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Suara Merdeka, 14 Oktober 1965, hlm. 1

Suara Merdeka, 14 Oct 1965, p. 1: capture of Untung; RPKAD operations at Lubang Buaya

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Suara Merdeka (Semarang), 14 Oktober 1965, hlm. 1. Lead on the capture of ex-Lt. Col. Untung near Tegal and RPKAD operations including 'securing' Battalion 454 at Lubang Buaya on 2 Oct and exhumation on 3–4 Oct.

Suara Merdeka (Semarang), 14 Oktober 1965, hlm. 1. Berita utama penangkapan eks Letkol Untung dekat Tegal dan operasi RPKAD termasuk 'pengamanan' Batalyon 454 di Lubang Buaya 2 Oktober dan penggalian 3–4 Oktober.

People

UntungSuhartoSarwo Edhie Wibowo

Organisations

Army Para-Commando RegimentCivil Defence

Places

TegalLubang Buaya

Events

30 September MovementExhumation at Lubang Buaya and generals' funeral

Topics

1965 coup and aftermathpropaganda and media

Details

Date
1965-10-14
Creator
Suara Merdeka
Publication
Suara Merdeka
Document type
newspaper article (Newspaper page (Semarang daily, front page))
Language
Indonesian (old spelling)
Perspective
Indonesian mainstream/other press
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1965–1966
Source archive
Monumen Pers Nasional SIDAK · source link
Access
Monumen Pers Nasional, SIDAK digital newspaper archive (free; CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 per site; item id 74426 in the file name), downloaded 2026-10-15/16 via the Claude desktop browser. Freely viewable at source but reuse terms apply or are unrecorded: link to the source; host the file only after checking rights.
Citation (APA)
Suara Merdeka. (1965, October 14). Suara Merdeka [Harian Umum], Tahun XVI, No. 191, p. 1. Semarang: O.P.S. Pers.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Suara Merdeka (1965-1968) - pages mentioning Gerwani and Lubang Buaja (MPN SIDAK)/Suara Merdeka (1965-10-14) - p. 01, Lubang Buaja hit [MPN SIDAK 74426].jpg
OCR / text
Fair (0.842) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Suara Merdeka (1965-1968) - pages mentioning Gerwani and Lubang Buaja (MPN SIDAK)
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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