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GA-00426 1966-10-29 Berita Yudha rel B

Berita Yudha, 29 Oktober 1966: 'Tahanan G 30 S/PKI di Tangerang'

Berita Yudha, 29 October 1966: G30S/PKI detainees in Tangerang

Berita Yudha, 29 Oktober 1966: 'Tahanan G 30 S/PKI di Tangerang'. Interview with Tangerang police chief: 880 G30S/PKI detainees in Tangerang; Gerwani activity there had 'almost not existed and found no market'.

GA-02011 1966-12-06 Sinar Harapan rel A

Sinar Harapan, 6 Desember 1966: 'Malam Teror Fajar Harapan' (V)

Sinar Harapan, 6 Dec 1966: 'Night of Terror, Dawn of Hope' (V), Clarence Hall serial

Sinar Harapan, 6 Desember 1966: 'Malam Teror Fajar Harapan' (V). Serial translation of Clarence Hall's 'Indonesia: Night of Terror, Dawn of Hope' ends with the claim that the kidnapped generals were 'handed over to about 100 screaming Gerwani members'; also an essay on education as protection against betrayal.

GA-00429 1966-12-20 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 20 Desember 1966: 'Istri Aidit dibekuk ABRI'

Berita Yudha, 20 December 1966: Aidit's wife seized by the Armed Forces

Berita Yudha, 20 Desember 1966: 'Istri Aidit dibekuk ABRI'. Banner lead on the arrest on 19 Dec 1966 of D.N. Aidit's wife, a physician and daughter of Mudigdio, in Cipete Udik, living under an alias.

GA-03472 1966-12-20 Vancouver Sun, p. 16 rel A licensed

Vancouver Sun, 20 December 1966, p. 16: 'Family Captured' (wife and daughter of D.N. Aidit)

Vancouver Sun, 20 Dec 1966: 'Family Captured' (wife and daughter of D.N. Aidit)

Reuters item on a Vancouver Sun 'Names in the News' page (20 December 1966): the wife and daughter of D.N. Aidit, former Indonesian Communist leader, 'have been captured' in Jakarta; Mrs Aidit, a doctor, is described as chairman of the Communist women's (movement, text cut off). The wife is Sutanti Aidit, presented as

GA-00574 1966-12-22 Amigoe di Curacao rel C

Actie houdt aan tegen Soekarno (Action against Sukarno continues)

Action against Sukarno continues

Amigoe di Curaçao wire report, 22 Dec 1966: Indonesian chiefs of staff warn against illegal action as students demand Sukarno resign over the 1965 coup. A Mother's Day meeting of women's organisations at Sukarno's palace (organised by the PNI women's league) was boycotted by other groups including the women's action fr

GA-00228 1966-12-24 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 24 Desember 1966: '4 tokoh Gerwani digulung'

Angkatan Bersendjata, 24 December 1966: '4 Gerwani Figures Rolled Up'

Angkatan Bersendjata, 24 Desember 1966: '4 tokoh Gerwani digulung'. Front-page report that Jakarta commander Amir Machmud said a December 1966 cleansing operation rolled up nearly 90% of the PKI's new regional committees and arrested four Gerwani figures.

GA-00430 1966-12-28 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 28 Desember 1966

Berita Yudha, 28 December 1966

Berita Yudha, 28 Desember 1966. Boxed report: in 1967 former Cakrabirawa members will be tried and 'former members of Gerwani', including leading figures, will also face trial.

GA-02123 1967 Pravda rel A

Pravda, 19 February 1967, No. 50: Arrests in Jakarta (PKI, Pemuda Rakjat, Gerwani)

Pravda, 19 Feb 1967: arrests in Jakarta (PKI, Pemuda Rakjat, Gerwani)

Pravda, 19 February 1967 (No. 50): a short TASS item 'Arrests' (p. 1) citing Sinar Harapan on arrests in Jakarta of PKI figures. It reports that security forces arrested three members of the central leadership of the women's organisation 'Gervani' [Gerwani], along with a PKI CC member. A page 5 item covers the MPRS rej

GA-00231 1967-02-13 Angkatan Bersendjata rel B

Angkatan Bersendjata, 13 Februari 1967

Angkatan Bersendjata, 13 February 1967

Angkatan Bersendjata, 13 Februari 1967. Issue on the DPR-GR resolution and memorandum (9 Feb 1967) on Sukarno's accountability for G30S/PKI; Gerwani mentioned in an inner-page item.

GA-00292 1967-04-03 The Canberra Times rel B

A fighting editor: Jogjakarta (Canberra Times, 3 April 1967)

A Fighting Editor: Jogjakarta (Canberra Times, 3 April 1967)

Canberra Times, 3 Apr 1967, p. 2: Creighton Burns profiles Jussac Margo Rahardjo, editor of Pelopor Jogja, a former Radio Australia announcer turned anti-Communist propagandist. In 1965 local authorities, he says, used Gerwani, which then controlled the Jogjakarta federation of women's associations, as 'the lever' to p

GA-00293 1967-04-03 The Canberra Times rel B

A fighting editor: Jogjakarta (Canberra Times, 3 April 1967)

A Fighting Editor: Jogjakarta (Canberra Times, 3 April 1967), duplicate

Canberra Times, 3 Apr 1967, p. 2: Creighton Burns profiles Jussac Margo Rahardjo, editor of Pelopor Jogja, a former Radio Australia announcer turned anti-Communist propagandist. In 1965 local authorities, he says, used Gerwani, which then controlled the Jogjakarta federation of women's associations, as 'the lever' to p

GA-01268 1967-05-24 Leeuwarder Courant rel C

Achter het nieuws (Behind the news: Chinese in Indonesia)

Behind the news: Chinese in Indonesia

Leeuwarder Courant, 24 May 1967, p. 1: front-page background column on the persecution of ethnic Chinese in Indonesia after 1965, citing camps in Medan, roundups in Borneo, closed Chinese schools in East Java, and the mass killings of communists and suspects in which Chinese families died. The tone is stereotyping. Ger

GA-00235 1967-07-12 Angkatan Bersendjata rel B

Angkatan Bersendjata, 12 Juli 1967

Angkatan Bersendjata, 12 July 1967

Angkatan Bersendjata, 12 Juli 1967. Report on the 11th session of Sudisman's Mahmillub trial (witnesses Karel Supit and Sardjono); Gerwani mentioned on p. 3 as the court was to hear further witnesses.

GA-00237 1967-10-01 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 1 Oktober 1967 (edisi Mingguan)

Angkatan Bersendjata, 1 October 1967 (Weekly Edition)

Angkatan Bersendjata, 1 Oktober 1967 (edisi Mingguan). Second-anniversary issue with a front-page lead 'Dianiaja' alleging the generals were tortured and mutilated and contradicting Sukarno; the richest Lubang Buaya slander item in this run.

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-03708 1968 Review of Indonesian and Malayan Affairs, vols 1-2 (1967-1968) rel B

Review of Indonesian and Malayan Affairs, vols 1-2 (1967-68), p. 271: the Yap Thiam Hien affair and Trees Sunito

Review of Indonesian and Malayan Affairs, 1967-68, p. 271: the Yap Thiam Hien affair and Trees Sunito

Page 271 of the Sydney-published Review of Indonesian and Malayan Affairs (vols 1-2, 1967-68), on the arrest and release of lawyer Yap Thiam Hien. It reports Djohan Arifin's claim that the Mahmillub trials had been infiltrated by the 'FKI', referring to Trees Sunito (Njono's defence counsel) and Yap, which Mahmillub ch

GA-01066 1968-01-05 Het Parool rel B

Huisbrandolie wordt 1,5 cent duurder (met AP-bericht over de arrestatie van Trees Soenito)

Heating oil 1.5 cents dearer (with AP report on the arrest of Trees Soenito)

Het Parool item (5 Jan 1968) in a page of unrelated news (heating oil prices). The AP paragraph reports Jakarta police arrested Dutch-born lawyer Trees Soenito, former defender of PKI's Njono, who according to the armed forces daily is suspected of communist sympathies and 'would have been a former leader of Gerwani'.

GA-01078 1968-01-05 Het Rotterdamsch Parool rel B

Djakarta, vrijdag (AP): arrestatie van Trees Soenito

Jakarta, Friday (AP): arrest of Trees Soenito

One-paragraph AP wire item in Het Rotterdamsch Parool (5 Jan 1968, p.1): Jakarta police arrested Dutch-born lawyer Trees Soenito, earlier defender of PKI's Njono. According to the armed forces daily she is suspected of communist sympathies and 'would have been a former leader of Gerwani'. Allegation only; no other deta

GA-03477 1968-01-06 The Washington Post, Times Herald, p. A9 rel A licensed

Washington Post, 6 January 1968, p. A9: 'Red Defenders Held in Djakarta' (Trees Sunito)

Washington Post, 6 Jan 1968: 'Red Defenders Held in Djakarta' (Trees Sunito)

Washington Post (6 January 1968, p. A9), an AP report headed 'Red Defenders Held in Djakarta'. Per the sweep log, it says woman lawyer Trees Sunito, who defended Njono, has been arrested and is described as a former leader of the women's section of the Communist Party. Only the page header is in the text; the article b

GA-00243 1968-03-27 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 27 Maret 1968

Angkatan Bersendjata, 27 March 1968

Angkatan Bersendjata, 27 Maret 1968. Security report 'PKI malam' arrests during the MPRS session; reports the capture on 22 March 1968 in Tanjung Priok of Nj. Soeharti So[...], a Gerwani figure disguised as a Qur'an teacher.

GA-00433 1968-06-14 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 14 Juni 1968

Berita Yudha, 14 June 1968: 2 PKI members of Kebon Melati seized

Berita Yudha, 14 Juni 1968. '2 Anggota PKI Kebon Melati dibekuk': Hajati alias 'ibu Imam', ex-chair of Gerwani Ranting Baturaja, arrested in Tanah Abang; allegedly 'protected 11 Gerwani members'.

GA-00434 1968-06-24 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 24 Juni 1968: '2 Aktivis Gerwani dan 10 orang sel PKI ditangkap'

Berita Yudha, 24 June 1968: 2 Gerwani activists and 10 PKI cell members arrested

Berita Yudha, 24 Juni 1968: '2 Aktivis Gerwani dan 10 orang sel PKI ditangkap'. Kodim 0504 arrested Suprijanti (21) and Turminah (23), 'ex-Gerwani activists' who allegedly 'confessed' to helping torture and kill the generals at Lubang Buaya at a young age.

GA-00435 1968-06-25 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 25 Juni 1968

Berita Yudha, 25 June 1968

Berita Yudha, 25 Juni 1968. Front page prints portrait photographs of Tuminah (23) and Suprijanti (21) as 'ex-Gerwani activists' who 'confessed' to helping kill the generals, the visual follow-up to the 24 June report.

GA-02192 1968-06-26 Suara Merdeka rel A

Suara Merdeka, 26 Juni 1968, hlm. 1: Pelatih Genjer-genjer di Lubang Buaja diringkus

Suara Merdeka, 26 June 1968, p. 1: Genjer-genjer trainer at Lubang Buaya arrested

Suara Merdeka front page, 26 June 1968: an Antara/Pendam V Jaya report that four alleged PKI members were arrested in Jakarta, including Titi Suwarti, said to have joined training at Lubang Buaya and taught Genjer-genjer. Shows New Order framing of women's alleged role at Lubang Buaya.

GA-00436 1968-07-22 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 22 Juli 1968

Berita Yudha, 22 July 1968: Kodim 0501 arrests 18 G30S/PKI members

Berita Yudha, 22 Juli 1968. 'Kodim 0501 tangkap 18 angg. G 30 S/PKI': among 18 arrested in Central Jakarta (1–18 July 1968) are four Gerwani women including ex-treasurer Siti Munidjar and ex-chair Djuriah.

GA-00468 1968-07-22 Duta Masjarakat rel A

Duta Masjarakat, 22 Juli 1968

Duta Masjarakat, 22 July 1968

Duta Masjarakat, 22 Juli 1968. NU daily lists 18 alleged PKI/Pemuda Rakyat members arrested by Kodim 0501 in Central Jakarta, including four Gerwani women named by role (ex-treasurer, branch chair).

GA-00260 1968-08 Angkatan Bersendjata Minggu rel B

Angkatan Bersendjata Minggu, Agustus 1968 (edisi Minggu)

Angkatan Bersendjata Minggu, August 1968 (Sunday Edition)

Angkatan Bersendjata Minggu, Agustus 1968 (edisi Minggu). Sunday edition, Independence Day issue: mostly entertainment; the single Gerwani item is a boxed city-column feature on a young jamu seller from Semarang, joking about Gerwani.

GA-00437 1968-08-23 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 23 Agustus 1968: 'Wartawan Wanita PKI jg romantis'

Berita Yudha, 23 August 1968: The romantic PKI woman journalist

Berita Yudha, 23 Agustus 1968: 'Wartawan Wanita PKI jg romantis'. Feature on Sri Sukatno, 'ex-chair of Gerwani Jakarta', journalist and wife of a Pemuda Rakyat leader, after Operasi Trisula; sensational, romanticised gendered portrayal.

GA-00470 1968-09-03 Duta Masjarakat rel A

Duta Masjarakat, 3 September 1968: 'Muslimat bukan Gerwani'

Duta Masjarakat, 3 September 1968: Muslimat is not Gerwani

Duta Masjarakat, 3 September 1968: 'Muslimat bukan Gerwani'. Boxed MPRS correction: the report that 'Nj. Chasanah Mansjur of the Gerwani fraction' was detained was wrong; the only MPRS member of that name belongs to Muslimat NU.