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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