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GA-01494 1965-10-18 Kitchener-Waterloo Record rel A licensed

Red Party Outlawed: Indonesia bans Communist party, Pemuda Rakjat and Gerwani (Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 18 Oktober 1965)

Red Party outlawed: Indonesia bans Communist party, Pemuda Rakjat and Gerwani (Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 18 October 196

Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 18 Oct 1965, p.1 (AP): Radio Jakarta announced a military ban on the Indonesian Communist Party and affiliates, issued in the name of Maj-Gen Umar Wirahadikusumah for the Jakarta area; SOBSI was banned, and Pemuda Rakjat and Gerwani, 'the party's women's wing', were also placed under the ban.

GA-01543 1965-10-18 Vancouver Sun rel A licensed

Gerwani among banned Communist fronts (Vancouver Sun, 18 Oktober 1965)

Gerwani among banned Communist fronts (Vancouver Sun, 18 October 1965)

Vancouver Sun, 18 Oct 1965, p.3, whole page (Reuters/UPI); relevant items: Jakarta commander Maj. Gen. Umar Wirahadikusumah, in defiance of Sukarno, orders temporary suspension of the PKI and other pro-communist organisations in the Jakarta area, leaders to report within five days. Banned groups include the Youth Front

GA-00198 1966-01-30 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata (Mingguan), 30 Januari 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata (Weekly), 30 January 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata Sunday edition, 30 Jan 1966. Includes the soldiers' joke 'Gerwani Phobi' equating Gerwani with a kuntilanak who 'snatches' genitals, an early instance of the sexual slander; plus Nasution's daughter posed with an RPKAD rifle.