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Kisah-Kisah Oktober, 1965

Tempo, 6 October 1984: Stories of October 1965

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Long Tempo feature (6 Oct 1984), New Order-era 'scattered stories' of 30 Sept-1 Oct 1965 told by witnesses: Catherine Panjaitan, Dewi Sukarno, Bambang Wijanarko, Mangil, Roeslan Abdulgani, Sugandhi, Salim Said, Syu'bah Asa. Frames events as a PKI coup and describes army/RRI takeover. Gerwani is not mentioned.

Fitur panjang Tempo (6 Okt 1984), 'kisah-kisah tercecer' 30 Sept-1 Okt 1965 dari para saksi era Orde Baru: Catherine Panjaitan, Dewi Sukarno, Bambang Wijanarko, Mangil, Roeslan Abdulgani, Sugandhi, Salim Said, Syu'bah Asa. Membingkai peristiwa sebagai kudeta PKI dan menggambarkan pengambilalihan RRI oleh tentara. Gerwani tidak disebut.

People

Catherine PanjaitanD.I. PandjaitanRatna Sari Dewi SukarnoSukarnoBambang WijanarkoMangil MartowidjojoRoeslan AbdulganiSugandhi KartosubrotoSalim SaidSyu'bah AsaSuhartoUntungA.H. NasutionOmar DhaniSarwo Edhie Wibowo

Organisations

Communist Party of IndonesiaCakrabirawa RegimentArmy Strategic Reserve CommandArmy Para-Commando RegimentRadio Republik IndonesiaGolkar30 September Movement

Places

JakartaHalim Perdanakusuma Air Force BaseBogorYogyakarta

Events

30 September Movement

Topics

1965 coup and aftermathNew Orderpropaganda and mediamemory, testimony and justice

Tags

eyewitness accountnew order narrativeanniversary celebrationfeature article

Details

Date
1984-10-06
Creator
Tempo
Publication
Tempo
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
Indonesian
Perspective
Indonesian mainstream/other press
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1980–1998
Source archive
Tempo (tempo.co / Majalah Tempo archive) · source link
Access
subscription (Tempo Digital Premium, Nath’s account); personal research copy Library-licensed or subscription copy: show metadata and summary only; link to the source.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Tempo (1972-2026) - Majalah and Koran Tempo articles on Gerwani and members (tempo.co)/Tempo (1984-10-06) - Kisah-Kisah Oktober, 1965 [tempo.co 1072156].txt
OCR / text
Good (0.96) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Tempo (1972-2026) - Majalah and Koran Tempo articles on Gerwani and members (tempo.co)
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