GA-00198 1966-01-30 relevance A public
Angkatan Bersendjata (Mingguan), 30 Januari 1966
Angkatan Bersendjata (Weekly), 30 January 1966
Angkatan Bersendjata Sunday edition, 30 Jan 1966. Includes the soldiers' joke 'Gerwani Phobi' equating Gerwani with a kuntilanak who 'snatches' genitals, an early instance of the sexual slander; plus Nasution's daughter posed with an RPKAD rifle.
Angkatan Bersendjata edisi Minggu, 30 Januari 1966. Memuat lelucon 'Gerwani Phobi' yang menyamakan Gerwani dengan kuntilanak yang 'mengambil' kelamin, contoh awal fitnah seksual; juga putri Nasution berpose dengan senapan RPKAD.
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- 1966-01-30
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- Angkatan Bersendjata
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- Angkatan Bersendjata
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- newspaper issue (Newspaper issue (army daily, Sunday edition "Mingguan Angkatan Bersendjata"))
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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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- 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 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)
- Mingguan Angkatan Bersendjata. (1966, January 30). Mingguan Angkatan Bersendjata [Sunday edition of Angkatan Bersendjata], No. 305, Th. ke-I, pp. I–IV. Jakarta: Staf Angkatan Bersendjata.
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- 01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Angkatan Bersendjata (1966) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)/Angkatan Bersendjata (1966-01-30) - issue, Gerwani p. 2 [Khastara 887828].pdf
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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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