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Angkatan Bersendjata, 31 Januari 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 31 January 1966

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Angkatan Bersendjata, 31 Jan 1966. The 'Pos Piket' column jokes about 'kuntilanak GERWANI'; also a 'confession' by Partindo official Waridjan and railway police seizure of 'a suitcase of human hair'.

Angkatan Bersendjata, 31 Januari 1966. Kolom 'Pos Piket' bergurau tentang 'kuntilanak GERWANI'; juga 'pengakuan' pejabat Partindo Waridjan dan penyitaan 'sekoper rambut manusia' oleh polisi kereta api.

People

WaridjanSukarno

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)PartindoNahdlatul Ulama

Places

SemarangPatiPesisir SelatanKlungkung

Events

Army press sexual slander campaign against Gerwani

Topics

Lubang Buaya and sexual slanderpropaganda and mediaarrests and detention

Tags

sexual slanderforced confessionsatrocity rumours

Details

Date
1966-01-31
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 31). Angkatan Bersendjata, No. 305 [as printed], 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 (1966-01-31) - issue, Gerwani p. 3 [Khastara 887828].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.904) · 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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