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Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata, Intisari Berita, 27 November 1965

Armed Forces Information Centre, Intisari Berita, 27 November 1965: Klaten training claims and 'razored Heroes' allusion

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Armed Forces Information Centre bulletin, 27 November 1965. Serial 'Mengikuti Operasi RPKAD' says the PKI in Klaten held training for Gerwani, PR and BTI, and insists its claims are as true as 'the Gerwani who razored our Heroes of the Revolution'.

Buletin Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersenjata, 27 November 1965. Serial 'Mengikuti Operasi RPKAD' menyebut PKI di Klaten mengadakan latihan untuk Gerwani, PR, dan BTI, dan menegaskan klaimnya sebenar 'Gerwani yang menyilet Pahlawan Revolusi'.

People

Sarwo Edhie Wibowo

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Army Para-Commando RegimentPeople's YouthIndonesian Peasants' Front

Places

KlatenCentral Java

Events

Army press sexual slander campaign against Gerwani

Topics

Lubang Buaya and sexual slanderpropaganda and mediakillings 1965–66

Tags

army in politicssexual slandermilitary trainingscapegoating

Details

Date
1965-11-27
Creator
Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata
Publication
Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata
Document type
newspaper issue (Newspaper issue (army daily news bulletin, stencilled typescript))
Language
Indonesian (old spelling)
Perspective
Indonesian army/New Order voice
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1965–1966
Source archive
Perpusnas Khastara | (file Pusat_Pemberitaan_Angkatan_Bersendjata_1965_11_27_001.pdf) · source link
Access
Perpusnas Khastara (Perpustakaan Nasional RI digital collection; free PDF, catalogue id 420441 in the file name); downloaded 2026-10-15/16 via the Claude desktop browser. Scan bears Perpusnas watermark and a 'Perpustakaan Museum Pusat Dept. P.D.&K.' stamp. Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
Citation (APA)
Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata. (1965, November 27). Intisari berita [News digest] (Edisi Pagi, No. 158/Th.I/1965). Ditpen S.A.B. Perpustakaan Nasional RI, Khastara 420441.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata (1965) - army news bulletins mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)/Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata (1965-11-27) - issue, Gerwani p. 13 [Khastara 420441].pdf
OCR / text
Poor (0.589) · proof-reading: key passages (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata (1965) - army news bulletins mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)
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