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FCO 15/155: Indonesia, Political Affairs Internal, Arrests and Trials (1967-1968)
FCO 15/155: Indonesia, Arrests and Trials (1967-1968)
UK Foreign Office file FCO 15/155 (Feb 1967 to June 1968) of Jakarta embassy letters, press cables and an air attache's report on the Mahmilub trials of Supardjo and Omar Dani, plus a June 1968 note on a Soviet protest over PKI prisoners. Gerwani appears only in the Omar Dani report, as female youth trained at Lubang Buaya, where the attache says the generals were given as 'sport' to PKI youths and females.
Berkas Kantor Luar Negeri Inggris FCO 15/155 (Februari 1967-Juni 1968) berisi surat KBRI Inggris di Jakarta, kawat pers, dan laporan atase udara tentang sidang Mahmilub Supardjo dan Omar Dani, serta catatan Juni 1968 tentang protes Soviet atas tahanan PKI. Gerwani hanya muncul dalam laporan Omar Dani sebagai pemuda putri yang dilatih di Lubang Buaya, tempat para jenderal disebut diserahkan sebagai 'hiburan' bagi pemuda dan perempuan PKI.
“Appendix para 7 (p. 24): the trainees were members of the male and female Communist Youth Fronts, the Pemuda Rakjat and Gerwani respectively. In all some 1,200 were trained at Lobang Buaja near Halim.”
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