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Army plans to kill P.K.I. for ever (The Scotsman, 8 Desember 1965)
Army plans to kill P.K.I. for ever (The Scotsman, 8 December 1965)
The Scotsman, 8 Dec 1965, Dennis Bloodworth, 'Army plans to kill PKI for ever': Suharto and Nasution press to destroy the PKI while Sukarno refuses to ban it; the article analyses the PKI's miscalculations. It repeats the slander that six generals were mutilated by 'doe-eyed girls' of the PKI's 'Gerwani' women's movement and that Communist youths danced and sang around officers at Halim before they died.
The Scotsman, 8 Des 1965, Dennis Bloodworth, 'Army plans to kill PKI for ever': Suharto dan Nasution mendorong penghancuran PKI sementara Sukarno menolak melarangnya; artikel menganalisis salah hitung PKI. Mengulang fitnah bahwa enam jenderal dimutilasi 'gadis bermata rusa' dari gerakan perempuan 'Gerwani' milik PKI dan pemuda komunis menari dan bernyanyi di sekitar para perwira di Halim sebelum mereka tewas.
“Six leading generals were done to death, horribly mutilated by doe-eyed girls of the Indonesian Communist Party's 'Gerwani' women's movement, and their bodies were pitched into a well. (p.1)”
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