Renmin Ribao, 28 Aug 1964: All-China Women's Federation reception for women scientists of four continents
People's Daily p. 2 (28 Aug 1964): the All-China Women's Federation held a reception for women scientists from Asia, Africa and Latin America. The excerpt lists delegates by country; the Indonesian ones are given as Mmes Budiyazuofu, Xiwabeixi, Caropeboka and Suhariyo. The sweep identifies 'Caropeboka' as Sumiyarsi Siw
Renmin Ribao, 28 Aug 1964: All-China Women's Federation reception for women scientists of four continents
People's Daily p. 2 (28 Aug 1964): the All-China Women's Federation held a reception for women scientists from Asia, Africa and Latin America. The excerpt lists delegates by country; the Indonesian ones are given as Mmes Budiyazuofu, Xiwabeixi, Caropeboka and Suhariyo. The sweep identifies 'Caropeboka' as Sumiyarsi Siw
Njoto urges the people to carry out Sukarno's order, at a Gerwani training course
Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (22 Sept 1964, p. 4), citing Harian Rakjat: PKI second deputy chairman Njoto, at a Gerwani training course, names three roads for carrying out Sukarno's order to smash 'Malaysia' (moderate, adventurist, revolutionary) and backs the revolutionary one, praising Sukarno's 17 August speech. Ad
Foreign guests from over eighty countries at China's National Day (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao extract (1 Oct 1964, p. 6) on foreign guests at China's 15th National Day. Among Indonesians listed are BTI and Pemuda Rakyat delegations and Mrs Juswati as Gerwani representative; truncated. Full text is GA-01944.
Foreign guests from over eighty countries celebrate China's National Day
Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (1 Oct 1964, p. 6) on 2,600+ foreign guests at China's 15th National Day. Translation retains only Indonesian items: the PKI delegation under Yusuf Adjitorop, Harian Rakjat, SOBSI, BTI, Pemuda Rakyat, Kowani delegations and Mrs Juswati as Gerwani's representative. Gerwani is a single name
Song Qingling, Zhou and Chen Yi receive women guests; All-China Women's Federation reception
Two Xinhua reports in Renmin Ribao (5 Oct 1964, p. 1): Song Qingling, Zhou Enlai and Chen Yi receive women guests for China's National Day, then the All-China Women's Federation holds a reception with speeches by Cai Chang and a toast by Deng Yingchao. The Indonesian delegation includes Suharti (PKI CC, head of its Wom
Peking Review no. 41, 9 October 1964: National Day guests including Suharti of Gerwani
Peking Review no. 41 (9 Oct 1964), Chinese state weekly, on the 15th anniversary of the People's Republic. A list of foreign guests received by Chinese leaders (p. 7) names Mme Suharti, PKI Central Committee member and First Vice-Chairman of Gerwani, with Mme Chairul Saleh (Women's Union of the Indonesian Republic), Mm
FBIS-monitored VNA item (12 Oct 1964): Hanoi meeting where the DRV National Assembly delegation led by Truong Chinh reported on its Indonesian visit, stressing anti-Malaysia solidarity. Bui Thi Cam of the Vietnam Women's Union described the development of the Indonesian women's movement and Indonesian women's sympathy
Soviet Woman, 30 Nov 1964: 'Indonesia's Independence Day' (10th Kowani Congress)
Soviet Woman, 30 Nov 1964, p. 11-12: Victor Tsoppi's 'Indonesia's Independence Day' (with a separate Algerian woman's story). Madame Manai Sofian and Soviet women, incl. Nina Orlova, report on attending the 10th Congress of Kowani (Federation of Indonesian Women's Organizations) at Jakarta's stadium, invited by Hurusti
Peoples of many countries oppose US aggression in the Congo (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao extract (5 Dec 1964, p. 5) from a roundup on global protests against US-Belgian intervention in the Congo. It notes that the Gerwani Central Council issued a statement demanding withdrawal of the aggressor forces; the Indonesian Youth Front is also cited. Truncated; full text is GA-01954.
World opposes US aggression in the Congo; 10,000 demonstrate in Jakarta
Xinhua roundup in Renmin Ribao (5 Dec 1964, p. 5) on world reaction to the US-Belgian attack on Stanleyville, Congo, including a 10,000-strong anti-US demonstration in Jakarta that stormed and burned the USIS library. Gerwani appears in one sentence: its Central Council demanded withdrawal of the aggressor forces, alon
The Second Afro-Asian Conference Must Remain Anti-Imperialist: Sukarno at Gerwani's 15th Anniversary, 8 June 1965
Ministry of Information pamphlet of Sukarno's speech at Gerwani's 15th anniversary rally, Istora Bung Karno, 8 June 1965 (25,000 copies). He appears 'together with Gerwani', endorses Subandrio on Gerwani's leadership of women, and stresses an anti-imperialist Second Afro-Asian Conference.
FO 371/180333: Bilateral Relations with China (1965)
UK Foreign Office file FO 371/180333 (Jan-Dec 1965): Peking, Djakarta and Hanoi telegrams on Sino-Indonesian relations: Subandrio's visit, delegations, PKI-China links, then the post-coup anti-Chinese wave, attacks on Chinese premises and Medan riots. Only Gerwani mention: Angkatan Bersendjata (29 Oct, p. 82) says the
FBIS-monitored VNA text (11 Jan 1965) of a Nhan Dan review of world solidarity with the NFLSV on its fourth anniversary, with messages from Zhou Enlai, Kim Il Sung, Sihanouk and PKI chair Aidit, and events by WIDF, WFTU, WPC and others. Indonesia appears only briefly: many Indonesian mass organisations held meetings an
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.
Zhou Enlai and Subandrio Discussion, Guangzhou, 28 May 1965
Minutes of Zhou Enlai's discussion with Indonesian First Deputy Prime Minister Subandrio, Guangzhou, 28 May 1965 (Wilson Center Digital Archive; from CWIHP Working Paper 22). Zhou discusses the Vietnam War, US escalation and his four-point statement made at Bogor in April 1965 on Chinese readiness. Editorial notes sket
Record of Conversation between Qiao Guanhua and DPRK Ambassador Pak Se-chang, 5 Mar 1965
Chinese Foreign Ministry record of Vice Minister Qiao Guanhua's conversation with DPRK Ambassador Pak Se-chang, 5 March 1965 (Wilson Center; trans. Jeffrey Wang and Charles Kraus). They coordinate Kim Il Sung's and Zhou Enlai's planned travel to Indonesia for the 10th anniversary of Bandung (Jakarta, Bogor, Bali, 16-24
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
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
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
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
Kim Il Sung, Works Vol. 19 (Jan-Oct 1965), incl. Lecture at the Ali Archam Academy, Jakarta
Kim Il Sung, Works vol. 19 (January-October 1965), Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang 1984. Collects speeches and interviews, including the 14 April 1965 lecture at the 'Ali Archam' Academy of Social Sciences in Jakarta on socialist construction in North Korea and the South Korean revolution (p. 236), and a
Zhou Enlai and Kim Il Sung, Jakarta, 16 Apr 1965
Chinese Foreign Ministry minutes of Zhou Enlai's conversation with Kim Il Sung in Jakarta, night of 16 April 1965, at Subandrio's residence (Wilson Center; trans. Caixia Lu). Kim reports on the Korea-Indonesia joint statement negotiated with Sukarno (Vietnam, Korea-Japan talks, Asian-African Conference), the push for a
Zhou Enlai and Kim Il Sung, Jakarta, 19 Apr 1965
Short Chinese Foreign Ministry minutes (Chinese original with English translation) of Zhou Enlai's 30-minute talk with Kim Il Sung at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, 19 April 1965 (Wilson Center; trans. Caixia Lu). Zhou says the UAR and Algeria opposed a pro-Vietnam document and Pham Van Dong dropped it to protect the sec
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