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Berita Yudha, 30 November 1965

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Berita Yudha, 30 November 1965. Antara story that 'executioners of Lubang Buaya' interrogated in Bandung, including 19-year-old Sujati alias Jossy, 'confessed' Aidit promised a 'Golden Horse Star' for killing the generals.

Berita Yudha, 30 November 1965. Berita Antara bahwa 'algojo Lubang Buaya' yang diinterogasi di Bandung, termasuk Sujati alias Jossy (19 tahun), 'mengaku' Aidit menjanjikan 'Bintang Kuda Emas' bagi pembunuh jenderal.

People

SujatiD.N. Aidit

Organisations

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

Places

BandungLubang Buaya

Events

Army press sexual slander campaign against Gerwani

Topics

Lubang Buaya and sexual slanderpropaganda and mediaeducation and literacy

Tags

forced confessionsatrocity rumours

Details

Date
1965-11-30
Creator
Berita Yudha
Publication
Berita Yudha
Document type
newspaper issue (Newspaper issue (army daily), 4 pages)
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 digital collection (free PDF; catalogue id 888057 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, November 30). [Issue No. 291, Th. I, pp. I–IV; includes "Di Lobang Buaja gadis Julie djadi korban PR", "Idjazah 'Lobang Buaja'" and "Usaha² PKI utk. selimuti tudjuannja dibidang pendidikan", p. II]. Berita Yudha (Jakarta). Perpusnas Khastara (888057).
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Berita Yudha (1965-1966) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)/Berita Yudha (1965-11-30) - issue, Gerwani p. 2 [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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