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Berita Yudha, 7 Februari 1966

Berita Yudha, 7 February 1966

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Berita Yudha, 7 Februari 1966. Boxed Antara report: BTI member Suradijo, called an 'executioner of Lubang Buaya', shot dead while 'escaping'; his reported confession involves Gerwani members stabbing the generals.

Berita Yudha, 7 Februari 1966. Berita kotak Antara: anggota BTI Suradijo, disebut 'algojo Lubang Buaya', ditembak mati saat 'melarikan diri'; 'pengakuannya' melibatkan anggota Gerwani menusuk para jenderal.

People

SuradijoS. Parman

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Indonesian Peasants' Front

Places

YogyakartaKulon ProgoWatesLubang Buaya

Events

Army press sexual slander campaign against Gerwani

Topics

Lubang Buaya and sexual slanderkillings 1965–66propaganda and media

Tags

atrocity rumoursnews brief

Details

Date
1966-02-07
Creator
Berita Yudha
Publication
Berita Yudha
Document type
newspaper issue (Newspaper issue (army daily), 4 pages, scanned PDF)
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
Perpustakaan Nasional RI, Khastara digital collection (free PDF; catalogue id 888057 in file name, Berita Yudha 1965-1966 series), downloaded 2026-10-15/16 via the Claude desktop browser. Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
Citation (APA)
Berita Yudha. (1966, February 7). [Issue No. 355, Th. I, 4 pp.; includes "Pembunuh Pahlawan Revolusi Djenderal S. Parman tewas tertembak!" (p. 1) and "'Tjalon Gubernur Sulawesi Selatan' tertangkap di Kramat Djati" (p. 2)]. Berita Yudha (Jakarta). Perpustakaan Nasional RI, Khastara digital collection (888057).
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Berita Yudha (1965-1966) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)/Berita Yudha (1966-02-07) - issue, Gerwani p. 1, 2 [Khastara 888057].pdf
OCR / text
Fair (0.878) · proof-reading: key passages (Claude, Oct 2026) · 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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