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GA-01353 1952-03-14 Provinciale Overijsselsche En Zwolsche Courant rel C

Nieuws in het kort (News in brief)

News in brief (Roosevelt to address women's congress)

'News in brief' column, Provinciale Overijsselsche en Zwolsche Courant (14 Mar 1952). The only Indonesia item says Eleanor Roosevelt will reach Jakarta on 25 March, be received by Sukarno on 26 March and address the congress of an Indonesian women's movement (not named). Context for the Gerwis letter to Roosevelt.

GA-01492 1956-03-12 Kankakee Daily Journal rel A

Kankakee Daily Journal, 12 Maret 1956: Gerwani member Sansia arrested during Dulles visit to Jakarta

Gerwani member Sansia arrested during Dulles visit to Jakarta (Kankakee Daily Journal, 12 March 1956)

Full 20-page issue of the Kankakee Daily Journal (Illinois), 12 March 1956. Front-page AP/UP report on US Secretary of State Dulles's visit to Jakarta (talks with Sukarno) says police arrested a woman named Sansia, who said she was a member of Gerwani, 'a leftist women's organization founded in 1954', over a banner pro

GA-01306 1956-03-13 Nieuwe Tilburgsche Courant rel B

Economische hulp aan Indonesië aangeboden (Economic aid offered to Indonesia; Dulles in Jakarta)

Economic aid offered to Indonesia (Dulles in Jakarta)

Nieuwe Tilburgsche Courant, 13 March 1956: report on US Secretary of State Dulles's visit to Jakarta, where about two dozen demonstrators shouted 'Abolish SEATO' and a young woman of the left-leaning Gerwani threw a paper at his car and was detained for questioning. Dulles also met Sukarno, discussed New Guinea and off

GA-01319 1956-03-13 Nieuwsblad Van Het Zuiden rel B

H.C. afwezig bij aankomst Dulles (High Commissioner absent at Dulles's arrival)

High Commissioner absent at Dulles's arrival

Nieuwsblad van het Zuiden, 13 March 1956: report on Dulles's arrival in Jakarta (no Dutch high commissioner present), his statement, and an airport incident in which a young Gerwani woman threw a paper at his car and was detained. Also Sukarno's accepted invitation to the US and discussion of New Guinea and economic ai

GA-00467 1958-05-06 Bintang Timur rel A

DPP Gerwani memprotes Pemerintah AS dan Taiwan, Bintang Timur 6 Mei 1958

Gerwani DPP protests to the US and Taiwan governments (Bintang Timur, 6 May 1958)

Bintang Timur, 6 May 1958, p. 1 (after APRI's recapture of West Sumatran towns). Reports the Gerwani DPP's protest to the US and Taiwan governments over their intervention supporting Permesta/PRRI, demanding they stop interference, respect Indonesia's sovereignty and Asia-Africa, and appealing to American women to pres

GA-02372 1959-11-12 rel B

Current Intelligence Weekly Summary (12 November 1959)

CIA Current Intelligence Weekly Summary, 12 November 1959

CIA Current Intelligence Weekly Summary, 12 Nov 1959, a long multi-topic report; the Indonesia part (pp.23-27) assesses PKI strength (Aidit's claim of 1.5 million members, Java as base, army and Sukarno restrictions, Aidit's 1959 Moscow and Peking trip). It names GERWANI as the PKI's women's front, alongside Pemuda Rak