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GA-00386 1965-10-30 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 30 Oktober 1965

Berita Yudha, 30 October 1965

Berita Yudha, 30 Oktober 1965. Gerwani appears in six items: a Pemuda Rakyat detainee describes Lubang Buaya training of thousands of men and women, seeing 'many members of Gerwani' lined up; one month after 1 October.

GA-02016 1965-11-07 Berita Harian rel B

Berita Harian, 7 November 1965: Wanita hamil belasan tahun mengaku (Lubang Buaya)

Berita Harian, 7 Nov 1965: pregnant teenage woman 'confesses' (Lubang Buaya)

Berita Harian, 7 Nov 1965 (UPI, lead only). Repeats the army newspaper Angkatan Bersenjata: a pregnant teenage woman 'confessed' she took part in hacking and mutilating a bound, blindfolded army general during the coup attempt. An early instance of the Lubang Buaya sexual-slander narrative in the regional press.

GA-00395 1965-11-30 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 30 November 1965

Berita Yudha, 30 November 1965. Antara story that 'executioners of Lubang Buaya' interrogated in Bandung, including 19-year-old Sujati alias Jossy, 'confessed' Aidit promised a 'Golden Horse Star' for killing the generals.

GA-01266 1965-12-01 Leeuwarder Courant rel B

Communist Njono: Staatsgreep PKI verhaast door ziekte Soekarno (Njono: PKI coup hastened by Sukarno's illness)

Njono: PKI coup hastened by Sukarno's illness

Leeuwarder Courant, 1 December 1965, p. 11: relays armed-forces newspaper reports of SOBSI chief Njono's interrogation statements: planning began in July, Aidit's claim that Sukarno was gravely ill was decisive, and Njono was to raise a 2,000-man reserve from PKI, Pemuda Rakjat, Sobsi, BTI and Gerwani members, learning

GA-00397 1965-12-03 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 3 Desember 1965

Berita Yudha, 3 December 1965

Berita Yudha, 3 Desember 1965. Army's version of the 'confession' of SOBSI chair and Politburo member Njono, with Gerwani items on pp. 1–2.

GA-00398 1965-12-06 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 6 Desember 1965

Berita Yudha, 6 December 1965

Berita Yudha, 6 Desember 1965. Three Gerwani items: 'Astagaaa!' relays a Pemuda Rakyat member's 'confession' in Langkat that he and Gerwani put the generals' bodies in the well; others on pp. 1–2.

GA-01704 1965-12-22 Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata, Intisari Berita, 22 Desember 1965 (Hari Ibu)

Armed Forces Information Centre, Intisari Berita, 22 December 1965 (Hari Ibu): four more Gerwani girls arrested

Armed Forces Information Centre bulletin, 22 Desember 1965 (Hari Ibu). 'Komdak VII Djaya ringkus 4 Gerwani lagi': four Gerwani girls aged 14–27 whose 'confession' describes recruitment by a neighbourhood head, firearms training at Lubang Buaya in July 1965, a public-kitchen night and witnessing the torture of bound peo

GA-00191 1966-01-06 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 6 Januari 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 6 January 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 6 Jan 1966. Antara claims PKI leaders 'admitted' Gerwani and Pemuda Rakyat were physically trained in North Sumatra before 1 October; two Pekalongan women 'known as Gerwani' forced to recite the shahada; Soetiman's 'confession'.

GA-00199 1966-01-31 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 31 Januari 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 31 January 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 31 Jan 1966. The 'Pos Piket' column jokes about 'kuntilanak GERWANI'; also a 'confession' by Partindo official Waridjan and railway police seizure of 'a suitcase of human hair'.

GA-00201 1966-02-07 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 7 Februari 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 7 February 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 7 Feb 1966. Yogyakarta report that BTI member Suradijo, called an 'executioner of Lubang Buaya', was shot 'fleeing'; his reported confession says Gerwani members tortured and stabbed the generals while singing.

GA-01408 1966-08-01 Harian Kami rel B

Harian Kami, 1 Agustus 1966: 'Aidit, Gerpol PKI & Kita'

Harian Kami, 1 August 1966: 'Aidit, PKI political movement and us'

Harian Kami, 1 Agustus 1966: 'Aidit, Gerpol PKI & Kita'. Rosihan Anwar commentary quoting Aidit's alleged confession as published in the Asahi Evening News and The China Quarterly; mentions Gerwani as a 'gerpol' (political movement) front.

GA-00425 1966-10-27 Berita Yudha rel B

Berita Yudha, 27 Oktober 1966

Berita Yudha, 27 October 1966

Berita Yudha, 27 Oktober 1966. Arrest in Mampang of Krukut PKI chair Dadiwinata after a year in hiding; confession alleges in Aug 1965 PKI, PR and Gerwani figures prepared for action.

GA-00434 1968-06-24 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 24 Juni 1968: '2 Aktivis Gerwani dan 10 orang sel PKI ditangkap'

Berita Yudha, 24 June 1968: 2 Gerwani activists and 10 PKI cell members arrested

Berita Yudha, 24 Juni 1968: '2 Aktivis Gerwani dan 10 orang sel PKI ditangkap'. Kodim 0504 arrested Suprijanti (21) and Turminah (23), 'ex-Gerwani activists' who allegedly 'confessed' to helping torture and kill the generals at Lubang Buaya at a young age.

GA-00256 1969-03-14 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 14 Maret 1969: 'Menjingkap Peristiwa Djatibarang' (II)

Angkatan Bersendjata, 14 March 1969: 'Uncovering the Djatibarang Incident' (II)

Angkatan Bersendjata, 14 Maret 1969: 'Menjingkap Peristiwa Djatibarang' (II). Part II of a series claiming a 'household course' was a mask for PKI cadre activity, based on the confession of junior-high girl Purwati; a template of the 'Gerwani underground' narrative.

GA-02029 1971-01-13 Eastern Sun rel B

Eastern Sun, 13 January 1971: Young woman tells court she gouged general's eyes

Eastern Sun, 13 Jan 1971: young woman tells court she gouged general's eyes

Eastern Sun, 13 Jan 1971 (lead only). A young woman told a special court she gouged an army general's eyes with a knife before he was shot, on the eve of the 1965 coup. A confession-style Lubang Buaya claim of the kind that fed the sexual-slander narrative, here from a trial under the New Order.