GA-02506 1965-10-05 relevance B licensed / copyrighted
Moslem Groups Call for Disbanding of PKI (FBIS, 5 Oct 1965)
FBIS-monitored Jakarta radio text (5 Oct 1965) of the Nahdlatul Ulama executive board and affiliates' statement. It cites authorities' 'fact' that Pemuda Rakjat and Gerwani members were brought from afar to be trained at Lubang Buaya where the generals' bodies were found, and asks Sukarno to disband PKI, Pemuda Rakjat, SOBSI and other organisations. Very early, within days of the coup, public linking of Gerwani to Lubang Buaya.
Teks radio Jakarta yang dipantau FBIS (5 Okt 1965) berisi pernyataan pengurus NU dan organisasi afiliasinya. Mengutip 'fakta' dari pihak berwenang bahwa anggota Pemuda Rakjat dan Gerwani didatangkan dari jauh untuk dilatih di Lubang Buaya tempat jenazah para jenderal ditemukan, dan meminta Sukarno membubarkan PKI, Pemuda Rakjat, SOBSI, dan organisasi lain. Pengaitan publik Gerwani dengan Lubang Buaya sangat dini, beberapa hari setelah kudeta.
“Item 3: 'members of Pemuda Rakjat and Gerwani have deliberately been brought from afar to be trained at Lubang Buaja, Djakarta, where... bodies of six generals and one junior officer' were found.”
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- 01 Primary Sources › 1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records › FBIS Daily Reports (1949-1996) - items on Gerwani and members (Readex, HathiTrust)
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