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GA-02565 1965 rel B licensed

Indonesia, Internal political situation: Attempted coup against Sukarno [11] (FO 371/180320, Gilchrist despatch of 8 October 1965)

FO 371/180320: Gilchrist Despatch of 8 October 1965 on the Coup and Counter-Coup

UK Foreign Office file FO 371/180320 (Oct-Nov 1965): Gilchrist's despatch no. 13 of 8 Oct 1965 on the coup and counter-coup, plus telegrams, NATO and Commonwealth reports and Chinese/Soviet/Hanoi reactions. The despatch lists GERWANI among 'chief suspects' (p. 11) and says members of PKI youth and women's groups took p

GA-02900 1979 rel C licensed

The 30 September Movement: A Political Movement of the Armed Forces or an Intelligence Operation?

The 30 September Movement: a political movement of the armed forces or an intelligence operation? (Holtzappel, 1979)

Journal article by Coen Holtzappel (Journal of Contemporary Asia, 1979) analysing the Untung and Njono trial records to argue the 30 September Movement was steered by Air Force and Army intelligence, with Sjam's Pringgodani group deliberately compromising the PKI and Aidit. Gerwani is mentioned only once, in a footnote