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Angkatan Bersendjata, 17 Januari 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 17 January 1966

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Angkatan Bersendjata, 17 Jan 1966. Semarang report on the death of Karyono Purbominoto (alleged Pati 'Dewan Revolusi' designer) noting his wife Marsih, village head and 'pentolan Gerwani', remains at large; KAMI protests.

Angkatan Bersendjata, 17 Januari 1966. Laporan Semarang tentang kematian Karyono Purbominoto (diduga perancang 'Dewan Revolusi' Pati) yang mencatat istrinya Marsih, kepala desa dan 'pentolan Gerwani', masih buron; protes KAMI.

People

Karyono PurbominotoMarsihSukarno

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Indonesian Students' Action FrontIndonesian National Armed Forces

Places

SemarangPati

Topics

arrests and detentionpropaganda and media1965 coup and aftermath

Details

Date
1966-01-17
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 digital collection (free PDF; catalogue id 887828 in file name), Angkatan Bersendjata 1966 run; downloaded 2026-10-15/16 via the Claude desktop browser. Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
Citation (APA)
Angkatan Bersendjata. (1966, January 17). Angkatan Bersendjata, No. 295, Th. ke-I, pp. I–IV. Jakarta: Staf Angkatan Bersendjata.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Angkatan Bersendjata (1966) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)/Angkatan Bersendjata (1966-01-17) - issue, Gerwani p. 2 [Khastara 887828].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.883) · 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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