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GA-00743 1965-10-11 De Volkskrant rel B

Zelfverweer uit paniek (Self-defence from panic)

Self-defence from panic: commentary on the hunt for communists

De Volkskrant commentary (11 Oct 1965) warning that the hunt for communists could drive Aidit's followers to armed self-defence. It describes Muslim demonstrators wrecking Aidit's and Njoto's houses and then "the headquarters of the communist women's organisation Gerwani", and army occupation of PKI headquarters in Ace

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-02224 1965-10-12 Thurgauer Zeitung rel B

Die antikommunistische Welle in Indonesien (Gelombang antikomunis di Indonesia)

Thurgauer Zeitung, 12 October 1965: The anti-communist wave in Indonesia

Thurgauer Zeitung wire digest, 12 Oct 1965, on the anti-communist wave in Indonesia: Communists fleeing in Central Java, an angry crowd burning Gerwani premises in Aceh (per Radio Djakarta), Untung's capture, Antara placed under Army control, and Sukarno's remarks on 'imperialists'. Gerwani appears only in one sentence

GA-02222 1965-10-13 Schweizer Bauer rel B

Jagd auf Kommunisten (Perburuan Komunis)

Schweizer Bauer, 13 October 1965: Hunt for communists

Short Reuter wire item in the Swiss farm paper Schweizer Bauer, 13 Oct 1965. Reports tension in Central Java as Communists flee to the mountains, and that an angry crowd burned down the Gerwani premises in Aceh, North Sumatra, per Radio Djakarta via Malaysian radio.

GA-02226 1965-10-13 Walliser Volksfreund rel B

Die Kommunistenjagd in Indonesien (Perburuan komunis di Indonesia)

Walliser Volksfreund, 13 October 1965: The hunt for communists in Indonesia

Walliser Volksfreund (13 Oct 1965) running the Reuter report on the hunt for Communists: flight into Central Java mountains, Muslim attacks on PKI offices in Bandung, and an angry crowd burning down Gerwani premises in Aceh per Radio Djakarta. Includes a photo caption of the burned PKI headquarters.

GA-00377 1965-10-14 Berita Yudha rel B

Berita Yudha, 14 Oktober 1965

Berita Yudha, 14 October 1965

Berita Yudha, 14 Oktober 1965. Regional items: 105 organisations of South Kalimantan demand dissolution of the PKI and affiliates including Gerwani; Aceh demands; Gerwani listed among organisations to be banned.

GA-01619 1989-03-25 Harian Neraca rel B

Harian Neraca, 25 Maret 1989: 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (70)

Harian Neraca serial 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (70): October-November 1965 violence and Suharto's 10 No...

Harian Neraca, 25 Maret 1989, p. 10: instalment 70 of Soegiarso Soerojo's serial. Surveys October–November 1965 violence and Suharto's 10 Nov 1965 'Seruan', with crowd attacks in Aceh and Sumatra on the PKI and Gerwani.

GA-01512 1999-07-17 South China Morning Post rel B licensed

Killing off the communists (South China Morning Post, 17 Juli 1999)

Killing off the communists (South China Morning Post, 17 July 1999)

South China Morning Post, 17 July 1999, p.37, Marian Wilkinson (Sydney Morning Herald), 'Killing off the communists': newly released US embassy and CIA cables show US officials encouraging the army's anti-PKI campaign in Oct-Nov 1965, urging anti-PKI propaganda that links 'diabolical murder and mutilation of the genera