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Berita Yudha, 18 Maret 1968

Berita Yudha, 18 March 1968

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Berita Yudha, 18 Maret 1968. Operation Sambar Raga in Surabaya (Jan–13 Mar 1968) arrested 79 members and leaders of CC PKI, SOBSI, Gerwani, Pemuda Rakyat and CGMI, alleged to be organised in a 'Tri Komando Kota'.

Berita Yudha, 18 Maret 1968. Operasi Sambar Raga di Surabaya (Januari–13 Maret 1968) menangkap 79 anggota dan pimpinan CC PKI, SOBSI, Gerwani, Pemuda Rakyat, dan CGMI, yang diduga terorganisir dalam 'Tri Komando Kota'.

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Korem 084Communist Party of IndonesiaAll-Indonesia Central Labour OrganisationPeople's YouthUnified Movement of Indonesian Students

Places

SurabayaEast Java

Topics

arrests and detentionNew Orderpropaganda and media

Details

Date
1968-03-18
Creator
Berita Yudha
Publication
Berita Yudha
Document type
newspaper issue (Newspaper issue (army daily, Berita Yudha))
Language
Indonesian (old spelling)
Perspective
Indonesian army/New Order voice
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1967–1979
Source archive
Perpusnas Khastara | (file Q655_Berita_Yudha_1968_03_18_Th_IV_No_37_001.pdf) · source link
Access
Perpusnas Khastara (Perpustakaan Nasional RI 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 [Harian Umum, Edisi Pusat]. (1968, March 18). No. 37, Th. IV [Newspaper issue, 4 pp.]. Jakarta. Perpusnas Khastara 888057.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Berita Yudha (1968) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)/Berita Yudha (1968-03-18) - issue, Gerwani p. 1 [Khastara 888057].pdf
OCR / text
Fair (0.847) · proof-reading: key passages (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Berita Yudha (1968) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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