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GA-02362 1949-04-18 rel C

The WIDF in the Far East

CIA information report, April 1949: The WIDF in the Far East

CIA information report, April 1949 (catalogued 18 April): 'The WIDF in the Far East'. Lists delegates at the WIDF Council's first session (Paris, Feb 1947) and traces WIDF contacts in China, Malaya, Hong Kong and Singapore, a proposed 1948 fact-finding commission on women in India, Indonesia and elsewhere, and plans af

GA-00812 1949-12-05 De Waarheid rel C

Aziatische vakbondsconferentie geëindigd (Asian trade union conference ended)

Asian trade union conference ended in Peking

Short De Waarheid report (5 Dec 1949) on the close of the Asian trade-union conference in Peking, with resolutions and an appeal to Western workers including the Netherlands; WIDF spoke through Simone Bertrand, and gifts from Indonesia, Korea and Burma were presented. No Indonesian women named.

GA-00813 1949-12-07 De Waarheid rel B

Voorzitster Nederlandse Vrouwenbeweging in Peking (Chairwoman of the Dutch Women's Movement in Peking)

Chairwoman of Dutch Women's Movement in Peking for Asian women's conference

De Waarheid report (7 Dec 1949) on arrival in Peking of WIDF secretary-general Vaillant-Couturier and 20 delegates to the Asian women's conference, greeted by Deng Yingchao. The delegate list includes Lillah Suripno from Indonesia alongside Dutch vice-chair Rie Lips-Odinot, Eslanda Robeson and women from France, Korea,

GA-00814 1949-12-09 De Waarheid rel C

Voor het eerst in Peking: Tentoonstelling over het leven van de vrouwen in Azië (Exhibition on the life of women in Asia)

First time in Peking: exhibition on the life of women in Asia

Short De Waarheid report (9 Dec 1949) on the exhibition on the life and struggle of Asian women and workers opened in Peking for the WIDF Asian Women's Conference, with material from the USSR, Mongolia, China, Korea, Vietnam, India, Indonesia and Iran. Speakers Li Dequan and Vaillant-Couturier stressed solidarity and n