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GA-00744 1966-02-24 De Volkskrant rel B

Onrust in Djakarta, Oentoeng voor gerecht (Unrest in Jakarta, Untung in court)

Unrest in Jakarta, Untung in court: strike force included Gerwani members

De Volkskrant report (24 Feb 1966) on unrest in Jakarta and the opening of Untung's trial. The prosecutor said his strike force of 5,000 included 2,000 communists, "men and women, of the organisations Gerwani, Pemuda Rakjat and the BTI". No claims of torture or sexual misconduct appear in this item.

GA-01537 1966-10-29 The Scotsman rel C licensed

Not the old Subandrio (The Scotsman, 29 Oktober 1966)

Not the old Subandrio (The Scotsman, 29 October 1966)

The Scotsman, 29 Oct 1966, 'Not the old Subandrio': profile of Sukarno's former foreign minister, condemned to death by a military tribunal for treason and bearing 'heavy responsibility for the rise of the PKI'. It traces his career and notes he is a scapegoat the Suharto regime can blame while Sukarno is retained for

GA-02535 1966-11-18 rel A licensed

FBIS Daily Report, 18 Nov 1966: Gerwani leader Suwarti will stand trial

Gerwani Leader Suwarti Will Stand Trial (FBIS, 18 Nov 1966)

Two-page FBIS extract (18 Nov 1966) from HathiTrust. The Gerwani-relevant item says PKI Central Committee member Suwarti, called a Gerwani leader, will be tried by the South Sumatra Mahmilub, the first woman Gestapu-PKI leader to be tried. Other items cover Indonesian students in Bulgaria and a radio commentary on rumo

GA-02900 1979 rel C licensed

The 30 September Movement: A Political Movement of the Armed Forces or an Intelligence Operation?

The 30 September Movement: a political movement of the armed forces or an intelligence operation? (Holtzappel, 1979)

Journal article by Coen Holtzappel (Journal of Contemporary Asia, 1979) analysing the Untung and Njono trial records to argue the 30 September Movement was steered by Air Force and Army intelligence, with Sjam's Pringgodani group deliberately compromising the PKI and Aidit. Gerwani is mentioned only once, in a footnote