Angkatan Bersendjata, 5 January 1967
Angkatan Bersendjata, 5 Januari 1967. Two items on Gerwani women: prosecutor Tamzir announces trials of A, B, C category prisoners as a New Year gift, including 'ex-Gerwani figures' in the Bukit Duri women's prison; and underground activity.
ANP news report, 17 February 1967 (Indonesia: four PKI leaders arrested)
ANP radio bulletin, 17 Feb 1967: four prominent banned-PKI members arrested in Jakarta, three of them Central Committee members (Rachmat, 'Mrs Soedjimah' [Sudjinah] and Mrs Soelami [Sulami]). The last two were also leading figures in Gerwani. Documents the arrest of two top Gerwani leaders.
Angkatan Bersendjata, 21 April 1967 (Hari Kartini). Small Antara item: an RPKAD climbing team on Merapi found a skeleton locals said was 'probably a woman member of Gerwani' who fled arrest; Kartini Day editorial.
Angkatan Bersendjata, 27 April 1967. South Kalimantan governor Aberani Sulaiman says mothers must 'eradicate women of the Gerwani type, the Lubang Buaya type' to realise 'true Indonesian women'; KOWANI Kartini meeting.
Straits Times, 22 Jun 1967: woman Red gets life sentence (Palembang)
Straits Times, 22 Jun 1967 (lead only). A special military tribunal in Palembang sentenced Mrs Suwardiningsih, a local communist leader, to life imprisonment for complicity in the 1965 coup attempt; she was the first woman tried by that tribunal.
Harian Kami, 5 July 1967: Sudisman's lawyers and witnesses
Harian Kami, 5 Juli 1967. List of Sudisman's three defence lawyers and 22 witnesses for his Mahmillub trial includes two Gerwani leaders with underground aliases, including Sulami (alias Siti Alfiah).
Angkatan Bersendjata, 9 July 1967 (Weekly Edition)
Angkatan Bersendjata, 9 Juli 1967 (edisi Mingguan). Family column 'Jadilah seorang wanita yang baik' defines womanhood through motherhood and invokes 'how savage and cruel Gerwani women' were in torturing the generals, using the slander as a moral counterexample.
Harian Kami, 1 September 1967: arrest of Nyonya Djubaedah
Harian Kami, 1 September 1967. Arrest in Jakarta on 29 Aug 1967 of Nyonya Djubaedah, wife of Nun Tjik AR, called 'cashier of Gerwani' and 'G30S/PKI ringleader', after two years in hiding; includes her biography.
Red Cross gets new uniforms (note on arrest of Gerwani's former treasurer)
Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, 2 September 1967, p. 7: page-column item on new Red Cross uniforms, followed by a short wire note that Mrs Djoebaedah, former treasurer of the PKI women's movement (Gerwani), was arrested in Jakarta, per an Indonesian paper, accused of taking part in the torture and murder of six generals on
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.
Angkatan Bersendjata, 11 October 1967
Angkatan Bersendjata, 11 Oktober 1967. Editorial welcoming foreign press support quotes Otto Kuyk's Dutch book 'Sukarno Tabeh': on the night of G30S women seized the bound generals and tortured them in the filthiest and cruelest ways.
Indonesian protests abroad against stance of Soviet leaders
De Waarheid, 4 Nov 1967, p. 3: report that Indonesian representatives abroad of SOBSI, Pemuda Rakjat and Gerwani protested Soviet leaders' stance towards the Suharto regime. SOBSI secretary Setiati Surasto condemned a Soviet union delegation's January 1967 visit; Gerwani rejected a 'hypocritical' WIDF resolution in Eas
Harian Kami, 20 November 1967: Sarwo Edhie on crushing the 'PKI Malam' near Lubuk Pakam
Harian Kami, 20 November 1967. KNI report: Sarwo Edhie on crushing the 'PKI Malam' near Lubuk Pakam: 429 PKI and 58 soldiers arrested, planned attacks on ABRI posts, 'some members of Gerwani' involved.
Angkatan Bersendjata, 21 November 1967. 'Operasi Tjakra' in North Sumatra: 215 PKI members arrested for an alleged 'Gerakan 12 Nopember'; Pemuda Rakyat, BTI and Gerwani members at Tanjung Morawa and 'women members of Gerwani' among those arrested.
Dutch woman lawyer arrested in Jakarta on suspicion of HSI membership
De Nieuwe Limburger, 5 Jan 1968 (Reuters): Jakarta police arrest Dutch lawyer Mrs Mr Trees Soenito-Heyligers, from Zwolle, on suspicion of membership of the banned communist scholars' association HSI. Two years earlier she had defended trade union leader Njono, sentenced to death for the 1965 coup.
Protest telegram from NVB executive over arrest of Trees Sunito-Heyligers
De Waarheid, 5 Jan 1968, p. 1: telegram from the NVB executive to the Indonesian ambassador in The Hague protesting the arrest of lawyer Trees Sunito-Heyligers, recalling her anti-fascist work, her defence of Dutch soldiers who refused colonial war and her defence of union leader Njono, and demanding release of her and
T. Sunito-Heyligers must be free: CPN Vlaardingen telegram
De Waarheid, 16 Jan 1968, p. 1: short item that the CPN branch in Vlaardingen sent a telegram to the Indonesian embassy in The Hague protesting persecution of democrats in Indonesia and demanding release of lawyer Trees Sunito-Heyligers, recently detained by the Jakarta regime, and other Indonesian freedom fighters.
Angkatan Bersendjata, 24 February 1968
Angkatan Bersendjata, 24 Februari 1968. Padang report: Kodim 0306 orders monthly head-shaving of all Gestapu/PKI category A, B and C members (at least 7,000) 'to foster awareness', 'except Gerwani members'.
Mr. Sunito-Heyligers in Jakarta, reportedly not under arrest
De Waarheid, 24 Feb 1968, p. 3: brief note that Trees Sunito-Heyligers is reportedly in Jakarta and not under arrest, following an earlier Reuters report of her detention that prompted protests in the Netherlands. The rest of the item is an unrelated accident notice.
Berita Yudha, 18 March 1968
Berita Yudha, 18 Maret 1968. Operation Sambar Raga in Surabaya (Jan–13 Mar 1968) arrested 79 members and leaders of CC PKI, SOBSI, Gerwani, Pemuda Rakyat and CGMI, alleged to be organised in a 'Tri Komando Kota'.
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.
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'.
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.
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.
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.
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).
Angkatan Bersendjata, 16 August 1968
Angkatan Bersendjata, 16 Agustus 1968. Operasi Trisula commander Col. Witarmin reports the PKI underground in South Blitar crushed and lists captured leaders including five women, among them Nj. Gatot Sutarjo, 'chair of Gerwani'.
Duta Masjarakat, 19 August 1968
Duta Masjarakat, 19 Agustus 1968. Antara report on Operasi Trisula in South Blitar: 30 PKI 'big fish' captured, ten from Jakarta, said to be members of the 'CC and CDB PKI/Gerwani'; resisters 'sent to the hereafter'.
Angkatan Bersendjata, 21 August 1968: 'PKI Exploits Women'
Angkatan Bersendjata, 21 Agustus 1968: 'PKI eksploitir wanita2'. Part X of the 'Blitar Selatan' serial on Operasi Trisula: a 'love story' about a 'Red Women's Detachment' and profiles of three women arrested in South Blitar as 'tools of the PKI'.
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.