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Berita Yudha, 21 Oktober 1965

Berita Yudha, 21 October 1965

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Berita Yudha, 21 Oktober 1965. Army information chief alleges 'Gerwani Semarang' ran a public kitchen for 3,000 at the time of the 'coup'; further reports on the fate of Gerwani and the women's federation.

Berita Yudha, 21 Oktober 1965. Wakil kepala penerangan Angkatan Darat menuduh 'Gerwani Semarang' membuka dapur umum untuk 3.000 orang saat 'kudeta'; laporan lain tentang nasib Gerwani dan federasi perempuan.

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Indonesian Women's CongressCommunist Party of Indonesia

Places

Semarang

Events

Army press sexual slander campaign against Gerwani

Topics

propaganda and media1965 coup and aftermatharrests and detention

Details

Date
1965-10-21
Creator
Berita Yudha
Publication
Berita Yudha
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=888057) · source link
Access
Perpusnas Khastara (Perpustakaan Nasional RI digital collection, khastara.perpusnas.go.id), free PDF, catalogue id 888057 (Berita Yudha 1965 run) 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)
Berita Yudha. (1965, October 21). Berita Yudha [Army-affiliated daily newspaper], 1(251), 1–4. Djakarta: J.K.K. Yudha Press.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Berita Yudha (1965-1966) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)/Berita Yudha (1965-10-21) - issue, Gerwani p. 1, 2, 3 [Khastara 888057].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.885) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Berita Yudha (1965-1966) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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