Berita Yudha, 18 Oktober 1966
Berita Yudha, 18 Oktober 1966. Purworejo Kodim reports 1,800 G30S/PKI prisoners including 65 from Gerwani, with Gerwani prisoners set to sewing and weaving; Subandrio's Mahmillub plea.
Berita Yudha, 18 Oktober 1966. Purworejo Kodim reports 1,800 G30S/PKI prisoners including 65 from Gerwani, with Gerwani prisoners set to sewing and weaving; Subandrio's Mahmillub plea.
Sinar Harapan, 18 Oktober 1966: 'Buku2 komunis dibakar'. Antara item: in Kayuagung (South Sumatra) 'ex-PKI/Gerwani' members burned communist and Marxist literature seized in a military raid before the regency authorities.
Berita Yudha, 19 Oktober 1966. Issue dominated by Subandrio's Mahmillub trial; a short Gerwani item on p. 2, with a Yogyakarta feature on villagers hearing the trial by radio opening with 'Genjer-genjer'.
Berita Yudha, 23 Oktober 1966 (edisi Minggu). Concluding instalment of Sukitman's account: in the lit kitchen tent at Lubang Buaya on the night of 1 Oct 1965 he saw 'many PR-Gerwani volunteers'.
Angkatan Bersendjata, 24 Oktober 1966. Report of PKI Politburo member Sakirman's arrest in Solo alleging a secret plan to mobilise ex-PKI/PR/Gerwani, especially released detainees.
Berita Yudha, 24 Oktober 1966: 'Hanja seorang Gerwani dapat demikian'. Front-page photo feature with staged photos re-enacting the murder of Hasnah Djohan by Aminah Achmad, who allegedly cut her throat and mutilated the body: 'Only a Gerwani could do this'.
Sinar Harapan, 24 Oktober 1966. Report on the arrest of PKI Politburo member Sakirman in Solo alleging a secret plan to remobilise ex-PKI/PR/Gerwani, especially released detainees.
Berita Yudha, 27 Oktober 1966. Arrest in Mampang of Krukut PKI chair Dadiwinata after a year in hiding; confession alleges in Aug 1965 PKI, PR and Gerwani figures prepared for action.
Angkatan Bersendjata, 29 Oktober 1966. Satirical column where a visitor must declare whether he took part in 'Lubang Buaya training'; the mention of Gerwani reflects the pervasive loyalty-screening culture.
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'.
Berita Yudha, 4 November 1966. Antara: three 'Gestapu/PKI ringleaders' from Bengkulu Selatan, including the Gerwani chair (name not printed), arrested a year after fleeing into the forest.
Sinar Harapan, 4 November 1966: '3 Gembong Gestapu dibekuk'. Antara item: the Gerwani chair for South Bengkulu (name omitted), a PKI sub-section secretary and a BTI member captured after fleeing into the forest.
Sinar Harapan, 5 November 1966: ringkasan vonis Mahmillub Subandrio (VI). Serial digest of the Subandrio verdict: the court finds AURI personnel trained Pemuda Rakyat, CGMI and Gerwani as a 'militant PKI mass', and Subandrio did nothing though informed.
Angkatan Bersendjata, 6 November 1966 (edisi Mingguan). Preview of Omar Dhani's Mahmillub trial lists as evidence his order to provide facilities for the training of Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani 'volunteers' at Halim.
Sinar Harapan, 6 November 1966 (edisi Minggu). Exposé demanding a deeper purge of Customs; customs inspector Heru Basoeki was arrested with 'his wife, a Gerwani ringleader', yet reinstated and posted to Tanjung Pinang.
Berita Yudha, 18 November 1966: 'Tokoh Gerwani dan CC PKI Pusat segera ke Mahmillub'. Boxed report that Kodam Sriwijaya commander Makmun Murod will send the case file of Soewardiningsih, a Gerwani figure, to the Mahmillub.
Sinar Harapan, 18 November 1966. Antara report that Suwarti, a Gerwani leader and PKI Central Committee member arrested in Palembang in May 1966 forming a shadow regional committee, will be tried by the South Sumatra Mahmillub; the first woman 'Gestapu/PKI' figure before the court.
Sinar Harapan, 20 November 1966 (edisi Minggu). Front-page item that the Director General of Customs protects 'Gestapu/PKI' staff, e.g. Heroe Basuki, posted to Tanjung Pinang with his wife 'known as a Gerwani ringleader'.
Angkatan Bersendjata, 24 November 1966. PAB report of the detention in Riau of a couple, Anas and Jusmaniar, 'ex-PKI/Gerwani ringleaders' of Sawahlunto/Sijunjung, trailed by a KAPPI student.
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.
Sinar Harapan, 17 Desember 1966. Dharsono at a KAMI Puteri Hari Ibu commemoration says 'Gerwani/Gestapu/PKI' honoured heroes only as a mask; a second Gerwani hit in a serialised verdict digest.
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.
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.
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.