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Angkatan Bersendjata, 14 September 1966

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Angkatan Bersendjata, 14 September 1966. 'Bung Piket' part 8 says the PKI imposed its will 'through PR or its Gerwani' with 'devilish' slander tactics; a KAPPI brigade is named after Ade Irma Suryani Nasution.

Angkatan Bersendjata, 14 September 1966. 'Bung Piket' bagian 8 menyatakan PKI memaksakan kehendak 'lewat PR atau Gerwaninya' dengan taktik fitnah 'iblis'; sebuah brigade KAPPI dinamai Ade Irma Suryani Nasution.

People

Ade Irma Suryani Nasution

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Communist Party of IndonesiaPeople's YouthIndonesian Youth and Students' Action Front

Places

Kebayoran Baru

Topics

propaganda and media1965 coup and aftermath

Tags

sexual slanderatrocity rumours

Details

Date
1966-09-14
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
Perpustakaan Nasional RI, Khastara digital collection (free PDF; catalogue id 887828 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 Bersendjata. (1966, September 14). [Issue No. 385, Year II, pp. I–IV]. Jakarta: Angkatan Bersendjata.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Angkatan Bersendjata (1966) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)/Angkatan Bersendjata (1966-09-14) - issue, Gerwani p. 2 [Khastara 887828].pdf
OCR / text
Fair (0.867) · 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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