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Angkatan Bersendjata, 18 Juni 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 18 June 1966

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Angkatan Bersendjata, 18 Juni 1966. Front-page editorial welcoming KODAM Jaya's ban on Partindo members at MPRS, arguing Partindo drew its members from the PKI, SOBSI, BTI, Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani; Suharto warns against the 'Lubang Buaya trap'.

Angkatan Bersendjata, 18 Juni 1966. Tajuk halaman depan menyambut larangan KODAM Jaya terhadap anggota Partindo di sidang MPRS, dengan alasan Partindo berisi massa PKI, SOBSI, BTI, Pemuda Rakyat, dan Gerwani; Suharto memperingatkan 'jebakan Lubang Buaya'.

People

Suharto

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)PartindoCommunist Party of IndonesiaAll-Indonesia Central Labour OrganisationIndonesian Peasants' FrontPeople's YouthProvisional People's Consultative Assembly

Places

Jakarta

Topics

propaganda and mediaPKINew Order

Tags

editorialatrocity rumours

Details

Date
1966-06-18
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
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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, June 18). Angkatan Bersendjata [Edisi Pusat], No. 315, Th. ke-II, pp. I–IV. Jakarta: Jajasan „Ubaja Çakti".
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01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Angkatan Bersendjata (1966) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)/Angkatan Bersendjata (1966-06-18) - issue, Gerwani p. 1 [Khastara 887828].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.884) · 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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