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 371/180326: Political Parties and Communism (Feb-Aug 1965)
UK Foreign Office file FO 371/180326 (Feb-Aug 1965): embassy telegrams, letters and Antara extracts on the PKI's growth before the coup: its 45th anniversary, Aidit's speeches, Mao's greeting, Sino-Soviet positions and Sukarno's leftward drift. Gerwani items: Antara of 9 June reports Sukarno addressing Gerwani, chaired
Warning against women's organisations' movement (Sudibjo at a Gerwani rally, Berita Harian, 1965)
Berita Harian, 8 June 1965, p. 3, Reuters: at a Gerwani political-military rally, National Front secretary-general Sudibjo warns the public to be vigilant against 'womanish' bourgeois women's organisations that are 'afraid of politics' and 'afraid of the people' and want to 'lure men'. Shows Gerwani's mobilisation in 1
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
States backing Malaysia should not attend the Algiers conference: Sukarno to a Gerwani rally (Berita Harian, 1965)
Berita Harian (Singapore), 10 June 1965, p. 3, Reuters report: Sukarno, speaking to 10,000 'Communist women of Gerwani', says states backing Malaysia, Israel and South Korea should stay away from the Algiers Afro-Asian conference and that he will go with a Nasakom delegation including women's organisations. Shows Gerwa