South China Morning Post, 26 Nov 1975, p.22, Kenneth Whiting (AP), 'Indonesia: a fresh start': ten-year retrospective on the 1965 coup and 'bloodbath' (about 300,000 killed, 100,000 jailed, 20,000 political detainees still held), with oil-led economic recovery. A short passage says women were killed if believed to be party activists; sarongs were stripped and a small 'g' symbol of the communist women's wing on the right thigh meant being slashed to death; girls under 16 were usually spared. Gerwani is not named.
South China Morning Post, 26 Nov 1975, hlm. 22, Kenneth Whiting (AP), 'Indonesia: a fresh start': tinjauan sepuluh tahun peristiwa 1965 dan 'pertumpahan darah' (sekitar 300.000 tewas, 100.000 dipenjara, 20.000 tahanan politik masih ditahan), dengan pemulihan ekonomi berbasis minyak. Satu bagian menyebut perempuan dibunuh jika dianggap aktivis partai; sarung dilucuti dan simbol 'g' kecil sayap perempuan komunis di paha kanan berarti ditebas sampai mati; gadis di bawah 16 tahun umumnya dibiarkan. Gerwani tidak disebut.
“'If a small "g" symbol of the communist women's wing was found on their upper right thigh, they were slashed to death along with the men.'”
Jan Bezemer's long Trouw weekend feature (30 Sep 1995) on the unresolved 1965 trauma. Covers the 30 September events, Suharto's role, US encouragement, massacres (Gatot's trial testimony) and the smear campaign against Gerwani. Draws on Saskia Wieringa's doctoral research: Gerwani was blamed for mutilating the generals
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Tribune (Sydney), 21 Jan 1970, p. 8: extract from Hong Kong's Eastern Horizon of letters by an Indonesian writing as 'Barbro Karabuda' on the 1965-66 massacre and prisoners (official 86,000 detainees; torture; Army extortion). The writer finds Tanti Aidit in Bukit Duri women's prison in Jakarta with Aidit's mother-in-l
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Tribune (Sydney), 21 Jan 1970, p. 8: extract from Hong Kong's Eastern Horizon of letters by an Indonesian writing as 'Barbro Karabuda' on the 1965-66 massacre and prisoners (official 86,000 detainees; torture; Army extortion). The writer finds Tanti Aidit in Bukit Duri women's prison in Jakarta with Aidit's mother-in-l
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The Guardian (Weekend Guardian), 8 Sept 1990, p.A4, John Gittings, 'The black hole of Bali': long feature on the 1965 massacre (250,000 or more killed), how the killings were organised by the army under Suharto, the Aidit/PKI role, the US list of communists (Martens/Kadane) and US encouragement, survivors ('Tapols') an
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Pravda (Nov/Dec 1990, No. 303) archive.org OCR excerpt of V. Shurygin's retrospective 'Indonesia: strokes to a tragedy of 35 years ago'. Lists Gerwani among PKI-affiliated mass organisations, cites up to 500,000 killed, notes slander turned opinion against communists, and says ~50,000 of 1.4 million ex-prisoners may vo
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Pravda, 30 Oct 1990, p. 5: full page with V. Shurygin's (Pravda-TASS) article 'Indonesia: strokes to a tragedy of 35 years ago', a Soviet correspondent's retrospective on the 1965 coup, Sukarno's choice at Halim, up to 500,000 communists killed, and slander-driven anti-communist propaganda. Gerwani appears once, listed
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Daily World, 8 July 1969, p. 10: William J. Pomeroy (London) and the Foreign Department on British 'withdrawal' from bases in Singapore and Malaysia, and on Indonesia's opening to foreign capital after the 1967 investment law and the 1965 massacre of up to 566,000 Communists. Lists US oil firms and banks returning and
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Hermawan Sulistyo's 1997 Arizona State history PhD, 'The Forgotten Years', studies the 1965-66 killings in Jombang-Kediri, East Java, from interviews and documents, finding no single national pattern and stressing local conflict and military-backed operations. Gerwani appears in passing: its claimed 1.75 million member
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