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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-03036 1968 rel B licensed

The Politico-Military Role of the Indonesian Armed Forces, October 1965–1968 (MA dissertation, University of Chicago)

The Politico-Military Role of the Indonesian Armed Forces, October 1965-1968 (Fox, 1968)

Edward J. Fox, University of Chicago MA dissertation (1968; the catalogue title says PhD) on the Indonesian armed forces' control programme and the pattern of violence from October 1965 to early 1968. Gerwani appears only in passing: a footnote cites 1.75 million members and notes its self-dissolution (p.32), and one u

GA-02701 1976-04 TAPOL rel B

TAPOL Bulletin No. 15, April 1976

TAPOL Bulletin no. 15, April 1976. Editorial links East Timor killings to the 1965-66 massacres; the issue devotes pages to a mimeographed East Java massacre report and to translated fictional accounts (Gestapu: Indonesian Short Stories, ed. Harry Aveling). Gerwani appears incidentally: victims included members of the

GA-01619 1989-03-25 Harian Neraca rel B

Harian Neraca, 25 Maret 1989: 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (70)

Harian Neraca serial 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (70): October-November 1965 violence and Suharto's 10 No...

Harian Neraca, 25 Maret 1989, p. 10: instalment 70 of Soegiarso Soerojo's serial. Surveys October–November 1965 violence and Suharto's 10 Nov 1965 'Seruan', with crowd attacks in Aceh and Sumatra on the PKI and Gerwani.

GA-02254 2012-10-01 Tempo rel B licensed

Di Bawah Cengkeraman Kopkamtib

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Under Kopkamtib's grip

Tempo explainer (1 Oct 2012) on Kopkamtib, set up by Suharto on 2 Oct 1965 as the 'super organisation' that planned and drove the mass killings and detentions (Komnas HAM names it chief perpetrator). It notes army-controlled media showing Lubang Buaya photos with stories that Gerwani women tortured the generals, and ci