GA-00225 1966-10-29 relevance B public
Angkatan Bersendjata, 29 Oktober 1966
Angkatan Bersendjata, 29 October 1966
Angkatan Bersendjata, 29 Oktober 1966. Satirical column where a visitor must declare whether he took part in 'Lubang Buaya training'; the mention of Gerwani reflects the pervasive loyalty-screening culture.
Angkatan Bersendjata, 29 Oktober 1966. Kolom satire saat seorang tamu harus menyatakan apakah ikut 'latihan Lubang Buaya'; penyebutan Gerwani mencerminkan budaya penyaringan kesetiaan yang meluas.
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- Date
- 1966-10-29
- 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 digital collection (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 Bersenjata. (1966, October 29). Angkatan Bersenjata [Army daily newspaper, Edisi Pusat], 2(425), 1–4. Jakarta: Yayasan "Manggala" Press.
- File
- 01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Angkatan Bersendjata (1966) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)/Angkatan Bersendjata (1966-10-29) - issue, Gerwani p. 2 [Khastara 887828].pdf
- OCR / text
- Fair (0.871) · 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)
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- condensed from full annotation
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