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Angkatan Bersendjata, 15 Februari 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 15 February 1966

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Angkatan Bersendjata, 15 Feb 1966, during Njono's Mahmillub trial. Security round-up 'Lagi-lagi Gerwani' reports arrests in Klungkung and Denpasar 'among them one Gerwani'; Aidit and the 'Revolutionary Council' testimony.

Angkatan Bersendjata, 15 Februari 1966, saat sidang Mahmillub Njono. Rangkuman keamanan 'Lagi-lagi Gerwani' memuat penangkapan di Klungkung dan Denpasar 'di antaranya seorang Gerwani'; kesaksian tentang Aidit dan 'Dewan Revolusi'.

People

NjonoD.N. AiditSugandhi

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Communist Party of Indonesia

Places

KlungkungDenpasarBaliMalang

Events

First Mahmillub trials (Njono, Untung)

Topics

trials (Mahmillub)arrests and detentionpropaganda and media

Tags

court testimony

Details

Date
1966-02-15
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 (Perpustakaan Nasional RI digital collection), free PDF, catalogue id 887828 (Angkatan Bersendjata 1966 run) as in the 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, February 15). Angkatan Bersendjata, No. 318, Th. ke-I, pp. I–IV. Jakarta: Staf Angkatan Bersenjata.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Angkatan Bersendjata (1966) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)/Angkatan Bersendjata (1966-02-15) - issue, Gerwani p. 2 [Khastara 887828].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.896) · 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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