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Angkatan Bersendjata, 5 Februari 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 5 February 1966

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Angkatan Bersendjata, 5 Feb 1966. Kodam Udayana round-up: 24 PKI/BTI arrests at Kupang, six 'Gerwani' escorted from Klungkung to Denpasar, and other detainees; Suharto on securing the revolution.

Angkatan Bersendjata, 5 Februari 1966. Rangkuman Kodam Udayana: 24 anggota PKI/BTI ditangkap di Kupang, enam 'Gerwani' dibawa dari Klungkung ke Denpasar, dan tahanan lain; Suharto soal pengamanan revolusi.

People

SuhartoA.H. Nasution

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Communist Party of IndonesiaIndonesian Peasants' FrontUdayana Military Command (Bali/Nusa Tenggara)

Places

KupangKlungkungDenpasarBali

Topics

arrests and detentionpropaganda and media1965 coup and aftermath

Details

Date
1966-02-05
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, February 5). Angkatan Bersendjata, No. 310, 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 (1966-02-05) - issue, Gerwani p. 2 [Khastara 887828].pdf
OCR / text
Fair (0.878) · proof-reading: key passages (Claude, Oct 2026) · 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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