Renmin Ribao, 9 Mar 1965: Indonesian mass organisations demand Brazil release Chinese personnel (Gerwani statement)
People's Daily p. 4 (9 Mar 1965), Xinhua Jakarta, 7 Mar: the Indonesian Women's Movement Association (Gerwani), said to have three million members, issued a statement protesting Brazil's illegal arrest and sentencing of nine Chinese personnel and demanding their release, blaming US imperialism. Shows Gerwani's alignmen
Renmin Ribao, 9 Mar 1965: Indonesian mass organisations demand Brazil release Chinese personnel (Gerwani statement)
People's Daily p. 4 (9 Mar 1965), Xinhua Jakarta, 7 Mar: the Indonesian Women's Movement Association (Gerwani), said to have three million members, issued a statement protesting Brazil's illegal arrest and sentencing of nine Chinese personnel and demanding their release, blaming US imperialism. Shows Gerwani's alignmen
Neues Deutschland, 10 Mar 1965, p. 7: Women of the world marked 8 March
Neues Deutschland, 10 March 1965, p. 7. ADN/ND roundup 'Frauen der Welt begingen 8. März' on International Women's Day. Indonesia is mentioned in a single sentence: women in France, Japan and Indonesia held vigils and rallies for world peace, especially an end to the Vietnam war. No Indonesian organisation, Gerwani or
Sovetskaya Kirgiziya, 16 Mar 1965: world protest over the Vietnam war (Gerwani statement)
Sovetskaia Kirgiziia, 16 Mar 1965, p. 3: page of TASS items on Vietnam war protests. Quotes a Gerwani statement, said to speak for over 2 million members, condemning US bombing of the DRV as 'a crime against humanity'. Also reports Indonesia withdrawing from the New York World's Fair over US support for Malaysia. Other
Reds, pressing reforms, win wide peasant support in Java (New York Times, 27 March 1965)
New York Times, 27 March 1965, p.55, Neil Sheehan from Klaten, Central Java: on how the PKI and affiliates win peasant support through land-reform agitation and practical projects. Mrs. Sukarni, chair of the Klaten district women's organisation (Gerwani) and district committee member, says Gerwani works to remove restr
Soviet Woman, 31 Mar 1965: 'Our Mailbag' and 'Mother's Day'
Soviet Woman, 31 Mar 1965: readers' letters page ('Our Mailbag') from India and Canada, plus a short 'Mother's Day' item. Mrs Manai Sofian, ambassador's wife, at a Moscow reception says the Russian Revolution inspired Indonesia's; Soviet women's greetings from the USSR-Indonesia Society. Gerwani not mentioned.
Soviet Woman, 31 Mar 1965: 'Our Mailbag' (letters from Indonesian readers)
Soviet Woman, 31 Mar 1965, 'Our Mailbag' (pp. 11, 29): letters to the editor, including two from Indonesian readers: R. Santoso Ichsan praising Soviet aid and joint anti-imperialist struggle, and Rahadeng Hotoprojetno, a teacher-college history student writing a thesis on 'The Emancipation of Indonesian Women'. Other l
Renmin Ribao, 1 Apr 1965: Indonesian organisations support South Vietnam NLF (Gerwani offers women volunteers)
Renmin Ribao (People's Daily) page 4, 1 April 1965: a composite report on support for the South Vietnam National Liberation Front. The excerpt says the Indonesian Women's Movement Association (Gerwani), in a telegram to South Vietnamese women's organisations, was ready to send women volunteers to support the struggle a
Renmin Ribao, 1 Apr 1965: Indonesian organisations support South Vietnam NLF (Gerwani offers women volunteers)
Renmin Ribao (People's Daily) page 4, 1 April 1965: a composite report on support for the South Vietnam National Liberation Front. The excerpt says the Indonesian Women's Movement Association (Gerwani), in a telegram to South Vietnamese women's organisations, was ready to send women volunteers to support the struggle a
FBIS-monitored VNA report (2 Apr 1965) on volunteers in socialist and other countries offering to fight in Vietnam, citing letters from the USSR, China, DPRK, Cuba and Hungary. The final sentence says workers', peasants' and women's organisations in Indonesia called on members to enrol as volunteers and the Indonesian
FBIS-monitored VNA Domestic Service text (6 Apr 1965) on tens of thousands of Korean, Indonesian, Venezuelan, Indian and Japanese volunteers for South Vietnam. Key Indonesian item: on 4 April about 100 women volunteers led by Mrs Umi Sardjono, president of the Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani), went to the DRV Emba
Renmin Ribao, 6 Apr 1965: Asian peoples volunteer to aid Vietnam (Umi Sardjono leads Gerwani women volunteers)
People's Daily, 6 April 1965, p. 4: Asian volunteering wave for Vietnam. The excerpt reports about a hundred women volunteers in green uniforms, led by Umi Sardjono, chair of the Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani), going to two (unnamed) places to declare their determination to serve as volunteers supporting Vietnam
Renmin Ribao, 6 Apr 1965: Asian peoples volunteer to aid Vietnam (Umi Sardjono leads Gerwani women volunteers)
People's Daily, 6 April 1965, p. 4: Asian volunteering wave for Vietnam. The excerpt reports about a hundred women volunteers in green uniforms, led by Umi Sardjono, chair of the Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani), going to two (unnamed) places to declare their determination to serve as volunteers supporting Vietnam
Umi Sardjono Leads Women Volunteers to DRV Embassy (FBIS, 8 Apr 1965)
FBIS Daily Report page (8 Apr 1965; HathiTrust scan p.251, North Vietnam section): continuation of the VNA volunteer report. Contains the passage that about 100 women volunteers led by Mrs Umi Sardjono, president of the Indonesian Women's Movement, went to the DRV Embassy and NFLSV office on 4 April, including wives of
Renmin Ribao, 11 Apr 1965: Kim Il Sung visits Indonesia (Sutanti Aidit named at Pyongyang send-off)
Renmin Ribao page 5, 11 April 1965, on Kim Il Sung's visit to Indonesia and the welcome by hundreds of thousands in Jakarta. The excerpt, from the Pyongyang send-off, names Sutanti Aidit, wife of PKI chairman Aidit, then visiting Korea, and Sugiono, vice-president of the 'Ali Archam' social-science academy. Search exce
Renmin Ribao, 11 Apr 1965: Kim Il Sung visits Indonesia (Sutanti Aidit named at Pyongyang send-off)
Renmin Ribao page 5, 11 April 1965, on Kim Il Sung's visit to Indonesia and the welcome by hundreds of thousands in Jakarta. The excerpt, from the Pyongyang send-off, names Sutanti Aidit, wife of PKI chairman Aidit, then visiting Korea, and Sugiono, vice-president of the 'Ali Archam' social-science academy. Search exce
10th anniversary of the Bandung Conference; Gerwani Central Council statement (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao extract (17 Apr 1965, p. 5) on Indonesian preparations for the Bandung 10th anniversary. It quotes the Gerwani Central Council, in the name of its three million members, welcoming Zhou Enlai's visit; truncated. Full text is GA-01966.
Bandung tenth anniversary in Jakarta; BTI and Gerwani welcome Zhou Enlai's visit
Xinhua dispatches in Renmin Ribao (17 Apr 1965, p. 5) on the Bandung Conference tenth-anniversary celebration in Jakarta: Ganis Harsono announces 37 attending countries, delegations arrive, and BTI (8.5 million) and Gerwani welcome Zhou Enlai's visit. The Gerwani Central Council, speaking for 'three million members', s
FBIS-monitored Xinhua report (25 Apr 1965): Premier Zhou Enlai, in Jakarta for the Bandung anniversary, received Indonesia-China Friendship Association and mass-organisation representatives, among them SOBSI chair Mohammad Munir, the Peasants' Front, and Mme Mudikdio (Mudigdio), leader of the Indonesian Women's Movemen
Premier Zhou receives Indonesian mass organisation representatives (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao extract (27 Apr 1965, p. 3): Premier Zhou receives representatives of Indonesian mass organisations, including Mrs Mudigdio, Gerwani leader, with SOBSI, BTI, Pemuda Rakyat and Lekra leaders; truncated. Full text is GA-01968.
Premier Zhou receives leaders of Indonesian mass organisations in Jakarta
Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (27 Apr 1965, p. 3): on 25 April in Jakarta Zhou Enlai receives leaders of the Indonesia-China Friendship Association, SOBSI, BTI, Pemuda Rakyat, Lekra and Gerwani (Mudigdio). Spokesman 'Sinki' praises China's nuclear test; Zhou praises 'fighting friendship', Bandung and Nasakom. Gerwani a
Soviet Woman, 30 Apr 1965: 'Till We Meet Again', KOWANI delegation in the USSR (Nina Voronina)
Soviet Woman, 30 Apr 1965, p. 18: Nina Voronina's 'Till we meet again', on a three-week USSR tour (Moscow, Riga, Leningrad, Dushanbe) by a five-woman KOWANI delegation: Basariah Simorangkir, Sidi Moehammad (WANI), Ani Boesiri, Ratjih Natawidjaja, Mimi Soeparmi, with Hurustiati Subandrio in Moscow. Left a message in the
Soviet Woman, 30 Apr 1965: 'We Have Seen...' (Basariah Simorangkir, KOWANI delegation)
Soviet Woman, 30 Apr 1965, pp. 18-21: Basariah Simorangkir (KOWANI Presidium) 'We Have Seen...' on the January 1965 KOWANI delegation's USSR tour, after Nina Voronina's 'Till we meet again'; delegates incl. Ratjih Natawidjaja (Wanita Marhaenis) and Mimi Soeparmi. Then unrelated anti-Nazi statute-of-limitation statement
Aidit reviews ten thousand Pemuda Rakyat members (headline only)
Snippet-only entry (Renmin Ribao, 27 May 1965, p. 3) with headline only: Aidit reviews ten thousand Pemuda Rakyat members, followed by a demonstration of twenty thousand. Gerwani content is in the full text, GA-01970.
PKI 45th anniversary: Aidit reviews Pemuda Rakyat; armed women volunteers march
Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (27 May 1965, p. 3) on events for the PKI's 45th anniversary: Aidit reviews 10,000 Pemuda Rakyat at Lapangan Banteng with a CPC delegation under Peng Zhen present. A fully armed contingent of women volunteers, made up of Gerwani leaders and women independence veterans, performs a military
Sukarno at Gerwani's 15th anniversary rally on the Second Afro-Asian Conference (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao extract (10 June 1965, p. 4): Sukarno tells a rally of over ten thousand marking Gerwani's 15th anniversary that the Second Afro-Asian Conference must be anti-imperialist and unite all anti-imperialist forces; truncated. Full text is GA-01972.
Sukarno's speech at the rally for Gerwani's 15th anniversary on the Second Afro-Asian Conference
Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (10 June 1965, p. 4) on Sukarno's 8 June speech at a 10,000-strong rally for Gerwani's 15th anniversary in Jakarta. He insists the Second Afro-Asian Conference stay faithful to Bandung's anti-imperialist principle, dismisses states that would withdraw to support 'Malaysia', and says he wil
Aidit's political report to the PKI Fourth Plenum (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao extract (12 June 1965, p. 3) from Aidit's political report to the PKI's enlarged Fourth Plenum, 'Intensify the revolutionary offensive on all fronts'. The visible sentence says SOBSI, BTI, Pemuda Rakyat, Gerwani, Lekra and CGMI are beginning to give Marxist education to their membership; trunc
D.N. Aidit, 'Step up the revolutionary offensive on all fronts': political report to PKI plenum
Long Xinhua summary in Renmin Ribao (12 June 1965, p. 3) of D.N. Aidit's political report to the enlarged PKI Central Committee plenum, 'Step up the revolutionary offensive on all fronts': Nasakom, bureaucratic capitalists, takeovers of US firms, the Murba/BPS ban, Vietnam, the UN exit, Khrushchev's fall; PKI over 3 mi
Women of Asia and Africa, unite: Bandung tenth anniversary in Jakarta (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao feature by Zhang Qian (14 June 1965, p. 5) on a four-member Chinese women's delegation at the Bandung 10th anniversary in Jakarta, invited by Kowani and Mrs Subandrio; truncated. Full text is GA-01976. Gerwani not named in the snippet.