Joys and sorrows of Indonesia in the past year
Indische Courant voor Nederland, 7 Jan 1953, p. 3: year-in-review chronology for 1952 (selected entries translated). Mentions the August 1951 raids, the 17 October 1952 affair, release of East Java arrestees on 30 Oct, a goodwill mission to Kahar Muzakkar under Mrs Salawati (8 Apr), and Aidit and Njoto refused entry to the Netherlands.
Indische Courant voor Nederland, 7 Jan 1953, hlm. 3: kronik ikhtisar tahun 1952 (entri terpilih diterjemahkan). Menyebut razia Agustus 1951, peristiwa 17 Oktober 1952, pembebasan tahanan Jawa Timur 30 Okt, misi itikad baik ke Kahar Muzakkar di bawah Nyonya Salawati (8 Apr), dan Aidit serta Njoto ditolak masuk Belanda.
“'The goodwill mission to Kahar Muzakkar under Mrs Salawati returns to Makassar without result.' (8 April entry, p.3)”
Java-Bode, 31 Dec 1952, p. 3: year-in-review chronology April-July 1952 (Wilopo cabinet, Sobsi strike, Westerling, SOB lifting, NU leaving Masjumi). Only Gerwani-adjacent entry: on 8 April the goodwill mission to Kahar Muzakkar under Mrs Salawati returned to Makassar without result.
shared: Indonesian National Armed Forces, Masyumi, Nahdlatul Ulama, Salawati Daud
USIA Research and Reference Service report R-158-65 (November 1965), a chronology of the anti-Communist campaign in Indonesia, 1-20 October 1965, built on Indonesian and foreign radio and press. Gerwani entries: Suharto's 4 Oct TV statement linking the generals' murders to Pemuda Rakjat and Gerwani training grounds; NU
shared: Indonesian National Armed Forces, Nahdlatul Ulama, D.N. Aidit, Njoto
PhD dissertation in History (UCLA, 2014) by Dahlia Gratia Setiyawan on U.S. anti-communist operations and the 1965-66 purge in Surabaya. Gerwani appears in context: as the PKI's women's affiliate (ch. 1), through the Surabaya women's coalition GOWS in the 27 September 1965 Grahadi demonstration (ch. 4), and in the Army
shared: Indonesian National Armed Forces, Masyumi, Nahdlatul Ulama, D.N. Aidit
Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1956-03-02, p. 2): list of PKI candidates by electoral district across East Java, Central Java, West Java, Greater Jakarta and Sumatra. It includes women: Umi Sardjono (Mrs. Sukisman), Suharti Suwarto (Solo), Mudigdio (Siti Aminah Mochsjam, Jakarta), Sundari Abdulrachman (Semarang), Salawati D
shared: D.N. Aidit, Salawati Daud, Njoto, East Java
Journal article by Reuven Kahane (Contributions to Asian Studies, vol. 5, 1974) giving a structural-sociological explanation of the 1965 coup and army dominance in Indonesia: religious-class polarisation, failing Sukarno-era control mechanisms, and the army's rise. Gerwani appears only in a footnote listing PKI-affilia
shared: Indonesian National Armed Forces, Masyumi, Nahdlatul Ulama, D.N. Aidit
Government reference almanac issued by the Department of Information (Departemen Penerangan), June 1961, on the institutions of Guided Democracy: MPRS, DPR-GR, DPAS, Depernas, Bapekan, Front Nasional and recognised parties, with decrees, membership lists and party statutes. Gerwani appears only once, as the women's del
shared: Nahdlatul Ulama, D.N. Aidit, Salawati Daud, Njoto
C. van Dijk, Rebellion under the Banner of Islam: The Darul Islam in Indonesia (KITLV/Martinus Nijhoff, 1981), a political history of the Darul Islam risings in West and Central Java, South Sulawesi, South Kalimantan and Aceh, and of why people joined them. It never mentions Gerwani. Its relevance is biographical: Mrs
shared: Masyumi, Salawati Daud, Kahar Muzakkar, Makassar
Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (22 Aug 1951, p.2): a defence ministry spokesman says the report of Mrs Salawati Daud visiting South Sulawesi's interior to contact Kahar Muzakar should not suggest renewed negotiations; Kahar acted for his own benefit. A mass meeting of parties at the governor's residence in Makassar leaves
shared: Indonesian National Armed Forces, Salawati Daud, Kahar Muzakkar, Makassar