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GA-01294 1951-06-04 Nieuwe Courant rel B

Acheson over Korea (Acheson on Korea; Children's Day in Jakarta)

Acheson on Korea (note on Children's Day in Jakarta)

Nieuwe Courant, 4 June 1951: Acheson on Korea and the risk of Soviet intervention, with a short note that about 10,000 children celebrated International Children's Day on Merdeka Square, Jakarta, on a committee including Gerwis, IPPA and Pemuda Rakjat, with 4,000 Chinese youths from eight Chinese schools.

GA-01033 1953-08-26 Het Nieuwsblad Voor Sumatra rel B

Demonstratie tegen berechting van aanval op 'Vrije Pers' (Soerabaja, 1953)

Demonstration against prosecution over attack on 'Vrije Pers' (Surabaya, 1953)

Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (26 Aug 1953, p.2): in Surabaya the trial began of 42 students accused of wrecking the Vrije Pers offices on 16 April; a demonstration by thousands of students and pupils against prosecution, reportedly also joined by Gerwis, Pemuda Rakjat and SOBSI, demanded a press law and curbs on Dutch-l

GA-00858 1954-01-28 De Waarheid rel B

Toch warmte, ondanks koude op Indonesische avond

Warmth despite cold on the Indonesian evening: NVB Amsterdam event report

De Waarheid, 28 Jan 1954, p. 2: report on the NVB Amsterdam 'Indonesia evening' attended by about 200 women, with krontjong music, a reading from Multatuli, a film from the High Commission, and Annie Averink's speech on Indonesia's colonial past and on Gerwis's tens of thousands of members campaigning for a democratic

GA-00586 1965-11-08 ANP Radiobulletin rel B

ANP Nieuwsbericht, 8-11-1965, 18/19.00 (Indonesia)

ANP news report, 8 November 1965, 18/19.00 (Indonesia)

Third ANP bulletin of 8 Nov 1965: troops seal Jakarta's Chinese quarter; about 10,000 women march in support of Sukarno and the army against the PKI. Their resolution demands the dissolution of Gerwani and government takeover of communist-run schools, linking the attack on Gerwani to its educational work.