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GA-00480 1964-04-10 Algemeen Dagblad rel C

Hoe het wordt - daar gaat het om! (Bagaimana jadinya - itulah yang penting!)

How it turns out - that's what matters!

Algemeen Dagblad feature by H.N. Appel from Jakarta (1964-04-10) on Indonesia's new elite, its revolutionary rhetoric and economic hardship. Briefly describes women as playing a small, decorative role in a 'men's society', noting Sukarno's second wife Hartini at a party. Gerwani is not mentioned.

GA-00724 1965-02-01 De Telegraaf rel C

Toenadering Indonesië tot China (Indonesia's rapprochement with China)

Indonesia's rapprochement with China: Hartini Sukarno at women's gathering

De Telegraaf report (1 Feb 1965) on Indonesia's rapprochement with China, quoting Sukarno's CBS interview and Subandrio's Peking visit. Gerwani is not named; Hartini Sukarno is quoted at a women's movement gathering calling for common struggle with "Chinese comrades" in 1965.

GA-00573 1966-09-17 Amigoe di Curacao rel B

Nog drie vrouwen (Still three wives)

Still three wives

Brief Amigoe di Curaçao item, 17 Sept 1966, on Sukarno's wives. It states Hartini, his 42-year-old second wife, is a 'leading member' of Gerwani, which was banned after the failed coup. Also recalls Mochtar Lubis's 1957 imprisonment for criticising the marriage. Claim of Hartini's Gerwani leadership is made without evi

GA-00576 1968-10-09 Amigoe di Curacao rel B

Mevrouw Hartini niet in arrest (Mrs Hartini not under arrest)

Mrs Hartini not under arrest

Amigoe di Curaçao, 9 Oct 1968: presidential secretary Colonel Soetikno denies that Hartini, Sukarno's second wife, has been imprisoned or recently questioned; she was last interrogated a year and a half earlier on suspicion of membership of the banned Gerwani.