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Angkatan Bersendjata, 6 Januari 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 6 January 1966

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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'.

Angkatan Bersendjata, 6 Januari 1966. Antara menyebut pimpinan PKI 'mengaku' Gerwani dan Pemuda Rakyat dilatih fisik di Sumatra Utara sebelum 1 Oktober; dua perempuan 'anggota Gerwani' di Pekalongan dipaksa mengucap syahadat; 'pengakuan' Soetiman.

People

Peris PardedeDjalaluddin Jusuf NasutionIbu A. YaniSoetiman

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)People's YouthAll-Indonesia Central Labour OrganisationCommunist Party of Indonesia

Places

MedanNorth SumatraPekalonganLubang Buaya

Events

Army press sexual slander campaign against Gerwani

Topics

propaganda and mediaLubang Buaya and sexual slanderarrests and detentionkillings 1965–66

Tags

forced confessionsmilitary trainingscapegoatingwire report

Details

Date
1966-01-06
Creator
Angkatan Bersendjata
Publication
Angkatan Bersendjata
Document type
newspaper issue (Newspaper issue (army daily))
Language
Indonesian (old spelling)
Perspective
Indonesian army/New Order voice
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1950–1954
Source archive
Perpusnas Khastara | (catalog https://khastara.perpusnas.go.id/koleksi-digital/detail/?catId=887828) · source link
Access
Perpusnas Khastara (Perpustakaan Nasional RI digital collection, free PDF; catalogue id 887828 in file name), downloaded 2026-10-15/16 via the Claude desktop browser. Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
Citation (APA)
Angkatan Bersenjata. (1966, January 6). Angkatan Bersendjata [Daily newspaper], No. 285, Th. ke-I, 1–4. Djakarta.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Angkatan Bersendjata (1966) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)/Angkatan Bersendjata (1966-01-06) - issue, Gerwani p. 2 [Khastara 887828].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.893) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Angkatan Bersendjata (1966) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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