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GA-01039 1954-06-09 Het Nieuwsblad Voor Sumatra rel B

Algemene Vergadering Perbepsi

General Assembly of Perbepsi

Short Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra item (9 Jun 1954, p.2): a nationwide conference of the veterans' body Perbepsi will be held in Medan on 19-24 June on ex-fighters' fate, security and national cooperation. Youth and women's organisations including Pemuda Rakjat, Pemuda Demokrat and Gerwani will take part.

GA-00635 1954-08-24 De Locomotief rel B

Transmigratie naar Zuid-Sumatra (Transmigration to South Sumatra)

Transmigration to South Sumatra; Medan cooperation body resolution

De Locomotief, 24 Aug 1954: a note on 50 families transmigrating from Purwokerto to South Sumatra, and a brief item that the Medan Badan Kerdjasama Nasional (BKN), to which PKI, PNI, SKI and Gerwani are affiliated, urged by resolution that the mayor be relieved of his post (text breaks off).

GA-01042 1954-08-25 Het Nieuwsblad Voor Sumatra rel B

Vervanging burgemeester gevraagd (Medan)

Replacement of mayor requested (Medan)

Short Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra item (25 Aug 1954, p.2): the Medan national cooperation body BKN, to which the PKI, PNI, SKI and Gerwani are affiliated, adopted a resolution asking the government to remove Medan's mayor A.M. Djalaluddin from office.

GA-00519 1954-08-26 Algemeen Indisch Dagblad rel B

Verslag N. Guinea (Laporan Nugini)

Report on New Guinea

Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1954-08-26, p. 2): first item on the Dutch UN report on New Guinea for 1953. A final line says the Badan Kerdjasama Nasional in Medan, affiliating PKI, PNI, SKI and Gerwani, urged the government to dismiss Medan's mayor A.M. Djalaluddin.

GA-00521 1954-11-30 Algemeen Indisch Dagblad rel A

Congres „Gerwani”: Dwanghuwelijken dienen in modern Indonesië te worden afgeschaft (Kongres Gerwani: kawin paksa harus dihapus)

Gerwani congress: forced marriages must be abolished in modern Indonesia

Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1954-11-30, p. 2): two-day congress of Gerwani's Bandung branch ('formerly Gerwis') sends sympathy to Maisoeri, a sixteen-year-old in South Sumatra jailed for refusing a forced marriage to a sixty-year-old, and calls for abolishing forced marriages. It also demands bans on 'modern dances' and

GA-01313 1965-11-03 Nieuwsblad Van Het Noorden rel A

Anti-communistisch (Anti-communist)

Anti-communist

Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, 3 November 1965: reports a 100,000-strong demonstration at the Chinese consulate in Medan demanding Subandrio's resignation, and, per Antara, that the PKI's women's organisation Gerwani has been expelled from the Indonesian women's congress (Kowani), chaired by Mrs Hurustiati Subandrio, the

GA-01362 1965-11-03 Trouw rel A

Soekarno: mijn leven verkeert in gevaar (Sukarno: my life is in danger)

Sukarno: my life is in danger

Trouw (3 Nov 1965), wire report: Sukarno tells ministers his life is in danger; demonstrations in Medan demand Subandrio's removal; a Muslim leader urges dissolving the PKI. Reports that Gerwani was expelled from the women's congress Kowani, chaired by Mrs Subandrio. Early evidence of Gerwani's isolation weeks after 30

GA-01388 1965-11-03 Twentsch Dagblad Tubantia rel A

Soekarno: mijn leven is in gevaar (Sukarno: my life is in danger)

Sukarno: my life is in danger

Twentsch Dagblad Tubantia (3 Nov 1965): Sukarno tells cabinet his life is in danger; 100,000 demonstrate at the Chinese consulate in Medan demanding Subandrio's dismissal; army purge in Central Java hampered by unreliable troops; Gerwani expelled from the women's congress Kowani, chaired by Mrs Subandrio; soldiers kill

GA-00495 1965-11-29 Algemeen Handelsblad rel A

Indonesia: Gouden tijd (Indonesia: masa emas)

Indonesia: golden time

Algemeen Handelsblad column 'Golden time' (1965-11-29) on post-coup Indonesia: loyalty advertisements in newspapers, frozen bank accounts for suspected persons, price rises and Conefo stamps, a quarrel in a Malang court. A final item, 'Gerwani, kill her', describes villagers near Tasikmalaya chasing 'Gerwani' with kniv