: 'More killed than in Vietnam so far' (Tribune, 21 Januari 1970)

The forgotten massacre: 'More killed than in Vietnam so far'

Tribune (Sydney), 21 Jan 1970, p. 8: extract from Hong Kong's Eastern Horizon of letters by an Indonesian writing as 'Barbro Karabuda' on the 1965-66 massacre and prisoners (official 86,000 detainees; torture; Army extortion). The writer finds Tanti Aidit in Bukit Duri women's prison in Jakarta with Aidit's mother-in-l

GA-00369 1970-01-21 Tribune rel A

The forgotten massacre: 'More killed than in Vietnam so far' (Tribune, 21 Januari 1970)

The forgotten massacre: 'More killed than in Vietnam so far'

Tribune (Sydney), 21 Jan 1970, p. 8: extract from Hong Kong's Eastern Horizon of letters by an Indonesian writing as 'Barbro Karabuda' on the 1965-66 massacre and prisoners (official 86,000 detainees; torture; Army extortion). The writer finds Tanti Aidit in Bukit Duri women's prison in Jakarta with Aidit's mother-in-l