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GA-00755 1951-07-02 De Vrije Pers rel A

Vragen over neerschieten van arrestanten (Questions about the shooting of arrested persons)

Questions about the shooting of arrested persons (Surade case)

Aneta report in De Vrije Pers (2 Jul 1951): MP Mrs. Moedigdo (Mudigdio) put written questions to the government about the public beating to death of the Surade village head (Sukabumi) without trial, and the death of a detained police mantri in Banyuwangi after violence. She asked about prosecution, prevention and suppo

GA-00756 1951-07-02 De Vrije Pers rel A

Vragen over neerschieten van arrestanten (Questions about the shooting of arrested persons; page-image version)

Questions about the shooting of arrested persons (page-image version)

Aneta report in De Vrije Pers (2 Jul 1951): MP Mrs. Moedigdo (Mudigdio) put written questions to the government about the public beating to death of the Surade village head (Sukabumi) without trial, and the death of a detained police mantri in Banyuwangi after violence. She asked about prosecution, prevention and suppo

GA-02562 1965 rel C licensed

Indonesia: Internal Political Situation, Attempted Coup against Sukarno [3] (FO 371/180312, 1965)

FO 371/180312: Internal Political Situation, Attempted Coup against Sukarno [3] (1965)

UK Foreign Office file FO 371/180312 (1965), 'Internal political situation, Attempted coup against Sukarno [3]', a volume of Embassy letters and telegrams from Djakarta (Ambassador Gilchrist, S.J.G. Cambridge), February to April 1965. It includes Gilchrist's character notes on Subandrio, Aidit and the generals, the tak

GA-01956 1965-01-13 Renmin Ribao rel A licensed

Renmin Ribao, 13 Januari 1965: Federasi Wanita Tiongkok dan empat badan lain mendukung Indonesia keluar PBB (全国妇联等五团体致电支持印度尼西亚退出联合国)

Chinese women's federation and four bodies cable support for Indonesia's withdrawal from the UN

Xinhua dispatches in Renmin Ribao (13 Jan 1965, p. 2): five Chinese bodies cable Indonesian counterparts backing Sukarno's UN withdrawal. The All-China Women's Federation's telegram to Kowani, Gerwani, Marhaenist women, Muslimat NU and another group calls the UN a 'paper tiger' and pledges unity with '104 million' Indo

GA-02580 1965-06-08 rel C

Telegram 509, US Consulate Medan, Juni 1965

Telegram 509, US Consulate Medan, June 1965

US Consulate Medan telegram 509, 7-8 June 1965: the military used Dwikora authority to overrule the governor over banning the newspaper Tjahaja, called a clear Army win. Pre-coup Army-PKI rivalry in North Sumatra; no Gerwani content.

GA-02517 1965-10-26 rel C licensed

Journalists Association Suspends 77 Members (FBIS, 26 Oct 1965)

FBIS-monitored ANTARA report (26 Oct 1965): the Jakarta PWI chapter suspended 77 more journalists of banned papers (Warta Bhakti, Bintang Timur and others) after suspending 40 from Harian Rakjat, Kebudajaan Baru and Antara; regional PWI chapters did likewise. Yogyakarta authorities banned the PKI-affiliated Ariwarti Wa

GA-02136 1965-11-09 Somogyi Neplap rel A

Somogyi Néplap, 9 November 1965: 'Indonesia: tindakan anti-kiri baru' (tuntutan pelarangan PKI dan Gerwani)

Somogyi Néplap, 9 Nov 1965: 'New anti-left measures'; demands to ban PKI and Gerwani

Somogyi Neplap (Hungary), 9 Nov 1965, p. 2: MTI report 'New anti-left measures' from Jakarta. A right-wing women's demonstration marched to Suharto's house and the National Front, demanding a final ban of the PKI and Gerwani. Also covers searches in Jakarta's old town, a blacklist of 102 deputies, the PKI ban extended

GA-03415 1965-11-11 Neues Deutschland rel B licensed

Neues Deutschland, 11 November 1965, S. 7: Sukarno kritisiert Presse

Neues Deutschland, 11 Nov 1965, p. 7: Sukarno criticises the press

Neues Deutschland, 11 November 1965, p. 7. ADN dispatch from Djakarta under 'Sukarno kritisiert Presse': Sukarno lifts the state of war in the capital; Antara reports arrests of PKI members (346 in Tangerang, 125 people including twelve women in a Central Java town, 40 in Belawan); 102 parliamentarians removed; Sukarno

GA-02581 1965-12-06 rel C

Telegram 183A, US Consulate Medan, 6 Desember 1965

Telegram 183A, US Consulate Medan, 6 December 1965

US Consulate Medan telegram, 6 December 1965: after the PKI's 'virtual destruction' in Sumatra the Army extends control over civil service, press, youth, National Front and Hansip. Shows the institutional consolidation that followed the killings.

GA-03541 1966-03-15 Renmin Ribao (People's Daily), p. 3 rel C licensed

Renmin Ribao, 15 Mar 1966, p. 3: 旅居国外的印度尼西亚进步新闻工作者发表声明和呼吁书 (Indonesian progressive journalists abroad issue statement and appeal)

Renmin Ribao, 15 Mar 1966: Indonesian progressive journalists abroad issue statement and appeal

People's Daily, 15 Mar 1966, p. 3, Amsterdam report: Indonesian progressive journalists living abroad issued a statement in Europe on 1 Dec 1965 condemning right-wing persecution of progressive journalists and the seizure of the Indonesian Journalists' Association (PWI) leadership, and appealed to Asian-African-Latin A

GA-03542 1966-03-15 Renmin Ribao (People's Daily), p. 3 rel C licensed

Renmin Ribao, 15 Mar 1966, p. 3: 旅居国外的印度尼西亚进步新闻工作者发表声明和呼吁书 (Indonesian progressive journalists abroad issue statement and appeal)

Renmin Ribao, 15 Mar 1966: Indonesian progressive journalists abroad issue statement and appeal

People's Daily, 15 Mar 1966, p. 3, Amsterdam report: Indonesian progressive journalists living abroad issued a statement in Europe on 1 Dec 1965 condemning right-wing persecution of progressive journalists and the seizure of the Indonesian Journalists' Association (PWI) leadership, and appealed to Asian-African-Latin A

GA-00746 1973-04-02 De Volkskrant rel B

Geen botertje (Not a bit of butter: press freedom in Indonesia)

Not a bit of butter: press freedom and imprisoned writers in Indonesia

Fragment of a De Volkskrant piece (2 Apr 1973) on press freedom in Suharto's Indonesia, listing imprisoned writers and journalists (Bandaharo Harahap, Oei Hay Djun, Mrs. Sugiarti Siswadi, Mrs. Rusijati, Mrs. Lies Sukatno and others) and rebutting H.B. Jassin's claim of press freedom. Gerwani is not named.

GA-03462 1976-01 [MORE] (Rosebud Associates, New York), vol. 6 no. 1 rel A

[MORE] Vol. 6 No. 1, January 1976: Writers in Prison

[MORE] Jan 1976: Writers in Prison (Barbara Sproul), with entry on Sudjinah

Issue of the New York media magazine [MORE] (January 1976) with Barbara Sproul's Amnesty-linked article on writers jailed by repressive regimes. Its Indonesia list describes Sudjinah as a writer who contributed short stories to Harian Rakjat and worked on the editorial staff of Api Kartini, journal of Gerwani; arrested

GA-03463 1976-01 [MORE] (Rosebud Associates, New York), vol. 6 no. 1 rel A

[MORE] Vol. 6 No. 1, January 1976: Writers in Prison

[MORE] Jan 1976: Writers in Prison (Barbara Sproul), with entry on Sudjinah

Issue of the New York media magazine [MORE] (January 1976) with Barbara Sproul's Amnesty-linked article on writers jailed by repressive regimes. Its Indonesia list describes Sudjinah as a writer who contributed short stories to Harian Rakjat and worked on the editorial staff of Api Kartini, journal of Gerwani; arrested

GA-03038 1983 rel B licensed

Harian Rakjat, Daily Newspaper of the Communist Party of Indonesia: Its History and Role (MA thesis, Australian National University, 1983)

Harian Rakjat, Daily Newspaper of the Communist Party of Indonesia (Groves, 1983)

Kerry Groves's ANU MA thesis (1983) on Harian Rakjat, the PKI daily: its stance on press freedom, administration, polemics (e.g. with Merdeka, 1964), content and treatment of leaders, drawing on Indonesian sources and interviews with ex-prisoners. Gerwani appears in Chapter VI (pp.142-149) on the paper's women's column

GA-03547 1987-02-24 Berita Harian rel C

Akhbar dulu akhbar sekarang (Hari Pers Nasional, PWI)

Newspapers then and now (National Press Day, PWI), Berita Harian, 24 Feb 1987

Berita Harian feature of 24 Feb 1987 by I.A. Makmur Makka on the press then and now, tied to Indonesia's National Press Day and the PWI anniversary at Hotel Indonesia. Only the lead snippet was retrieved; it does not name S.K. Trimurti, and the sweep's Trimurti match is unverified. Little direct Gerwani relevance.

GA-02549 1996-08-07 rel B licensed

Indonesia: Minister Warns of Communist Penetration in Press

Minister Warns of Communist Penetration in Press (FBIS, 7 Aug 1996)

FBIS translated excerpt (Suara Pembaruan, 7 Aug 1996): at a meeting of senior journalists, Information Minister Harmoko warned of PKI penetration of the press and propaganda, praising the New Order. Mrs S.K. Trimurti, 84, was among those given accident insurance cards. Gerwani is not named.