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Djakarta zag gruwelijke tv-film over opgraving lijken van generaals (Jakarta saw gruesome TV film of the exhumation of the generals' bodies)
Jakarta saw gruesome TV film of exhumation of generals' bodies
Twentsch Dagblad Tubantia (7 Oct 1965): Jakarta TV shows exhumation of the generals' mutilated bodies from the Lubang Buaya well; Suharto says they were found near the air-force base where Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani volunteers were trained, citing an arrested female volunteer from Cirebon. Also the generals' funeral and Nasution's call against revenge. Early press version of the Gerwani–Lubang Buaya link.
Twentsch Dagblad Tubantia (7 Okt 1965): TV Jakarta menayangkan penggalian jenazah para jenderal yang termutilasi dari sumur Lubang Buaya; Suharto menyatakan jenazah ditemukan dekat pangkalan udara tempat sukarelawan Pemuda Rakyat dan Gerwani dilatih, mengutip seorang sukarelawati yang ditangkap di Cirebon. Juga pemakaman jenderal dan seruan Nasution agar tak membalas dendam. Versi awal pers tentang kaitan Gerwani–Lubang Buaya.
“p.1: the bodies 'had been found close to the base where the air force trained volunteers of the communist movements Pemoeda Rakjat (for the men) and Gerwani (for the women).'”
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