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Sinar Harapan, 6 Desember 1966: 'Malam Teror Fajar Harapan' (V)

Sinar Harapan, 6 Dec 1966: 'Night of Terror, Dawn of Hope' (V), Clarence Hall serial

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Sinar Harapan, 6 Desember 1966: 'Malam Teror Fajar Harapan' (V). Serial translation of Clarence Hall's 'Indonesia: Night of Terror, Dawn of Hope' ends with the claim that the kidnapped generals were 'handed over to about 100 screaming Gerwani members'; also an essay on education as protection against betrayal.

Sinar Harapan, 6 Desember 1966: 'Malam Teror Fajar Harapan' (V). Terjemahan bersambung tulisan Clarence Hall 'Indonesia: Night of Terror, Dawn of Hope' berakhir dengan klaim para jenderal 'diserahkan kepada sekitar 100 anggota Gerwani yang berteriak-teriak'; juga esai pendidikan sebagai perlindungan dari pengkhianatan.

People

Clarence W. HallUntungSuharto

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Communist Party of Indonesia

Places

Lubang BuayaJakarta

Events

Army press sexual slander campaign against GerwaniExhumation at Lubang Buaya and generals' funeral

Topics

Lubang Buaya and sexual slanderUSA and UKpropaganda and mediaeducation and literacy

Tags

sexual slanderserialatrocity rumourstranslation

Details

Date
1966-12-06
Creator
Sinar Harapan
Publication
Sinar Harapan
Document type
newspaper issue (Newspaper issue (Jakarta Protestant daily), 4 pages)
Language
Indonesian (old spelling)
Perspective
Indonesian mainstream/other press
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1965–1966
Source archive
Perpusnas Khastara | (catalog https://khastara.perpusnas.go.id/koleksi-digital/detail/?catId=384639) · source link
Access
Perpusnas Khastara digital collection (free PDF; catalogue id 384639 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)
Sinar Harapan. (1966, December 6). Sinar Harapan [Daily, Edisi Pusat], pp. I–IV. Jakarta: PT Sinar Kasih.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Sinar Harapan (1966) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)/Sinar Harapan (1966-12-06) - issue, Gerwani p. 3 [Khastara 384639].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.888) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Sinar Harapan (1966) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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