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GA-02372 1959-11-12 rel B

Current Intelligence Weekly Summary (12 November 1959)

CIA Current Intelligence Weekly Summary, 12 November 1959

CIA Current Intelligence Weekly Summary, 12 Nov 1959, a long multi-topic report; the Indonesia part (pp.23-27) assesses PKI strength (Aidit's claim of 1.5 million members, Java as base, army and Sukarno restrictions, Aidit's 1959 Moscow and Peking trip). It names GERWANI as the PKI's women's front, alongside Pemuda Rak

GA-02400 1962 rel A

Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (1962): Telegram Gerwani kepada Sukarno

US Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (1962): Gerwani telegram to Sukarno

US Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (1962) extract: the Gerwani central executive council sends a telegram to Sukarno opposing draft legislation on compulsory preliminary people's defence training for 12-15 year olds, warning it would implant a 'militaristic spirit' as in Germany and Japan, and saying scouts and basic e

GA-02563 1965 rel B licensed

FO 371/180317: Indonesia, Internal political situation, Attempted coup against Sukarno [8] (Oct 1965)

FO 371/180317: Attempted Coup against Sukarno [8] (2-9 Oct 1965)

UK Foreign Office file FO 371/180317 (2-9 Oct 1965): Jakarta embassy and Foreign Office telegrams on the 30 September coup, Suharto's takeover, Sukarno and Omar Dani, Soviet press silence, and a Singapore proposal for unattributable propaganda to blacken the PKI. Gerwani is named in Suharto's 4 Oct statement and a 6 Oc

GA-02589 1965-10-12 rel C

Telegram 971 to Secretary of State, 12 Oktober 1965

Telegram 971 to Secretary of State, 12 Oct 1965

US Embassy telegram 971, 12 Oct 1965: a German embassy source says the Army is considering overthrowing Sukarno and signalling Western embassies; Sukarno refused to read PKI-complicity papers. High-politics context; no Gerwani content.

GA-02616 1965-11 rel B licensed

LBJ National Security File - Indonesia: communist parties and internal politics, Nov 1965 - May 1966

LBJ National Security File: Indonesia, Communist Parties and Internal Politics, Nov 1965-May 1966

LBJ Library National Security File, Indonesia country file (vol. VI): US Embassy Jakarta cables and withdrawal sheets, mainly December 1965 to May 1966, on the army's moves against the PKI, Sukarno's speeches, student demonstrations and Suharto's rise. Gerwani appears twice. Embtel 2077 (17 Jan 1966) reports Bogor wall

GA-02594 1965-11-12 rel C

Telegram 1425: Joint Situation Report no. 51, 12 November 1965

Telegram 1425: Joint Situation Report no. 51, 12 Nov 1965

US Embassy Joint Situation Report no. 51, 12 Nov 1965: Army-Sukarno contest plus a security section on riots in Makassar, a massacre of 200 PKI prisoners in Bone and arrests in Jakarta. No Gerwani mention; shows how killings were framed as a 'security' item.

GA-02597 1965-11-30 rel B

Airgram A-353: Joint Weeka no. 45, 30 November 1965

Airgram A-353: Joint Weeka no. 45, 30 Nov 1965

US Embassy Joint Weeka no. 45 (airgram A-353), 30 Nov 1965: Nasution says repression of the PKI has reached 'mass executions' in several provinces; Army-Sukarno contest. Note: Gerwani not specifically named in the excerpt; high-level context.

GA-02581 1965-12-06 rel C

Telegram 183A, US Consulate Medan, 6 Desember 1965

Telegram 183A, US Consulate Medan, 6 December 1965

US Consulate Medan telegram, 6 December 1965: after the PKI's 'virtual destruction' in Sumatra the Army extends control over civil service, press, youth, National Front and Hansip. Shows the institutional consolidation that followed the killings.