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Angkatan Bersendjata, 2 Mei 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 2 May 1966

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Angkatan Bersendjata, 2 Mei 1966. Final instalment of a series on ex-Bali governor Sutedja lists PKI 'military training centres' in Bali, among them a Gerwani centre led by Nyonya Gede Puger, with trainers 'presumably graduates of Lubang Buaya'.

Angkatan Bersendjata, 2 Mei 1966. Bagian akhir seri tentang bekas gubernur Bali Sutedja mendaftar 'pusat latihan militer' PKI di Bali, termasuk pusat Gerwani pimpinan Nyonya Gede Puger, dengan pelatih 'diduga lulusan Lubang Buaya'.

People

SutedjaGede Puger

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Communist Party of IndonesiaIndonesian National Armed Forces

Places

BaliLubang Buaya

Topics

Lubang Buaya and sexual slanderpropaganda and media1965 coup and aftermath

Details

Date
1966-05-02
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
1965–1966
Source archive
Perpusnas Khastara | (catalog https://khastara.perpusnas.go.id/koleksi-digital/detail/?catId=887828) · source link
Access
Perpusnas Khastara (free PDF; catalogue id 887828 in 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 Bersendjata. (1966, May 2). Angkatan Bersendjata [Edisi Pusat], No. 275, Th. ke-II, pp. I–IV. Jakarta: Jajasan „Ubaja Çakti".
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Angkatan Bersendjata (1966) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)/Angkatan Bersendjata (1966-05-02) - issue, Gerwani p. 1 [Khastara 887828].pdf
OCR / text
Fair (0.879) · 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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