Femmes du monde entier no. 50, January 1951, the French-language WIDF bulletin issued from Berlin. Editorial and reports urge women to back the Second World Peace Congress's address to the UN: Korea, Formosa and Vietnam, banning mass-destruction weapons, colonial oppression (Madagascar, Vietnam, South Africa), war prop
Harian Rakjat, 26 Mei 1955, hlm. 3. First instalment of D.N. Aidit's address 'Lahirnja PKI dan perkembangannja' at the PKI's 35th-anniversary reception; women and Gerwani have no place in the party's official history here.
Two-page report submitted to the Asia Foundation in 1956 by Mrs Henry G. Fowler, chair of the American Committee of a women's group promoting US-Asian understanding through newsletters, UN reports, programmes and hospitality. Mentions an Asian-American discussion group including Indonesia and talks on Indonesian women'
Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo evening edition, 16 Jan 1957, p. 2), part 1 of a series on the women's movement among Indonesian women, apparently by a Japanese woman writer who visited. OCR is badly scrambled; fragments mention Sumatra, Jakarta, women's organisations, possibly polygamy, and New Delhi. No Gerwani name legible.
Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo evening edition, 17 Jan 1957, p. 2), part 2 of the series on Indonesian women, on their strong interest in Japan. OCR is heavily scrambled; legible fragments include Japanese occupation, women's consultation, Central Sumatra and Jakarta. No Gerwani content identifiable.
Mainichi Shimbun (Tokyo morning edition, 27 Sep 1961, p. 5): article on part 1 of a series on the women of Indonesia (legible: Jakarta, women's organisation, mothers, education, school). The OCR is almost entirely scrambled, so this summary rests on the title and a few legible words; no named Gerwani member or Gerwani
Mainichi Shimbun (Tokyo morning edition, 28 Sep 1961, p. 5): article on part 2 of the series on the women of Indonesia (legible: Jakarta, women workers, Bali, India, China). The OCR is almost entirely scrambled, so this summary rests on the title and a few legible words; no named Gerwani member or Gerwani mention is vi
Canberra Times, 14 Apr 1966, p. 2: first part of an anonymous Jakarta writer's anti-PKI reconstruction of 30 Sep-1 Oct 1965, casting Aidit and Untung as plotters and describing the murder of generals, with young Communist 'gangs of youths and girls' trained in camps. Gerwani not named; story continues next day. Cold Wa
Berita Yudha, 9 Oktober 1966 (edisi Minggu). Serialised interview with police agent Sukitman, 'the only witness' at Lubang Buaya, describing the well area 'full of PR/Gerwani volunteers' with 'savage faces' shouting 'ganyang kabir' as officers were shot.
Berita Yudha, 23 Oktober 1966 (edisi Minggu). Concluding instalment of Sukitman's account: in the lit kitchen tent at Lubang Buaya on the night of 1 Oct 1965 he saw 'many PR-Gerwani volunteers'.
Sinar Harapan, 5 November 1966: ringkasan vonis Mahmillub Subandrio (VI). Serial digest of the Subandrio verdict: the court finds AURI personnel trained Pemuda Rakyat, CGMI and Gerwani as a 'militant PKI mass', and Subandrio did nothing though informed.
Sinar Harapan, 6 Desember 1966: 'Malam Teror Fajar Harapan' (V). Serial translation of Clarence Hall's 'Indonesia: Night of Terror, Dawn of Hope' ends with the claim that the kidnapped generals were 'handed over to about 100 screaming Gerwani members'; also an essay on education as protection against betrayal.
Angkatan Bersendjata, 21 Agustus 1968: 'PKI eksploitir wanita2'. Part X of the 'Blitar Selatan' serial on Operasi Trisula: a 'love story' about a 'Red Women's Detachment' and profiles of three women arrested in South Blitar as 'tools of the PKI'.
Angkatan Bersendjata, 24 Agustus 1968. Part XIII of the 'Blitar Selatan' serial tells the story of Sri Liestyowati (Lies) Sukatno, a 'PKI/Gerwani figure' and wife of a Pemuda Rakyat leader, with gendered and sensational claims about her beauty and demands in the forest.
Berita Yudha, 27 Agustus 1968. First instalment of 'Mengungkap petualangan P.K.I. Gaja Baru di Djatim' with a photo captioned 'Gerwani members of East Java hit by Operasi Trisula', naming Nj. Kartini as East Java Gerwani chair.
Berita Yudha, 30 Agustus 1968. Instalment IV of 'PKI Gaja Baru di Djatim': portrays Nj. Kartini, 'Gerwani deputy chair before G30S', disguised as a poor village woman and training cadres in forest 'schools'.
Angkatan Bersendjata, 20 September 1968. Introduction to W.W. Tjokro's memoir series 'Mengungkap 30 September '65' claims Chinese ships delivered weapons 'to PR, Gerwani and SOBSI' before the coup.
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.
De Tijd profile by Anton Koene (8 Feb 1974) of Ratna Sari Dewi Sukarno in Paris, who is serialising her memoirs to clear Sukarno's name over the 1 Oct 1965 coup, rebuts the Widjanarko report in Dake's book and criticises Suharto's regime. Gerwani and Gerwani women are not mentioned.
Harian Neraca, 24 Jan 1989, p. 10: instalment 20 of Soegiarso Soerojo's anti-communist history on the PKI in 1954–55 (Fifth Congress, Bandung Conference); Gerwani mentioned in passing.
Harian Neraca, 9 Feb 1989, p. 10: instalment 34 covering 1962–64; notes the army-initiated SOKSI and its onderbouw bodies, including 'GERWASI to counterbalance GERWANI'.
Harian Neraca, 24 Feb 1989, p. 10: instalment 47 on the anti-American campaign as 'Operasi Palmer'; notes a Gerwani telegram of March 1965 demanding expulsion of AMPAI director Bill Palmer as a CIA agent.
Harian Neraca, 4 Mar 1989, p. 10: instalment 54 on April–August 1965, claiming AURI personnel helped train Pemuda Rakyat, Gerwani and other PKI organisations under the Dwikora volunteer programme.
Harian Neraca, 6 Mar 1989, p. 10: instalment 55 on September 1965, recounting the women's price demonstration at the Trade Ministry on 21 Sept 1965 led by Gerwani under Ny. Sukoni and recasting public kitchens as coup preparation.
Harian Neraca, 13 Mar 1989, p. 10: instalment 60 on the 1 October abductions; says about 100 Gerwani members of AURI-trained 'Sukarelawan Kita' were at Lubang Buaya, citing the 'confession' of Nyonya Djamilah.
Harian Neraca, 14 Mar 1989, p. 10: instalment 61, the serial's most important Gerwani item, reprinting the army's 1965 slander: PR and Gerwani dancing naked in a 'flower-scent party', sex permitted, stimulant injections, per 17-year-old Djamilah.
Harian Neraca, 15 Mar 1989, p. 10: instalment 62 on 1–4 October 1965 (Suharto's assumption of command, recapture of RRI and Halim, finding the well via Sukitman); Gerwani appears once.
Harian Neraca, 16 Mar 1989, p. 10: instalment 63 on the 4 Oct 1965 exhumation, quoting Nasution's funeral speech naming Lubang Buaya as the training centre for 'Pemuda Rakyat, Gerwani and others'.
Harian Neraca, 17 Mar 1989, p. 10: instalment 64 saying 'hundreds' of Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani members were arrested in Bekasi, and listing 'Gerakan Wanita Indonesia' among organisations Aidit planned to deploy per Njono's confession.
Harian Neraca, 18 Maret 1989, p. 10: instalment 65 of Soegiarso Soerojo's serial. Covers Njono's confession on training at Lubang Buaya and opens a chapter on Untung as 'puppet'; names Mudigdio, mother of Aidit's wife, as a Gerwani figure.