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Bi-Weekly Propaganda Guidance (WIDF 20th anniversary; Gerwani; 30 September Movement)
CIA Bi-Weekly Propaganda Guidance, 25 October 1965: WIDF 20th anniversary, Gerwani and the 30 September Movement
CIA Bi-Weekly Propaganda Guidance, 25 Oct 1965, calendar and background on the 30 September coup. It notes WIDF's 20th anniversary (26 Nov), lists GERWANI among PKI women's fronts (p.21), and repeats that about 3,000 PKI youth and women's group cadres were trained at Halim air base in September, with Gerwani and Pemuda Rakjat headquarters near the well where the generals' bodies were found (pp.33, 36, 42). Sukarno announced arrests of Halim volunteer instructors.
Bi-Weekly Propaganda Guidance CIA, 25 Oktober 1965, kalender dan latar tentang kudeta 30 September. Mencatat ulang tahun ke-20 WIDF (26 Nov), menyebut GERWANI sebagai front perempuan PKI (hlm. 21), dan mengulang bahwa sekitar 3.000 kader pemuda dan perempuan PKI dilatih di Halim pada September, dengan markas Gerwani dan Pemuda Rakjat dekat sumur tempat jenazah jenderal ditemukan (hlm. 33, 36, 42). Sukarno mengumumkan penangkapan instruktur sukarelawan Halim.
“Some 3,000 members of the PKI youth and women group affiliates were trained during September at the Halim Air Force Base... bodies found in a well at the base, near Pemuda Rakjat and Gerwani headquarters (p.33).”
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