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GA-01661 1965-10-12 Evening Post rel A

Armed Java Reds Flee to Hills to Escape Dragnet (Evening Post, 12 October 1965)

Evening Post (Wellington), 12 Oct 1965, NZPA-Reuter report: Communists flee into Central Java hills from an Army dragnet; branch officials detained; US embassy dependants withdrawn. Mobs ransacked Communist youth, women's and trade-union offices in Jakarta; per Radio Malaysia quoting Radio Jakarta, a crowd burned the G

GA-01664 1965-10-12 Evening Post rel A

Armed Java Reds Flee to Hills to Escape Dragnet (Evening Post, 12 October 1965)

Armed Java Reds Flee to Hills to Escape Dragnet (Evening Post, 12 October 1965), clipping on arrests and Aceh office

Clipping from the Evening Post of 12 Oct 1965: US embassy dependants withdrawn; hundreds of Communist branch officials detained, Bandung committee arrested in Yogyakarta; Jakarta curfew eased. Communist youth, women's and trade-union offices ransacked in Jakarta, and a crowd burned the Gerwani office in Aceh, north Sum

GA-02208 1965-10-12 Der Bund rel B

Der Bund, 12. Oktober 1965: Der Urheber des Putsches gefangengenommen

Der Bund, 12 October 1965: The instigator of the coup captured

Der Bund (Bern), 12 Oct 1965, Reuter report from Singapore: Lt Col Untung, leader of the 30 September Movement, reported captured; tense Central Java as armed Communists flee to the mountains; curfew reduced. Citing Malaysian radio quoting Radio Jakarta, a crowd burned down the Gerwani premises in Aceh (North Sumatra),

GA-02221 1965-10-12 Neue Zürcher Zeitung rel B

Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 12. Oktober 1965: Die Normalisierung in Indonesien

Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 12 October 1965: Normalisation in Indonesia

Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 12 Oct 1965, 'Normalisation in Indonesia' (Reuter/UPI wire digest). Items: armed Communists fleeing into Central Java mountains, Antara placed under military management, evacuation of American embassy families, and a Swiss ambassador's credentials. Relevant here: Malaysian radio, citing Radio Jaka

GA-02590 1965-10-18 rel C

Telegram 779A to Secretary of State, 18 Oktober 1965

Telegram 779A to Secretary of State, 18 Oct 1965

US Embassy telegram 779A, 18 Oct 1965: Foreign Ministry aide Sutarto says anti-PKI action is spreading across Sumatra, Sulawesi and Central Java, targeting Subandrio. Early-aftermath political context; no Gerwani content.

GA-01313 1965-11-03 Nieuwsblad Van Het Noorden rel A

Anti-communistisch (Anti-communist)

Anti-communist

Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, 3 November 1965: reports a 100,000-strong demonstration at the Chinese consulate in Medan demanding Subandrio's resignation, and, per Antara, that the PKI's women's organisation Gerwani has been expelled from the Indonesian women's congress (Kowani), chaired by Mrs Hurustiati Subandrio, the

GA-01362 1965-11-03 Trouw rel A

Soekarno: mijn leven verkeert in gevaar (Sukarno: my life is in danger)

Sukarno: my life is in danger

Trouw (3 Nov 1965), wire report: Sukarno tells ministers his life is in danger; demonstrations in Medan demand Subandrio's removal; a Muslim leader urges dissolving the PKI. Reports that Gerwani was expelled from the women's congress Kowani, chaired by Mrs Subandrio. Early evidence of Gerwani's isolation weeks after 30

GA-01388 1965-11-03 Twentsch Dagblad Tubantia rel A

Soekarno: mijn leven is in gevaar (Sukarno: my life is in danger)

Sukarno: my life is in danger

Twentsch Dagblad Tubantia (3 Nov 1965): Sukarno tells cabinet his life is in danger; 100,000 demonstrate at the Chinese consulate in Medan demanding Subandrio's dismissal; army purge in Central Java hampered by unreliable troops; Gerwani expelled from the women's congress Kowani, chaired by Mrs Subandrio; soldiers kill

GA-02217 1965-11-03 Neue Berner Zeitung rel A

Neue Berner Zeitung, 3. November 1965: Antikommunistische Demonstration auf Sumatra - Sukarno fordert Tapferkeit von seinen Ministern

Neue Berner Zeitung, 3 November 1965: Anti-communist demonstration in Sumatra; Kowani expels Gerwani

Neue Berner Zeitung, 3 Nov 1965 (UPI/AFP): anti-communist demonstration in Sumatra; Sukarno tells ministers to act 'bravely'; 100,000 demonstrators at the Chinese embassy in Medan; gold and silver mines nationalised; 57 PKI parliamentarians removed. Key for Gerwani research: the Indonesian women's congress (Kowani, OCR

GA-02017 1965-11-15 Berita Harian rel B

Berita Harian, 15 November 1965: Wanita Komunis ditahan di Sumatra Utara

Berita Harian, 15 Nov 1965: communist woman detained in North Sumatra

Berita Harian, 15 Nov 1965 (UPI/Antara, lead only). North Sumatra authorities detained a woman, said to be a Gerwani member, accused of attempting a murder and bearing a 'secret mark' on her thigh. The 'secret mark' trope echoes slander about Gerwani women.

GA-02595 1965-11-18 rel C

Telegram 1485 to Secretary of State, 18 November 1965

Telegram 1485 to Secretary of State, 18 Nov 1965

US Embassy telegram, 18 Nov 1965, commenting that the Action Committee to Crush the 30 September Movement (KAP-Gestapu) is a loose coordinating organ working with the Army. Political-structure context; no Gerwani content.

GA-00495 1965-11-29 Algemeen Handelsblad rel A

Indonesia: Gouden tijd (Indonesia: masa emas)

Indonesia: golden time

Algemeen Handelsblad column 'Golden time' (1965-11-29) on post-coup Indonesia: loyalty advertisements in newspapers, frozen bank accounts for suspected persons, price rises and Conefo stamps, a quarrel in a Malang court. A final item, 'Gerwani, kill her', describes villagers near Tasikmalaya chasing 'Gerwani' with kniv

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.

GA-02582 1965-12-06 rel B

Telegram 184A, US Consulate Medan, 6 Desember 1965

Telegram 184A, US Consulate Medan, 6 December 1965

US Consulate Medan telegram, 6 December 1965: Muhammadiyah preachers say 'conscious' PKI members must be killed, like NU's final interpretation. Evidence of religious legitimation of killing; Gerwani not mentioned but relevant to women members.

GA-01674 1965-12-13 Drammens Tidende og Buskeruds blad rel A

Indonesia - et nytt Vietnam (Drammens Tidende og Buskeruds Blad, 13 desember 1965, s. 4)

Indonesia, a new Vietnam (Drammens Tidende og Buskeruds Blad, 13 December 1965)

Drammens Tidende og Buskeruds Blad (Norway), 13 Dec 1965, p. 4 (page image): Albert Henrik Mohn's Jakarta report 'Indonesia - a new Vietnam', surveying the PKI's history from 1920 and Aidit's leadership. It lists PKI mass organisations, including SOBSI, BTI, Pemuda Rakyat and the women's organisation 'Gerwani' with rou

GA-01675 1965-12-13 Drammens Tidende og Buskeruds blad rel A

Indonesia - et nytt Vietnam (Drammens Tidende og Buskeruds Blad, 13 desember 1965, s. 4)

Indonesia, a new Vietnam (Drammens Tidende og Buskeruds Blad, 13 December 1965), OCR text

Drammens Tidende og Buskeruds Blad (Norway), 13 Dec 1965, p. 4 (OCR text): Albert Henrik Mohn's Jakarta report 'Indonesia - a new Vietnam', surveying the PKI's history from 1920 and Aidit's leadership. It lists PKI mass organisations, including SOBSI, BTI, Pemuda Rakyat and the women's organisation 'Gerwani' with rough

GA-01676 1965-12-17 Haugesunds Avis rel A

Indonesia, et nytt Vietnam? (Haugesunds Avis, 17. desember 1965, s. 8)

Indonesia, a new Vietnam? (Haugesunds Avis, 17 December 1965)

Haugesunds Avis (Norway), 17 Dec 1965, p. 8 (page image): Albert Henrik Mohn's Jakarta article 'Indonesia, a new Vietnam?' on PKI history, Aidit's rise and party growth to 3 million. It names PKI mass organisations (SOBSI, peasant front, Pemuda Rakyat, and the women's organisation Gerwani with about 1.5 million members

GA-01677 1965-12-17 Haugesunds Avis rel A

Indonesia, et nytt Vietnam? (Haugesunds Avis, 17. desember 1965, s. 8)

Indonesia, a new Vietnam? (Haugesunds Avis, 17 December 1965), OCR text

Haugesunds Avis (Norway), 17 Dec 1965, p. 8 (OCR text): Albert Henrik Mohn's Jakarta article 'Indonesia, a new Vietnam?' on PKI history, Aidit's rise and party growth to 3 million. It names PKI mass organisations (SOBSI, peasant front, Pemuda Rakyat, and the women's organisation Gerwani with about 1.5 million members)

GA-00207 1966-04-08 Angkatan Bersendjata rel B

Angkatan Bersendjata, 8 April 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 8 Apr 1966. A boxed feature blames ex-PKI mayor of Solo Utomo Ramelan's 'Silir' complex for preparing 'the immoral drama of Lubang Buaya with Gerwani and PR as actors', a sexualised slander frame.

GA-01268 1967-05-24 Leeuwarder Courant rel C

Achter het nieuws (Behind the news: Chinese in Indonesia)

Behind the news: Chinese in Indonesia

Leeuwarder Courant, 24 May 1967, p. 1: front-page background column on the persecution of ethnic Chinese in Indonesia after 1965, citing camps in Medan, roundups in Borneo, closed Chinese schools in East Java, and the mass killings of communists and suspects in which Chinese families died. The tone is stereotyping. Ger

GA-03645 1978-08-02 US Department of State cable 1978JAKART10473 rel B

US State Department cable 1978JAKART10473: 1965 coup plotter sentenced (Mrs Sutanti Aidit to be tried next)

US Embassy Jakarta cable, 2 Aug 1978: coup plotter Latief sentenced; Mrs Sutanti Aidit to be tried next

US Embassy Jakarta cable to State (2 August 1978) on the life sentence given to ex-colonel Abdul Latief for the 1965 coup attempt. Paragraph 3 says trials of other Category A detainees continue and that the next major figure to be tried is reported to be Mrs Sutanti Aidit, widow of the former PKI chief.

GA-03646 1978-08-02 US Department of State cable 1978JAKART10473 rel B

US State Department cable 1978JAKART10473: 1965 coup plotter sentenced (Mrs Sutanti Aidit to be tried next)

US Embassy Jakarta cable, 2 Aug 1978: coup plotter Latief sentenced; Mrs Sutanti Aidit to be tried next

US Embassy Jakarta cable to State (2 August 1978) on the life sentence given to ex-colonel Abdul Latief for the 1965 coup attempt. Paragraph 3 says trials of other Category A detainees continue and that the next major figure to be tried is reported to be Mrs Sutanti Aidit, widow of the former PKI chief.