GA-00194 1966-01-14 relevance A public
Angkatan Bersendjata, 14 Januari 1966: 'Pertempuran setengah jam di Lubang Buaja'
Angkatan Bersendjata, 14 January 1966: 'Half-Hour Battle at Lubang Buaya'
Angkatan Bersendjata, 14 Jan 1966. Feature from Soetiman's 17 Dec 1965 statement: Gerwani and Pemuda Rakyat 'warmly welcomed' Yani's body and fought a half-hour battle on 2 October. Gerwani militarised but no mutilation or sexual element yet.
Angkatan Bersendjata, 14 Januari 1966. Fitur dari pernyataan Soetiman 17 Desember 1965: Gerwani dan Pemuda Rakyat 'menyambut hangat' jenazah Yani dan bertempur setengah jam pada 2 Oktober. Gerwani digambarkan militer tetapi belum ada mutilasi atau unsur seksual.
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- 1966-01-14
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- Angkatan Bersendjata
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- Angkatan Bersendjata
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- newspaper issue (Newspaper issue (army daily))
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- Indonesian (old spelling)
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- Indonesian army/New Order voice
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- primary
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- Indonesia
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- 1950–1954
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- Perpusnas Khastara | (catalog https://khastara.perpusnas.go.id/koleksi-digital/detail/?catId=887828) · source link
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- 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 14). Angkatan Bersendjata [Daily newspaper], No. 291, 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 (1966-01-14) - issue, Gerwani p. 3 [Khastara 887828].pdf
- OCR / text
- Good (0.903) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
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- 01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Angkatan Bersendjata (1966) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)
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- condensed from full annotation
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