Berita Yudha, 1 Oktober 1966
Berita Yudha, 1 Oktober 1966. First-anniversary issue: Suharto on Pancasila's 'magic power', Nasution on the Cakrabirawa, photo of Yani's exhumed body, an interview with a widow; Gerwani item on p. 1.
Berita Yudha, 1 Oktober 1966. First-anniversary issue: Suharto on Pancasila's 'magic power', Nasution on the Cakrabirawa, photo of Yani's exhumed body, an interview with a widow; Gerwani item on p. 1.
Angkatan Bersendjata, 2 Oktober 1966 (edisi Mingguan). Sunday weekly edition continuing the army's 'Risalah singkat tragedi nasional' (p. 3), repeating that four officers were tortured 'by members of Pemuda Rakjat and GERWANI' before being thrown into the Lubang Buaya well.
Angkatan Bersendjata, 4 Oktober 1966. Front-page item: a women's action front states that the 'barbarous acts of Gerwani/PKI at Lubang Buaya' do not spring from the character of Indonesian women, distancing 'true' women from Gerwani.
Berita Yudha, 4 Oktober 1966. Report of a rally of some 3,500 women of KOWANI, KAWI and BPOW at Lubang Buaya (3 Oct) where, led by Ibu Tien Soeharto, they swore to 'eradicate the gerwani/pki mentality'; Ibu Soeharto says they 'practised obscenities without limit'.
Berita Yudha, 5 Oktober 1966: wawancara Ibu Tien Soeharto. Armed Forces Day issue with a front-page interview with Ibu Tien Soeharto, 'May our children not inherit the barbarity and immorality of Gerwani', and Perwari conferring 'Penyelamat Revolusi' on Suharto.
Berita Yudha, 7 Oktober 1966. KAWI (anti-communist women's action front) issues a four-point statement: Gerwani/PKI 'barbaric acts' do not stem from Indonesian women's character, the 'gerwani/pki mentality' must be eradicated, and West Sumatra should revoke a title.
Angkatan Bersendjata, 9 Oktober 1966 (edisi Mingguan). Cultural-page polemic against Lekra calls it a 'myth' that 'without Gerwani the women's movement has no meaning'; issue dominated by ABRI's 21st anniversary and the Subandrio trial.
Berita Yudha, 9 Oktober 1966 (edisi Minggu). Serialised interview with police agent Sukitman, 'the only witness' at Lubang Buaya, describing the well area 'full of PR/Gerwani volunteers' with 'savage faces' shouting 'ganyang kabir' as officers were shot.
Angkatan Bersendjata, 15 Oktober 1966. 'Urap sari Mahmillub': at the Subandrio trial the court screened a documentary film of Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani training at Lubang Buaya, with Gerwani described as having 'lost their sense of womanliness' carrying weapons in slacks.
Sinar Harapan, 17 Oktober 1966 (butir tanggal 18 Oktober). The keyword hit is an Antara item visible at the scan's edge from the next day's issue: 'former PKI/Gerwani members' at Kayuagung (South Sumatra) made to burn communist books.
Angkatan Bersendjata, 18 Oktober 1966. Minister Soetjipto says the 'Old Order' denied that Gerwani and Pemuda Rakyat 'immorally' trained at Lubang Buaya while the New Order has found photo and film documentation made by participants.
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, 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.