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GA-02175 1965-10-14 Suara Merdeka rel C

Suara Merdeka, 14 Oktober 1965, hlm. 1

Suara Merdeka, 14 Oct 1965, p. 1: capture of Untung; RPKAD operations at Lubang Buaya

Suara Merdeka (Semarang), 14 Oktober 1965, hlm. 1. Lead on the capture of ex-Lt. Col. Untung near Tegal and RPKAD operations including 'securing' Battalion 454 at Lubang Buaya on 2 Oct and exhumation on 3–4 Oct.

GA-02179 1965-10-21 Suara Merdeka rel A

Suara Merdeka, 21 Oktober 1965, hlm. 1

Suara Merdeka, 21 October 1965, p. 1: Anti-PKI mass action in Semarang

Suara Merdeka (Semarang), 21 Oktober 1965, hlm. 1. Front page on the anti-PKI mass action sweeping Semarang on 20 Oct 1965 after RPKAD's arrival under Sarwo Edhie: burning of PKI, SOBSI, CGMI and Baperki buildings; Gerwani appears among targets.

GA-02575 1965-10-29 rel C

Ichtisar Situasi Djawa Tengah, 29 Oktober 1965 (Intelijen AURI)

Situation Summary for Central Java, 29 October 1965 (AURI Intelligence)

Secret Indonesian Air Force intelligence summary, 29 October 1965, on tension between nationalist/religious parties and the PKI in Central Java, with Solo security arrangements under Col. Sarwo Edhie and casualty figures. Early-aftermath regional context; no Gerwani content.

GA-02602 1966-02-07 rel C

Airgram A-503: Will There Be a Putsch against Sukarno? 7 Februari 1966

Airgram A-503: Will There Be a Putsch against Sukarno? 7 Feb 1966

US Embassy airgram A-503, 7 Feb 1966, assessing whether anyone would stage a putsch against Sukarno (students, parties, generals, Sarwo Edhie). Women appear only in Sukarno's remark that women were not 'frying stones'; Gerwani absent.

GA-00745 1970-08-29 De Volkskrant rel B

De revolutie gaat aan Indonesië voorbij: Soeharto meester van de chaos (The revolution passes Indonesia by: interview with Ernst Utrecht)

The revolution passes Indonesia by: interview with Ernst Utrecht

Second half of a De Volkskrant interview (29 Aug 1970) with Prof. Ernst Utrecht on his book on Indonesia ahead of Suharto's Dutch visit. Utrecht says the Jakarta branches of Gerwani and Pemuda Rakyat "wanted to take part and did take part" in the 1965 coup, that the PKI leadership said these were independent organisati

GA-02232 1984-10-06 Tempo rel C licensed

Kisah-Kisah Oktober, 1965

Tempo, 6 October 1984: Stories of October 1965

Long Tempo feature (6 Oct 1984), New Order-era 'scattered stories' of 30 Sept-1 Oct 1965 told by witnesses: Catherine Panjaitan, Dewi Sukarno, Bambang Wijanarko, Mangil, Roeslan Abdulgani, Sugandhi, Salim Said, Syu'bah Asa. Frames events as a PKI coup and describes army/RRI takeover. Gerwani is not mentioned.

GA-02254 2012-10-01 Tempo rel B licensed

Di Bawah Cengkeraman Kopkamtib

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Under Kopkamtib's grip

Tempo explainer (1 Oct 2012) on Kopkamtib, set up by Suharto on 2 Oct 1965 as the 'super organisation' that planned and drove the mass killings and detentions (Komnas HAM names it chief perpetrator). It notes army-controlled media showing Lubang Buaya photos with stories that Gerwani women tortured the generals, and ci

GA-02296 2021-10-02 Tempo rel A licensed

Propaganda Hitam terhadap Gerwani

Tempo, 2 October 2021: Black propaganda against Gerwani (Ita Fatia Nadia)

Op-ed by Ita Fatia Nadia in Tempo (2 Oct 2021) tracing the army-controlled press campaign from 7 Oct 1965 that cast Gerwani as sexually sadistic, contradicted by the military doctors' autopsy (Roebiono Kertapati). It links the slander to the mass killings, Kowani's expulsion of Gerwani (29 Oct 1965), Lubang Buaya volun