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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-03328 1965-11-15 Berita Harian rel A

Wanita Komunis ditahan di Sumatra Utara (Communist woman detained in North Sumatra)

Communist woman detained in North Sumatra (Berita Harian, 1965)

Berita Harian, 15 November 1965, p. 3 (clipping lacks its headline), Antara via Medan: a Gerwani member is detained near an Islamic scholar's house; police say a 'secret mark' was found on her thigh and she confessed she was assigned to kill the cleric. A typical 1965 propaganda item on Gerwani as assassins and 'marked