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GA-01525 1965-10-15 The Hindustan Times rel A licensed

Jakarta women danced as generals were murdered (The Hindustan Times, 15 Oktober 1965)

Jakarta women danced as generals were murdered (The Hindustan Times, 15 October 1965)

The Hindustan Times, 15 Oct 1965: report of a police witness's account at Lubang Buaya that Communist women danced naked in a circle while six generals and a lieutenant (mistaken for Nasution) were tortured to death, with torn-out fingernails and faces mutilated. Gerwani is not named, but this is an early instance of t

GA-01536 1965-12-08 The Scotsman rel A licensed

Army plans to kill P.K.I. for ever (The Scotsman, 8 Desember 1965)

Army plans to kill P.K.I. for ever (The Scotsman, 8 December 1965)

The Scotsman, 8 Dec 1965, Dennis Bloodworth, 'Army plans to kill PKI for ever': Suharto and Nasution press to destroy the PKI while Sukarno refuses to ban it; the article analyses the PKI's miscalculations. It repeats the slander that six generals were mutilated by 'doe-eyed girls' of the PKI's 'Gerwani' women's moveme

GA-01537 1966-10-29 The Scotsman rel C licensed

Not the old Subandrio (The Scotsman, 29 Oktober 1966)

Not the old Subandrio (The Scotsman, 29 October 1966)

The Scotsman, 29 Oct 1966, 'Not the old Subandrio': profile of Sukarno's former foreign minister, condemned to death by a military tribunal for treason and bearing 'heavy responsibility for the rise of the PKI'. It traces his career and notes he is a scapegoat the Suharto regime can blame while Sukarno is retained for