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Kabel LBJ National Security File: kudeta militer Indonesia, Oktober-November 1965 (Indonesia military coups, A-300 'The September 30 Affair')

LBJ National Security File: Indonesian Military Coups, Oct-Nov 1965 (Airgram A-300 'The September 30 Affair')

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Supplement to the LBJ National Security File (cables, Oct-Nov 1965), centred on the long Djakarta embassy airgram A-300 'The September 30 Affair' plus telegrams. A-300 repeats the Lubang Buaya account that the generals were 'taunted and humiliated' by Gerwani women before being killed, and says Gerwani members were placed in special security force units trained at Halim.

Suplemen LBJ National Security File (kablogram, Okt-Nov 1965), terutama airgram panjang A-300 Kedubes Jakarta 'The September 30 Affair' dan telegram lain. A-300 mengulang cerita Lubang Buaya bahwa para jenderal 'dihina dan diolok-olok' oleh perempuan Gerwani sebelum dibunuh, dan menyebut anggota Gerwani masuk unit pasukan keamanan khusus yang dilatih di Halim.

“A-300 p.14: the Generals 'were taken to Lubang Buaja ... where they were reported taunted and humiliated by members of the PKI women's organization Gerwani, then tortured and put to death.'”

People

SuhartoSukarnoUntungD.N. AiditA.H. NasutionSubandrioOmar DhaniAhmad Yani

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)People's YouthCommunist Party of IndonesiaIndonesian Air ForceUS Embassy in JakartaUS Department of State

Places

JakartaLubang BuayaHalim Perdanakusuma Air Force BaseCentral Java

Events

30 September MovementArmy press sexual slander campaign against GerwaniExhumation at Lubang Buaya and generals' funeral

Topics

1965 coup and aftermathLubang Buaya and sexual slanderGerwani organisationpropaganda and mediaPKI

Tags

diplomatic and intelligence reportatrocity rumourssexual slander

Details

Date
1965-10
Creator
LBJ National Security File
Publication
Document type
government record (government / intelligence / diplomatic record)
Language
English
Perspective
Intelligence/diplomatic record
Source role
primary
Country
USA
Period
1965–1966
Source archive
ProQuest History Vault (Columbia) · source link
Access
library-licensed (Columbia University Libraries); personal research copy Library-licensed or subscription copy: show metadata and summary only; link to the source.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records/US State Department and White House files (1948-1965) - Indonesia files (ProQuest History Vault)/LBJ National Security File (1965) - Indonesia military coups, Oct 1965 to Nov 1965 [ProQuest 3035071500].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.938) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records › US State Department and White House files (1948-1965) - Indonesia files (ProQuest History Vault)
Summary basis
full text scanned (page-by-page headings and all keyword passages); not read line by line

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