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GA-02361 1968 rel A

Indonesia 1965: The Coup That Backfired (studi CIA, 1968)

CIA study, December 1968: Indonesia 1965 - the coup that backfired

CIA research study, December 1968 (released 2023), arguing the PKI planned the 30 September Movement in every detail, based largely on interrogations. Cold War security-apparatus counter-evidence relevant to how Gerwani was framed.

GA-03708 1968 Review of Indonesian and Malayan Affairs, vols 1-2 (1967-1968) rel B

Review of Indonesian and Malayan Affairs, vols 1-2 (1967-68), p. 271: the Yap Thiam Hien affair and Trees Sunito

Review of Indonesian and Malayan Affairs, 1967-68, p. 271: the Yap Thiam Hien affair and Trees Sunito

Page 271 of the Sydney-published Review of Indonesian and Malayan Affairs (vols 1-2, 1967-68), on the arrest and release of lawyer Yap Thiam Hien. It reports Djohan Arifin's claim that the Mahmillub trials had been infiltrated by the 'FKI', referring to Trees Sunito (Njono's defence counsel) and Yap, which Mahmillub ch

GA-02192 1968-06-26 Suara Merdeka rel A

Suara Merdeka, 26 Juni 1968, hlm. 1: Pelatih Genjer-genjer di Lubang Buaja diringkus

Suara Merdeka, 26 June 1968, p. 1: Genjer-genjer trainer at Lubang Buaya arrested

Suara Merdeka front page, 26 June 1968: an Antara/Pendam V Jaya report that four alleged PKI members were arrested in Jakarta, including Titi Suwarti, said to have joined training at Lubang Buaya and taught Genjer-genjer. Shows New Order framing of women's alleged role at Lubang Buaya.

GA-02193 1968-06-29 Suara Merdeka rel A

Suara Merdeka, 29 Juni 1968, hlm. 1: Gerakan PKI gaya baru di Purworejo tertangkap

Suara Merdeka, 29 June 1968, p. 1: 'New-style PKI' arrested in Purworejo; Darmini labelled Gerwani

Suara Merdeka front page, 29 June 1968: Purworejo correspondent reports the arrest of an alleged 'new-style PKI' underground and Darmini, 28, labelled a Gerwani member, with lurid detail on her and a housemate's pregnancies. Typical New Order sexualised portrayal of Gerwani women.

GA-03649 1968-07-24 FBIS Daily Report, Asia & Pacific, no. 143 rel B

Woman Communist Leader Captured (Madame Sri Sukatno, South Blitar), FBIS Daily Report, 24 July 1968

FBIS Daily Report, 24 Jul 1968: Woman communist leader captured (Madame Sri Sukatno, South Blitar)

FBIS Daily Report (24 Jul 1968) relaying Antara: Madame Sri Sukatno, described as a woman communist leader, was arrested at Pasiraman, South Blitar, in a mopping-up operation, per the army paper Angkatan Bersendjata. She is called a Politburo member, head of the Central Committee section on armed peasants and a Pemuda