FBIS-monitored ANTARA report (27 Oct 1965): seven student and pupil organisations formed a Student Front and called on Sukarno to dissolve the PKI and mass organisations 'such as Pemuda Rakjat, Gerwani, CGMI, IPPI, SOBSI, HSI', and backed the education minister's suspension of PKI-linked bodies in the ministry. Another
FBIS-monitored ANTARA report (27 Oct 1965) on a demonstration by the Action Coordinating Body to Crush the 30 September Movement at the Foreign and Home Affairs departments, demanding dissolution of the PKI and sister organisations, purges of subdistricts and the Labour Ministry, and regretting China's attitude on the
CIA Foreign Documents Division compilation of Indonesian, Malaysian, Burmese and Cambodian press, 28 Oct 1965. Djakarta's Angkatan Bersendjata (early Oct) is quoted on the 30 September Movement and the Lubang Buaya killings: bodies found near a bivouac of Gerwani and Pemuda Rakjat volunteers, Suharto's remark about a G
Cable by Yang Yong and Hao Deqing, 29 Oct 1965, recording Kim Il Sung's 28 Oct meeting with a Chinese People's Delegation (Wilson Center; trans. Jeffrey Wang and Charles Kraus). Kim covers Korean war preparations, Japanese militarism and Asia's revolutionary role; on Indonesia he calls the 30 September incident 'necess
LBJ Library National Security File, Indonesia country file (vol. VI): US Embassy Jakarta cables and withdrawal sheets, mainly December 1965 to May 1966, on the army's moves against the PKI, Sukarno's speeches, student demonstrations and Suharto's rise. Gerwani appears twice. Embtel 2077 (17 Jan 1966) reports Bogor wall
USIA Research and Reference Service report R-158-65 (November 1965), a chronology of the anti-Communist campaign in Indonesia, 1-20 October 1965, built on Indonesian and foreign radio and press. Gerwani entries: Suharto's 4 Oct TV statement linking the generals' murders to Pemuda Rakjat and Gerwani training grounds; NU
FBIS item (1 Nov 1965, Indonesian Information Service to diplomatic missions): over 300 members of BTI, Pemuda Rakjat and Gerwani in Rantjamalang village, Bandung regency, were reported to have renounced PKI membership and dissolved their organisations, saying they were 'tricked' by the PKI leadership; about 100 PKI su
US Embassy telegram 1290, 1 Nov 1965: labour attache's Palembang visit finds 600 communists jailed, SOBSI officials at Shell, Stanvac and PUSRI arrested, and concern for American oil staff. Context on arrests in the oil sector.
FBIS summary of Manado radio (3 Nov 1965): the North Sulawesi Regional Council pledged to implement Sukarno's 21 October commands and asked him to dissolve the PKI and affiliates including Pemuda Rakjat, Gerwani, SOBSI, BTI, fishermen's front, HSI, Lekra, CGMI, IPPI, Perhimi and Baperki; it urged purges, and trial of d
FBIS-monitored Manado radio text (3 Nov 1965), released by the 13th Regional Military Command: PKI chapter and affiliates in Tolitoli, Central Sulawesi, condemned the 30 September Movement, severed ties with PKI leadership and resigned en masse from 15 October, pledging loyalty to Sukarno. Signatories include represent
CIA Foreign Documents Division weekly digest (Summary No. 6897, 4 Nov 1965) of press on insurgency in South and East Asia. Its Indonesia section reproduces Army-controlled press (Angkatan Bersendjata, Duta Masjarakat) on the 30 September Movement, including claims that Gerwani volunteers trained at Lubang Buaja and moc
FBIS-monitored ANTARA report (6 Nov 1965): PKI and affiliates on Bali, including BTI, Gerwani, Pemuda Rakjat, Lekra, HSI, SOBSI, IPPI and the PGRI teachers' union, were suspended from 3 November. Leaders must report daily to military commands and sign obedience statements, take down signboards within five days; the war
CIA Bi-Weekly Propaganda Guidance of 8 Nov 1965 on Communist fronts (commentary 13-26 Oct 1965, WFTU Warsaw Congress, AAPSO Havana conference, Chinese foreign policy). Setiati Surasto appears only in a list of newly elected WFTU officials (Indonesia); the document notes the WIDF 20th anniversary and Indonesian delegate
FBIS Daily Report pages (9 Nov 1965; HathiTrust scans pp.155-157): after a Sukarno-era Heroes Day speech text, ANTARA reports a 30,000-strong demonstration by housewives and girl students from about 30 women's organisations (NU, Perti, Muslim, Christian, Catholic) received by Suharto and Sudibjo. They demanded a PKI an
FBIS item from Jakarta ANTARA, 8 Nov 1965: about 30,000 housewives and girl students from some 30 women's organisations demanded dissolution of the PKI and Gerwani. They petitioned Maj. Gen. Suharto and National Front secretary-general Sudibjo, condemned Gerwani for the generals' killing, asked that Gerwani schools be
FBIS item (Jakarta radio, 14 Nov 1965): National Front secretary-general Sudibjo briefed Kowani leaders and affiliated organisations, saying the 30 September Movement, especially PKI elements and mass organisations, split revolutionary unity and weakened the Dwikora offensive. He urged mass action consolidated under Su
US Embassy telegram 1516, 20 Nov 1965, relaying Yugoslav and Australian secondhand accounts that PKI activists relied on Sukarno, claimed no foreknowledge of the 30 September Movement and expected the party to vanish for years. Context on PKI grassroots confusion.
US Embassy telegram, 30 Nov 1965, recording a Polish diplomat's claim that a PKI Central Committee member was 'elated' on 1 October and that only an Aidit-led 'special group' knew of the plot. Secondhand diplomatic evidence on PKI involvement.
Two-page FBIS Daily Report extract (8-9 Dec 1965) from HathiTrust. It reports East Kalimantan Gerwani and PKI bodies dissolving themselves and admitting involvement in the coup, a ban in Central Kalimantan, and a Riouw women's organisation purging pro-Gerwani members. Other items cover economy and Jakarta security.
FBIS item (ANTARA, 2 Dec 1965) reporting Njono's army-publicised interrogation: PKI Politburo allegedly planned the coup from July to August 1965 under Aidit. Gerwani is named among the organisations expected to support military operations and, with Pemuda Rakyat, BTI and SOBSI, in Njono's Jakarta force. Lubang Buaya i
FBIS item (Jakarta radio, 6 Dec 1965): the Jakarta military authorities banned the PKI and its mass organisations as masterminds of the 30 September Movement. Maj. Gen. Umar Wirahadikusumah announced an operation to recover weapons allegedly distributed to Pemuda Rakyat, Gerwani and SOBSI members. Gerwani appears only
FBIS item (ANTARA, 7 Dec 1965): Central Kalimantan's Dwikora administrator suspended PKI and cover-organisation activities. It also reports that Gerwani in East Kalimantan dissolved itself, admitting involvement in the coup, and that PKI, Gerwani and Pemuda Rakyat members at Balikpapan disbanded before authorities. Off
US Embassy Joint Weeka no. 46 (airgram A-373), 7 Dec 1965: Aidit's capture and death, the fate of Politburo members, and a figure of 34,000 PKI prisoners in Java. Context on leadership elimination and detention scale.
Record of Hysni Kapo (Albanian Party of Labour) to the Chinese ambassador, 16 Dec 1965 (Albanian original, scanned; only this item is in the file). After reporting on Polish Marxist-Leninists, Kapo says Indonesian comrades asked about Indonesian students in 'revisionist' countries; Albania offers to host communist stud
English text of the Wilson Center Digital Archive item: notes by Albanian Party of Labour secretary Hysni Kapo of his meeting with Chinese ambassador Xu Jianguo, 16 Dec 1965 (translated by Elidor Mehilli). Mostly on Polish Marxist-Leninists; one passage offers to host Indonesian communist students and the PKI's Europe
Excerpt (pp. 80-102 of 130) of Zhou Enlai's conversation with Enver Hoxha, Mehmet Shehu and other Albanian leaders, 27 June 1966 (Wilson Center Digital Archive; trans. Elidor Mehilli). Mostly on the Cultural Revolution, revisionism, Romania, Korea and Vietnam. One passage says Aidit, Njoto and Lukman are dead, Sudisman
Hungarian Foreign Ministry information report by Istvan Garajszki, 14 Nov 1967, on Hungarian-Korean solidarity meetings (Wilson Center Digital Archive; trans. Balazs Szalontai). A North Korean embassy secretary, Choe Guk-hyeon, says the PKI erred by exposing all its leaders and members and by relying on Sukarno after t
Soviet record (top secret) of Khrushchev's 9 June 1961 conversation with Sukarno, translated by Angela Greenfield (Wilson Center). Khrushchev warns of US intelligence ties to rebels and army officers; Sukarno discusses banned parties, Nasakom, his backing for the PKI and consultation with Aidit, and distrust of Subandr
FBIS item (Jakarta radio, 17 Dec 1965) on Sukarno's speech at Perwari's 20th anniversary rally. He stressed ideas and Pantjasila, and the need for men and women together. Chaerul Saleh urged care for children of Gestapu victims or participants. Minister Rusiah Sardjono pledged Perwari loyalty. Gerwani is not named; the
FBIS summary of Sukarno's 17 Dec 1965 speech at the Perwari anniversary rally. He praised West Irian volunteer Herlina, discussed ideas and 'progressive' versus 'retrogressive' revolutionaries, and defended Nasakom. He ordered a tribunal for those directly involved in Gestok and said those responsible for killing innoc