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Berita Yudha, 18 November 1966: 'Tokoh Gerwani dan CC PKI Pusat segera ke Mahmillub'

Berita Yudha, 18 November 1966: Gerwani figure and PKI Central Committee soon to Mahmillub

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Berita Yudha, 18 November 1966: 'Tokoh Gerwani dan CC PKI Pusat segera ke Mahmillub'. Boxed report that Kodam Sriwijaya commander Makmun Murod will send the case file of Soewardiningsih, a Gerwani figure, to the Mahmillub.

Berita Yudha, 18 November 1966: 'Tokoh Gerwani dan CC PKI Pusat segera ke Mahmillub'. Berita kotak bahwa Pangdam Sriwijaya Makmun Murod akan mengirim berkas Soewardiningsih, tokoh Gerwani, ke Mahmillub.

People

SuwardiningsihMakmun Murod

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Sriwijaya Military Command (South Sumatra)Communist Party of Indonesia

Places

KotabumiLampung

Topics

trials (Mahmillub)arrests and detentionpropaganda and media

Details

Date
1966-11-18
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 (National Library of Indonesia digital collection), free PDF; Khastara catalogue id 888057 (Berita Yudha series) 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. (1966, November 18). Berita Yudha (Edisi Pusat), Th. II, No. 276 [Newspaper issue, 4 pp.]. Jakarta.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Berita Yudha (1965-1966) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)/Berita Yudha (1966-11-18) - issue, Gerwani p. 1, 3 [Khastara 888057].pdf
OCR / text
Fair (0.873) · 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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