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GA-02563 1965 rel B licensed

FO 371/180317: Indonesia, Internal political situation, Attempted coup against Sukarno [8] (Oct 1965)

FO 371/180317: Attempted Coup against Sukarno [8] (2-9 Oct 1965)

UK Foreign Office file FO 371/180317 (2-9 Oct 1965): Jakarta embassy and Foreign Office telegrams on the 30 September coup, Suharto's takeover, Sukarno and Omar Dani, Soviet press silence, and a Singapore proposal for unattributable propaganda to blacken the PKI. Gerwani is named in Suharto's 4 Oct statement and a 6 Oc

GA-02572 1965 rel C licensed

Indonesia, Bilateral relations: US [3] (FO 371/180337, 1965)

FO 371/180337: Bilateral Relations with the US [3] (1965)

UK Foreign Office file FO 371/180337 (Mar-Nov 1965): telegrams and letters on US-Indonesian relations: Bunker mission, Peace Corps withdrawal, anti-American demonstrations, Ambassador Green, Palmer affair, then Anglo-American talks on aid to the generals after 1 October. No mention of Gerwani; 'women' appear only among

GA-02590 1965-10-18 rel C

Telegram 779A to Secretary of State, 18 Oktober 1965

Telegram 779A to Secretary of State, 18 Oct 1965

US Embassy telegram 779A, 18 Oct 1965: Foreign Ministry aide Sutarto says anti-PKI action is spreading across Sumatra, Sulawesi and Central Java, targeting Subandrio. Early-aftermath political context; no Gerwani content.

GA-02592 1965-10-23 rel C

Telegram 1168 to Secretary of State, 23 Oktober 1965

Telegram 1168 to Secretary of State, 23 Oct 1965

US Embassy telegram 1168, 23 Oct 1965: anti-communist unions demand dissolution of the PKI and SOBSI from Labour Minister Sutomo, who hesitates; Army liaison approached. Labour-front context; no Gerwani content.

GA-02375 1965-10-25 rel A

Bi-Weekly Propaganda Guidance (WIDF 20th anniversary; Gerwani; 30 September Movement)

CIA Bi-Weekly Propaganda Guidance, 25 October 1965: WIDF 20th anniversary, Gerwani and the 30 September Movement

CIA Bi-Weekly Propaganda Guidance, 25 Oct 1965, calendar and background on the 30 September coup. It notes WIDF's 20th anniversary (26 Nov), lists GERWANI among PKI women's fronts (p.21), and repeats that about 3,000 PKI youth and women's group cadres were trained at Halim air base in September, with Gerwani and Pemuda

GA-02594 1965-11-12 rel C

Telegram 1425: Joint Situation Report no. 51, 12 November 1965

Telegram 1425: Joint Situation Report no. 51, 12 Nov 1965

US Embassy Joint Situation Report no. 51, 12 Nov 1965: Army-Sukarno contest plus a security section on riots in Makassar, a massacre of 200 PKI prisoners in Bone and arrests in Jakarta. No Gerwani mention; shows how killings were framed as a 'security' item.

GA-02597 1965-11-30 rel B

Airgram A-353: Joint Weeka no. 45, 30 November 1965

Airgram A-353: Joint Weeka no. 45, 30 Nov 1965

US Embassy Joint Weeka no. 45 (airgram A-353), 30 Nov 1965: Nasution says repression of the PKI has reached 'mass executions' in several provinces; Army-Sukarno contest. Note: Gerwani not specifically named in the excerpt; high-level context.