GA-01704 1965-12-22 relevance A public
Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata, Intisari Berita, 22 Desember 1965 (Hari Ibu)
Armed Forces Information Centre, Intisari Berita, 22 December 1965 (Hari Ibu): four more Gerwani girls arrested
Armed Forces Information Centre bulletin, 22 Desember 1965 (Hari Ibu). 'Komdak VII Djaya ringkus 4 Gerwani lagi': four Gerwani girls aged 14–27 whose 'confession' describes recruitment by a neighbourhood head, firearms training at Lubang Buaya in July 1965, a public-kitchen night and witnessing the torture of bound people.
Buletin Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersenjata, 22 Desember 1965 (Hari Ibu). 'Komdak VII Jaya ringkus 4 Gerwani lagi': empat gadis Gerwani berusia 14–27 tahun yang 'pengakuannya' menggambarkan perekrutan oleh ketua RT, latihan senjata di Lubang Buaya Juli 1965, malam dapur umum, dan menyaksikan penyiksaan orang terikat.
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- 1965-12-22
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- Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata
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- Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata
- Document type
- newspaper issue (Newspaper issue (army daily) – mimeographed armed-forces news bulletin ('Intisari Berita'), morning edition)
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- Indonesian (old spelling)
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- Indonesian army/New Order voice
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- primary
- Country
- Indonesia
- Period
- 1965–1966
- Source archive
- Perpusnas Khastara | (file Pusat_Pemberitaan_Angkatan_Bersendjata_1965_12_22_001.pdf) · source link
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- Perpusnas Khastara (Perpustakaan Nasional RI digital collection), free PDF, catalogue ID 420441 (in file name); downloaded 2026-10-15/16 via the Claude desktop browser. Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
- Citation (APA)
- Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata [Armed Forces Information Centre]. (1965, December 22). Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata (Information Centre) (Edisi Pagi, Intisari Berita No. 179/Th. I/1965) [Mimeographed news bulletin]. Djakarta. Perpusnas Khastara, ID 420441.
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- 01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata (1965) - army news bulletins mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)/Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata (1965-12-22) - issue, Gerwani p. 15 [Khastara 420441].pdf
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- Fair (0.758) · proof-reading: key passages (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: not needed
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- 01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata (1965) - army news bulletins mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)
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- condensed from full annotation
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