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LBJ National Security File: Indonesia, komunis dan politik dalam negeri, Oktober-November 1965 (Indonesia communist parties and internal politics)
LBJ National Security File: Indonesia, Communists and Internal Politics (Oct-Nov 1965)
Compilation from the LBJ National Security File (ProQuest), Oct-Nov 1965: State Department memos, CIA intelligence memoranda and Indonesia Working Group situation reports on the 30 September Movement and army counter-moves. Gerwani appears only in passing: arrests of Gerwani and Pemuda Rakyat members (6 Oct), CIA claims that Gerwani women trained at Halim air base, and a mention of women volunteers near the generals' bodies.
Kumpulan arsip LBJ National Security File (ProQuest), Okt-Nov 1965: memo Departemen Luar Negeri AS, memorandum intelijen CIA, dan laporan situasi Kelompok Kerja Indonesia tentang Gerakan 30 September dan reaksi Angkatan Darat. Gerwani hanya disebut sepintas: penangkapan anggota Gerwani dan Pemuda Rakyat (6 Okt), klaim CIA bahwa perempuan Gerwani dilatih di Halim, dan sukarelawati pemuda dan wanita di dekat jenazah para jenderal.
“CIA memo, 6 Oct 1965 (p.27) describes the movement's forces as including 'members of Pemuda Rakjat ... and GERWANI--the Communist women's front group'; p.30 reports Suharto's claim of Halim training of Gerwani volunteers.”
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