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GA-02166 1965-11-07 Szolnok Megyei Neplap rel A

Szolnok Megyei Néplap, 7 November 1965: Indonesia - Gerwani women killed in Solo

Szolnok Megyei Néplap, 7 Nov 1965: Indonesia, Gerwani women killed in Solo

Hungarian provincial daily Szolnok Megyei Néplap, 7 Nov 1965, world-politics page. Its Indonesia item reports an official army communiqué claiming that in Solo (Central Java) paratroopers 'were forced to take the lives' of Gerwani women who blocked the road before an armoured column; it does not say how they were kille

GA-00912 1965-11-08 De Waarheid rel A

Het leger (geweld tegen Gerwani-vrouwen bij Solo)

The army: violence against Gerwani women near Solo

De Waarheid, 8 Nov 1965, p. 3: report that the army continues violent actions against progressives; per an army communique, paratroopers near Solo shot nine women who stood before tanks and refused to move, said to be Gerwani members. Also notes army encouragement of Muslims to destroy communists' buildings in Tasikmal