GA-00234 1967-07-09 relevance A public
Angkatan Bersendjata, 9 Juli 1967 (edisi Mingguan)
Angkatan Bersendjata, 9 July 1967 (Weekly Edition)
Angkatan Bersendjata, 9 Juli 1967 (edisi Mingguan). Family column 'Jadilah seorang wanita yang baik' defines womanhood through motherhood and invokes 'how savage and cruel Gerwani women' were in torturing the generals, using the slander as a moral counterexample.
Angkatan Bersendjata, 9 Juli 1967 (edisi Mingguan). Rubrik keluarga 'Jadilah seorang wanita yang baik' mendefinisikan kewanitaan lewat keibuan dan menyebut 'betapa buas dan kejamnya wanita Gerwani' menganiaya para jenderal, memakai fitnah sebagai contoh moral negatif.
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- 1967-07-09
- Creator
- Angkatan Bersendjata
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- Angkatan Bersendjata
- Document type
- 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
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- Indonesia
- Period
- 1967–1979
- Source archive
- Perpusnas Khastara | (file Q665_Angkatan_Bersendjata_1967_07_09_Minggu_II_Th_III_No_74_001.pdf) · source link
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- Perpusnas Khastara (Perpustakaan Nasional RI 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)
- Mingguan Angkatan Bersendjata. (1967, July 9). Mingguan Angkatan Bersendjata [Weekly], No. 74, Th. III (Edisi Pusat), pp. I–IV. Jakarta: Jajasan Manggala Press.
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- 01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Angkatan Bersendjata (1967-1969) - issues mentioning Gerwani, Sulami, Sudjinah (Perpusnas Khastara)/Angkatan Bersendjata (1967-07-09) - issue, Gerwani p. 2 [Khastara 887828].pdf
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- Fair (0.858) · proof-reading: key passages (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: not needed
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- 01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Angkatan Bersendjata (1967-1969) - issues mentioning Gerwani, Sulami, Sudjinah (Perpusnas Khastara)
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- condensed from full annotation
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