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Angkatan Bersendjata, 25 Mei 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 25 May 1966

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Angkatan Bersendjata, 25 Mei 1966. Curiosity item in 'Bung Piket': 'Rosni (Gerwani)', a woman who 'went adventuring with Gestapu PKI', reports meeting a red long-haired creature on Mount Tandikat; a job ad requires 'no indication with Gestapu/PKI'.

Angkatan Bersendjata, 25 Mei 1966. Item aneh di 'Bung Piket': 'Rosni (Gerwani)', perempuan yang 'berpetualang bersama Gestapu PKI', mengaku bertemu makhluk merah berambut panjang di Gunung Tandikat; iklan kerja mensyaratkan 'tidak ada indikasi Gestapu/PKI'.

People

Rosni

Organisations

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

Places

Padang PariamanTandikat

Topics

propaganda and mediaLubang Buaya and sexual slander

Tags

screening and loyalty oaths

Details

Date
1966-05-25
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 25). Angkatan Bersendjata [Edisi Pusat], No. 295, 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 (1966-05-25) - issue, Gerwani p. 3 [Khastara 887828].pdf
OCR / text
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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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