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GA-00196 1966-01-17 Angkatan Bersendjata rel B

Angkatan Bersendjata, 17 Januari 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 17 January 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 17 Jan 1966. Semarang report on the death of Karyono Purbominoto (alleged Pati 'Dewan Revolusi' designer) noting his wife Marsih, village head and 'pentolan Gerwani', remains at large; KAMI protests.

GA-00197 1966-01-19 Angkatan Bersendjata rel B

Angkatan Bersendjata, 19 Januari 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 19 January 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 19 Jan 1966. Reports Hansip's arrest of Tridjoko, 'Gerwani ringleader of Tuban', and a Tabanan (Bali) round-up that included 'a local Gerwani leader'; Sukarno's dialogue with KAMI.

GA-02602 1966-02-07 rel C

Airgram A-503: Will There Be a Putsch against Sukarno? 7 Februari 1966

Airgram A-503: Will There Be a Putsch against Sukarno? 7 Feb 1966

US Embassy airgram A-503, 7 Feb 1966, assessing whether anyone would stage a putsch against Sukarno (students, parties, generals, Sarwo Edhie). Women appear only in Sukarno's remark that women were not 'frying stones'; Gerwani absent.

GA-00404 1966-02-25 Berita Yudha rel B

Berita Yudha, 25 Februari 1966

Berita Yudha, 25 February 1966

Berita Yudha, 25 Februari 1966. Reports of the Mahmillub trial sessions of Lt. Col. Untung with two Gerwani items; Sukarno warns he will not be 'dongkel'-ed amid KAMI blockades.

GA-00661 1966-02-25 De Nieuwe Limburger rel C

Gevechten in Djakarta (Fighting in Jakarta)

Fighting in Jakarta: students storm Sukarno's palace

De Nieuwe Limburger, 25 Feb 1966: students storm Sukarno's palace after the swearing-in of the new cabinet; Sukarno calls them 'madmen' and the cabinet is derided as a 'Gestapu cabinet'. A photo caption notes that KOWANI members also joined the mass gathering at the palace. Gerwani is not named.

GA-01408 1966-08-01 Harian Kami rel B

Harian Kami, 1 Agustus 1966: 'Aidit, Gerpol PKI & Kita'

Harian Kami, 1 August 1966: 'Aidit, PKI political movement and us'

Harian Kami, 1 Agustus 1966: 'Aidit, Gerpol PKI & Kita'. Rosihan Anwar commentary quoting Aidit's alleged confession as published in the Asahi Evening News and The China Quarterly; mentions Gerwani as a 'gerpol' (political movement) front.

GA-02043 1966-09-15 The Straits Times rel B

The Straits Times, 15 September 1966: Students open new assault on Hartini

Straits Times, 15 Sep 1966: students open new assault on Hartini

Straits Times, 15 Sep 1966 (lead only). The Bandung and Jakarta chapters of the Indonesian Action Front (KAMI) demanded that President Sukarno resign and answer before a special military tribunal, with an attack on Hartini. Matched on Gerwani; lead does not mention it.

GA-01409 1966-09-29 Harian Kami rel A

Harian Kami, 29 September 1966

Harian Kami, 29 September 1966: poem 'We remember again'

Harian Kami, 29 September 1966. Rosihan Anwar's poem 'Kami Mengenang Kembali' narrates the New Order's founding story in verse and pictures the generals at Lubang Buaya being sunk, with Gerwani implied.

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.