GA-00219 1966-10-02 relevance A public
Angkatan Bersendjata, 2 Oktober 1966 (edisi Mingguan)
Angkatan Bersendjata, 2 October 1966 (Weekly Edition)
Angkatan Bersendjata, 2 Oktober 1966 (edisi Mingguan). Sunday weekly edition continuing the army's 'Risalah singkat tragedi nasional' (p. 3), repeating that four officers were tortured 'by members of Pemuda Rakjat and GERWANI' before being thrown into the Lubang Buaya well.
Angkatan Bersendjata, 2 Oktober 1966 (edisi Mingguan). Edisi Mingguan yang melanjutkan 'Risalah singkat tragedi nasional' (hlm. 3), mengulang bahwa empat perwira disiksa 'oleh anggota Pemuda Rakjat dan GERWANI' sebelum dilempar ke sumur Lubang Buaya.
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- 1966-10-02
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- Angkatan Bersendjata
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- Angkatan Bersendjata
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- newspaper issue (Newspaper issue (army weekly, Sunday edition of Angkatan Bersendjata))
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- Indonesian (old spelling)
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- Indonesian army/New Order voice
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- primary
- Country
- Indonesia
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- 1965–1966
- Source archive
- Perpusnas Khastara | (catalog https://khastara.perpusnas.go.id/koleksi-digital/detail/?catId=887828) · source link
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- 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)
- Mingguan Angkatan Bersendjata. (1966, October 2). [Issue No. 35, Year II, pp. I–IV]. Jakarta: Angkatan Bersendjata.
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- 01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Angkatan Bersendjata (1966) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)/Angkatan Bersendjata (1966-10-02) - issue, Gerwani p. 3 [Khastara 887828].pdf
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- Good (0.893) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
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- 01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Angkatan Bersendjata (1966) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)
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- condensed from full annotation
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