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GA-00177 1951-09-18 Abadi rel A

Abadi, 18 September 1951, hlm. 2: S.K. Trimurti ditangkap

Abadi, 18 September 1951, p. 2: S.K. Trimurti Arrested

Abadi, 18 Sept 1951, p. 2: Antara report that Gerwis chair S.K. Trimurti was arrested on the Attorney General's order on 17 Sept 1951 at the Jakarta immigration office while arranging a passport for China; Sukiman-era anticommunist climate.

GA-00178 1951-09-21 Abadi rel A

Abadi, 21 September 1951, hlm. 2: Alasan penahanan S.K. Trimurti

Abadi, 21 September 1951, p. 2: Reasons for S.K. Trimurti's Detention

Abadi, 21 Sept 1951, p. 2: Attorney General's spokesman tells Gerwis that Trimurti is held over seized 'important letters'; the legal basis is unexplained, detention length tied to her 'confessions', she is moved to Cipinang without visits.

GA-01649 1951-09-21 Merdeka rel A

Merdeka, 21 September 1951

Merdeka, 21 September 1951: On the arrest of S.K. Trimurti

Merdeka, 21 September 1951 (hlm. 2): 'Sekitar penangkapan S.K. Trimurti': Gerwis central board communiqué relaying in nine points the Attorney General's answers on the arrest of its vice-chair; ordered mid-August, letters found, detention depending on her statements.

GA-02174 1965-10-12 Suara Merdeka rel B

Suara Merdeka, 12 Oktober 1965, hlm. 1

Suara Merdeka, 12 Oct 1965, p. 1: Krukut 'cleansing operation' claims

Suara Merdeka (Semarang), 12 Oktober 1965, hlm. 1. Berita Yudha-based report on the Krukut 'cleansing operation' of 4–5 October claiming local activists joined the kidnappings and killings at Lubang Buaya. Gerwani is not named.

GA-02178 1965-10-20 Suara Merdeka rel B

Suara Merdeka, 20 Oktober 1965, hlm. 1

Suara Merdeka, 20 October 1965, p. 1: Suharto order of the day and suspension of PKI organisations

Suara Merdeka (Semarang), 20 Oktober 1965, hlm. 1. Front page with Suharto's first order of the day and the RRI report of the Pepelrada Jakarta decree suspending PKI, Pemuda Rakyat, Gerwani, BTI, CGMI, Lekra and others; one of the first formal measures against Gerwani.

GA-02002 1966-09-10 Sinar Harapan rel A

Sinar Harapan, 10 September 1966

Sinar Harapan, 10 Sep 1966: call to arrest 'the Lubang Buaya doctor'

Sinar Harapan, 10 September 1966. Antara report: Pesing police commander urges arrest of Dr. Sumiarsih, 'the Lubang Buaya doctor', a 'PKI/HSI/Gerwani figure' said to have issued 'sick' certificates to those trained there.

GA-01410 1967-07-05 Harian Kami rel A

Harian Kami, 5 Juli 1967

Harian Kami, 5 July 1967: Sudisman's lawyers and witnesses

Harian Kami, 5 Juli 1967. List of Sudisman's three defence lawyers and 22 witnesses for his Mahmillub trial includes two Gerwani leaders with underground aliases, including Sulami (alias Siti Alfiah).

GA-01411 1967-09-01 Harian Kami rel A

Harian Kami, 1 September 1967

Harian Kami, 1 September 1967: arrest of Nyonya Djubaedah

Harian Kami, 1 September 1967. Arrest in Jakarta on 29 Aug 1967 of Nyonya Djubaedah, wife of Nun Tjik AR, called 'cashier of Gerwani' and 'G30S/PKI ringleader', after two years in hiding; includes her biography.

GA-00468 1968-07-22 Duta Masjarakat rel A

Duta Masjarakat, 22 Juli 1968

Duta Masjarakat, 22 July 1968

Duta Masjarakat, 22 Juli 1968. NU daily lists 18 alleged PKI/Pemuda Rakyat members arrested by Kodim 0501 in Central Jakarta, including four Gerwani women named by role (ex-treasurer, branch chair).

GA-00471 1968-11-23 Duta Masjarakat rel A

Duta Masjarakat, 23 November 1968

Duta Masjarakat, 23 November 1968. Ramadan issue: arrest in Parepare of 'a woman Gerwani/PKI ringleader, Patriani Ngatimen', with Pemuda Rakyat leader Kaimmudin, and a Pendam V/Jaya list of thirteen more arrests.

GA-00472 1968-12-07 Duta Masjarakat rel A

Duta Masjarakat, 7 Desember 1968

Duta Masjarakat, 7 December 1968

Duta Masjarakat, 7 Desember 1968. Antara brief from Semarang: an ABRI team raided a meeting of six PKI members, 'two of them Gerwani leaders', in Bringin, Salatiga; two captured wounded.

GA-02227 1972-01-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Soal Pertapolan (Soal tapol)

Tempo, 1972: The political prisoner problem

Tempo article (online archive, dated 1972) on the political prisoner (tapol) problem: Archbishop Leo Soekoto urges society to help, Amnesty and the Red Cross press Jakarta, Buru resettlement of about 5,000 Group B prisoners is presented as the best option, and officials still see ex-PKI as a threat. No Gerwani content.

GA-02230 1976-12-11 Tempo rel C licensed

Tapol Dibebaskan (Tapol dibebaskan)

Tempo, 11 December 1976: Political prisoners released

Tempo brief (11 Dec 1976) on release of another 2,500 G30S/PKI prisoners; all 540,000 Group C released, leaving 1,821 Group A, 27,132 Group B, 2,041 Group X. Sudomo says about 500,000 were killed 'but by the people'. Mentions 10 middle-aged women among 319 Group B freed in Jakarta; no Gerwani named.

GA-03594 1980-01-05 Tempo (edisi 5 Januari 1980) rel A licensed

Bebas dari tahanan (Sutanti Aidit), Tempo 5 Januari 1980

Released from detention (Sutanti Aidit), Tempo, 5 Jan 1980

Short Tempo item, 5 January 1980, on the release of Dr Soetanti Aidit, 57, widow of PKI chairman D.N. Aidit, from detention on 20 December 1979. Held from 1966 in Bukit Duri women's prison and never moved, she was separated from her five children for 13 years, declines to talk about the past and hopes to practise medic

GA-02231 1980-10-25 Tempo rel C licensed

Kecaman untuk tapol (Kecaman untuk tapol)

Tempo, 25 October 1980: Criticism of Tapol (Carmel Budiardjo vs Derek Davies)

Tempo piece (25 Oct 1980) on the polemic between British activist Carmel Budiardjo, editor of the Tapol bulletin in London, and Far Eastern Economic Review editor Derek Davies, who criticised her past communist links and new sponsors. Concerns advocacy for ex-G30S prisoners; no Gerwani content.

GA-03595 1989-09-02 Tempo rel A licensed

Mami, tak dibicarakan lagi (Tempo, 2 September 1989)

Mami, no longer discussed: Sundari Abdulrachman released (Tempo, 2 Sep 1989)

Tempo, 2 Sep 1989. Reports the release from Tangerang women's prison on 17 August 1989 of Sundari Abdulrachman (68), former chair of Gerwani Pusat and PKI member of DPRGR, sentenced to life at Tanjungkarang on 16 Oct 1976 (commuted 1982) for organising Gerwani in Lampung. Officials deny that Inter-Parliamentary Union p