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GA-02569 1965 rel B licensed

Indonesia: Internal Political Situation, Attempted Coup against Sukarno [16] (FO 371/180325, 1965-1966)

FO 371/180325: Attempted Coup against Sukarno [16] (1965-1966)

UK Foreign Office file FO 371/180325 (1965), 'Attempted coup against Sukarno [16]': letters and telegrams from Djakarta, NATO Paris, Washington and The Hague, late November 1965 to January 1966. It follows the regional bans of the PKI, Sukarno's Nasakom speeches, Aidit's fate and translated interrogations of Untung and

GA-01984 1965-10-20 Renmin Ribao rel A licensed

Renmin Ribao, 20 Oktober 1965: Perubahan mendadak situasi politik Indonesia (印度尼西亚政局发生急剧变化)

Abrupt change in Indonesia's political situation: Suharto takes control, mass arrests, PKI offices burned

Xinhua survey in Renmin Ribao (20 Oct 1965, p. 1) of Indonesia's first three weeks after 30 September, from Chinese-side sources: Suharto takes control, mass arrests (3,000 by 17 October), PKI headquarters burned, Harian Rakjat closed, universities shut, anti-Chinese incidents. Gerwani appears in the NU demand to disso

GA-02634 1965-11 rel A licensed

The Anti-Communist Campaign in Indonesia: A Chronology (USIA R-158-65), November 1965

The Anti-Communist Campaign in Indonesia: A Chronology (USIA R-158-65), Nov 1965

USIA Research and Reference Service report R-158-65 (November 1965), a chronology of the anti-Communist campaign in Indonesia, 1-20 October 1965, built on Indonesian and foreign radio and press. Gerwani entries: Suharto's 4 Oct TV statement linking the generals' murders to Pemuda Rakjat and Gerwani training grounds; NU

GA-02532 1965-12-17 rel C licensed

Speech to Women's Group (Sukarno at Perwari anniversary)

Speech to Women's Group: Sukarno at Perwari Anniversary (FBIS, 17 Dec 1965)

FBIS summary of Sukarno's 17 Dec 1965 speech at the Perwari anniversary rally. He praised West Irian volunteer Herlina, discussed ideas and 'progressive' versus 'retrogressive' revolutionaries, and defended Nasakom. He ordered a tribunal for those directly involved in Gestok and said those responsible for killing innoc

GA-02601 1965-12-21 rel C

Airgram A-408: Joint Weeka no. 48, 21 Desember 1965

Airgram A-408: Joint Weeka no. 48, 21 Dec 1965

US Embassy Joint Weeka no. 48 (airgram A-408), 21 Dec 1965: estimates 100,000 PKI deaths and 10,000 on Bali; notes Sukarno addressing the 20th anniversary of Perwari. Only women-related scene is a non-communist women's group used as a stage.

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