Izvestiia, 19 Oct 1965: Communist Party banned in Djakarta
Izvestiia, 19 Oct 1965, p. 1, TASS: Jakarta military administrator Maj. Gen. Umar Wirahadikusumah banned the PKI and affiliates in Jakarta, naming Pemuda Rakyat, Gerwani, BTI, CGMI, HSI, Lekra and others; executives must report to police or army or be punished under emergency law.
Sudden change in Indonesia's political situation (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao front-page extract (20 Oct 1965): in an article on the abrupt change in Indonesian politics, Nahdlatul Ulama and others demand the early dissolution of the PKI, Pemuda Rakyat, Gerwani and other organisations, and a ban on supportive publications; truncated. Full text is GA-01984.
Abrupt change in Indonesia's political situation: Suharto takes control, mass arrests, PKI offices burned
Xinhua survey in Renmin Ribao (20 Oct 1965, p. 1) of Indonesia's first three weeks after 30 September, from Chinese-side sources: Suharto takes control, mass arrests (3,000 by 17 October), PKI headquarters burned, Harian Rakjat closed, universities shut, anti-Chinese incidents. Gerwani appears in the NU demand to disso
Suharto's radio speeches and statements of 1, 3 and 4 October 1965
Renmin Ribao (20 Oct 1965, p. 3) reprints Suharto's RRI statements of 1, 3 and 4 October 1965: he takes interim army leadership, calls the September 30th Movement counter-revolutionary, and at Lubang Buaya on 4 October says the well lay near an Air Force volunteer training centre with Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani activist
South China Sunday Post-Herald, 7 Nov 1965, p.30 (Reuter, Djakarta, 6 Nov): the Armed Forces bulletin says nine 'suicide squad' members of Gerwani, the Communist Women's Organisation, were killed by troops after standing in the path of army tanks in Solo, jeering and turning their backs when asked to leave. The item al
Sexual Metaphors in the Change from Soekarno's Old Order to Soeharto's New Order (Wieringa, RIMA 1998)
Published RIMA version (1998) of Wieringa's 1996 paper, revised after Suharto's fall: the New Order legitimated itself through the army's slander campaign against Gerwani, part of an 'extended coup' of Oct 1965-Mar 1967, with a compact Gerwani history. Companion to the 1996 draft.