Daily World, 8 July 1969: Indonesia now a boom for foreign firms, banks
Daily World, 8 July 1969, p. 10: William J. Pomeroy (London) and the Foreign Department on British 'withdrawal' from bases in Singapore and Malaysia, and on Indonesia's opening to foreign capital after the 1967 investment law and the 1965 massacre of up to 566,000 Communists. Lists US oil firms and banks returning and West Irian consultations. No mention of Gerwani or women.
Daily World, 8 Juli 1969, hlm. 10: William J. Pomeroy (London) dan Departemen Luar Negeri tentang 'penarikan' Inggris dari pangkalan di Singapura dan Malaysia, serta pembukaan Indonesia bagi modal asing setelah UU penanaman modal 1967 dan pembantaian 1965 terhadap hingga 566.000 komunis. Disebut perusahaan minyak dan bank AS, serta konsultasi Irian Barat. Tidak menyebut Gerwani atau perempuan.
“Indonesian military led by General Suharto carried out a massacre of perhaps as many as 566,000 Communists after 30 September 1965 (p.10).”
South China Morning Post, 26 Nov 1975, p.22, Kenneth Whiting (AP), 'Indonesia: a fresh start': ten-year retrospective on the 1965 coup and 'bloodbath' (about 300,000 killed, 100,000 jailed, 20,000 political detainees still held), with oil-led economic recovery. A short passage says women were killed if believed to be p
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Tribune (Sydney), 21 Jan 1970, p. 8: extract from Hong Kong's Eastern Horizon of letters by an Indonesian writing as 'Barbro Karabuda' on the 1965-66 massacre and prisoners (official 86,000 detainees; torture; Army extortion). The writer finds Tanti Aidit in Bukit Duri women's prison in Jakarta with Aidit's mother-in-l
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Tribune (Sydney), 21 Jan 1970, p. 8: extract from Hong Kong's Eastern Horizon of letters by an Indonesian writing as 'Barbro Karabuda' on the 1965-66 massacre and prisoners (official 86,000 detainees; torture; Army extortion). The writer finds Tanti Aidit in Bukit Duri women's prison in Jakarta with Aidit's mother-in-l
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Jan Bezemer's long Trouw weekend feature (30 Sep 1995) on the unresolved 1965 trauma. Covers the 30 September events, Suharto's role, US encouragement, massacres (Gatot's trial testimony) and the smear campaign against Gerwani. Draws on Saskia Wieringa's doctoral research: Gerwani was blamed for mutilating the generals
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The Guardian (Weekend Guardian), 8 Sept 1990, p.A4, John Gittings, 'The black hole of Bali': long feature on the 1965 massacre (250,000 or more killed), how the killings were organised by the army under Suharto, the Aidit/PKI role, the US list of communists (Martens/Kadane) and US encouragement, survivors ('Tapols') an
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Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (9 Dec 1966, p. 6) of a statement by Ibrahim Isa, secretary-general of Indonesian AAPSO, urging world solidarity against the Suharto-Nasution regime, said to hold 300,000 prisoners including women's organisation cadres and to have slaughtered hundreds of thousands. It also attacks Soviet '
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Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (14 Dec 1966, p. 1): five Chinese organisations, including the All-China Women's Federation, jointly condemn Indonesia's 'right-wing military regime' for mass slaughter and detention of 300,000, support the Indonesian AAPSO appeal, and attack Soviet 'revisionists' and Adam Malik's Moscow v
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Typescript diary by Elliott Haynes of Business International, Dec 1967, recording about sixty Jakarta meetings with technocrats, officials and politicians while preparing a 1968 executives' roundtable. Background on New Order economic opening; no Gerwani content.
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