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GA-02650 rel B licensed

Kitab Merah G30S-PKI: Kumpulan Kisah-kisah Tokoh G30S/PKI

Kitab Merah G30S-PKI: Collected Stories of G30S/PKI Figures

Anonymous 2010 Word compilation 'Kitab Merah G30S-PKI' of 82 online articles, mostly Tempo special reports on Aidit, Njoto, Sjam and Untung plus testimonies such as Hersri Setiawan's. A revisionist-leaning dossier despite its anti-communist archive label.

GA-02361 1968 rel A

Indonesia 1965: The Coup That Backfired (studi CIA, 1968)

CIA study, December 1968: Indonesia 1965 - the coup that backfired

CIA research study, December 1968 (released 2023), arguing the PKI planned the 30 September Movement in every detail, based largely on interrogations. Cold War security-apparatus counter-evidence relevant to how Gerwani was framed.

GA-02938 1970 rel B licensed

Interpretations of the 1965 Indonesian Coup: A Review of the Literature

Interpretations of the 1965 Indonesian Coup: a review of the literature (van der Kroef, 1970)

Review essay by Justus M. van der Kroef (Pacific Affairs, winter 1970) surveying interpretations of the 1965 coup (Wertheim, Rey, the Cornell Report, Utrecht, Pluvier, Hughes, Nugroho/Saleh) from a pro-PKI-complicity standpoint. Several passages mention Gerwani members' role at Halim; he cites 'Mrs Djamilah's' confessi

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-02939 1976 rel A licensed

The 1965 Coup in Indonesia: The CIA's Version

The 1965 Coup in Indonesia: The CIA's Version (van der Kroef, 1976)

Critical review by Justus M. van der Kroef (Asian Affairs, Nov 1976) of the CIA's declassified 1968 report 'Indonesia-1965: The Coup That Backfired'. Takes issue with the CIA's claim that Lubang Buaya victims were not mutilated and that Gerwani/Pemuda Rakyat confessions were Army-contrived, quoting Gerwani member Djami

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

GA-02721 1988-12 TAPOL rel B

TAPOL Bulletin No. 90, December 1988

TAPOL Bulletin no. 90 (London, Dec 1988): East Timor, Golkar congress, executions of two 1965 Cakrabirawa prisoners, Kopkamtib replaced by Bakorstanas, 'clean-self/clean-environment' screening, and Suharto's role in the G30S. In the G30S article, a section on a 'myth coming unstuck' says the 1965 press claims that Gerw

GA-01625 1989-05-01 Harian Neraca rel B

Harian Neraca, 1 Mei 1989: 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (102)

Harian Neraca serial 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (102): Mahmilub testimony on planning G30S

Harian Neraca, 1 Mei 1989, p. 10: instalment 102 of Soegiarso Soerojo's serial. Summarises Mahmilub testimony on planning of G30S (Biro Khusus, 'Yon Sukarelawan Dwikora', Pasopati, Bima Sakti) and Sjam's statement; Gerwani mentioned.

GA-03060 1997 rel B licensed

The Forgotten Years: The Missing History of Indonesia's Mass Slaughter, Jombang-Kediri 1965-1966 (PhD Arizona State, 1997)

The Forgotten Years: Mass Slaughter in Jombang-Kediri 1965-1966 (Sulistyo, 1997)

Hermawan Sulistyo's 1997 Arizona State history PhD, 'The Forgotten Years', studies the 1965-66 killings in Jombang-Kediri, East Java, from interviews and documents, finding no single national pattern and stressing local conflict and military-backed operations. Gerwani appears in passing: its claimed 1.75 million member