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GA-00610 1950-08-14 De Locomotief rel C

'Vredes'-betoging in Medan (Peace demonstration in Medan)

'Peace' demonstration in Medan

De Locomotief, 14 Aug 1950 (Aneta): about 5,000 attend a Medan peace-committee rally, mainly plantation, peasant and pedicab unions, with anti-American banners. Speakers include Tuti Rukmi for 'Indonesian women'. The resolution urges Indonesia not to join the 'imperialist war' in Korea and calls for a ban on atomic wea

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-00819 1951-06-19 De Waarheid rel B

Internationale vrouwen-commissie bezocht Korea: weerzinwekkende misdaden van Amerikaanse interventielegers

International commission visited Korea: repulsive crimes of American interventionist armies

De Waarheid, 19 Jun 1951, p. 3: report of a press briefing in Amsterdam by Mr. T. (Trees) Sunito-Heyligers, Dutch member of the 20-person WIDF commission that visited North Korea 17-30 May 1951. She describes US bombing and alleged massacres, and links Dutch troops in Korea to Dutch colonial wars in Indonesia. Context

GA-00822 1951-07-19 De Waarheid rel C

Amerikaanse opvoeding: gewelddadigheid voor kracht, sadisme normaal gevoel

American upbringing: violence as strength, sadism as normal feeling

De Waarheid, 19 Jul 1951, p. 5: editorial feature mocking US upbringing, drawing on a Saturday Evening Post painting of boys playing gunfights and a New York Times television study, and linking American media to atrocities in Korea as reported by the WIDF commission in which Trees Sunito-Heyligers took part. Cold War p

GA-00601 1951-09-07 De Heerenveensche Koerier rel B

Advertentie: verslag van reis naar Korea door mevr. Trees Soenito-Heiligers (Advertisement: report on journey to Korea)

Advertisement: report on journey to Korea by Mrs Trees Soenito-Heiligers

Page of small advertisements in De Heerenveensche Koerier, 7 Sept 1951. The only relevant item announces that Mrs Trees Soenito-Heiligers will report on her journey to Korea at S. Brinksma's in Jubbega on 8 Sept (entrance 25 cents). The other adverts (trade schools, cattle shows, fairs) are unrelated.

GA-00509 1952-05-19 Algemeen Indisch Dagblad rel A

Loze beschuldigingen: Gerwis kreeg antwoord van mevrouw Roosevelt (Tuduhan kosong: Gerwis dijawab Ny. Roosevelt)

False accusations: Gerwis answered by Mrs Roosevelt

Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1952-05-19, p. 2): Eleanor Roosevelt replied to a letter Gerwis gave her in Jakarta in April, rejecting its claim that UN forces used bacteriological weapons in Korea, denying that the UN suppresses peoples' freedom, and disputing its account of Palestinian Arab displacement. Shows Gerwis's Co

GA-00675 1952-05-19 De Nieuwsgier rel A

Mevrouw Roosevelt ontkent beweringen van de Gerwis (Mrs Roosevelt denies Gerwis's allegations)

Mrs Roosevelt denies Gerwis's allegations of bacteriological warfare

De Nieuwsgier, 19 May 1952: Eleanor Roosevelt, replying to a Gerwis letter handed to her in Jakarta in late April, rejects its allegations of UN bacteriological warfare in Korea and suppression of a people's freedom, and the claim that the West drove a million Arabs from their homes. Third press version of this exchang

GA-00764 1952-05-19 De Vrije Pers rel A

Mevr Roosevelt contra Gerwis (Mrs Roosevelt against Gerwis)

Mrs Roosevelt against Gerwis: reply on bacteriological warfare allegation

Aneta item in De Vrije Pers (19 May 1952): Eleanor Roosevelt replied to a memorandum Gerwis gave her during her April visit to Jakarta, rejecting its accusation that the UN used bacteriological weapons in Korea, denying UN oppression of peoples, and disputing its claim that a million Arabs were driven out of Israel.

GA-01186 1952-05-19 Java-Bode rel A

Mevrouw Roosevelt weerlegt Gerwis-beweringen (Mrs Roosevelt refutes Gerwis claims)

Mrs Roosevelt refutes Gerwis claims

Short item, Java-Bode, 19 May 1952, p. 1: Eleanor Roosevelt replies to Gerwis's letter delivered during her April Jakarta visit, rejecting its claim that the UN used bacteriological weapons in Korea while admitting a fight against communist-influenced organisations. Shorter version of the Indische Courant item.

GA-01113 1952-05-24 Indische Courant Voor Nederland rel A

Mevrouw Roosevelt weerlegt Gerwis-beweringen (Mrs Roosevelt refutes Gerwis claims)

Mrs Roosevelt refutes Gerwis claims

Indische Courant voor Nederland, 24 May 1952, p. 3: Eleanor Roosevelt replies to a letter delivered by Gerwis during her Jakarta visit, rejecting its claims that the UN used bacteriological weapons in Korea and that Western powers drove Arabs from Palestine, while acknowledging a fight against communist-influenced orga

GA-00590 1952-05-27 Arnhemsche Courant rel A

Mrs. Roosevelt did not agree (Mevrouw Roosevelt het niet eens)

Mrs. Roosevelt did not agree

Arnhemsche Courant, 27 May 1952: a short item reports Eleanor Roosevelt's reply, during her Jakarta visit, to a letter from Gerwis. She rejected its claims that the UN used bacteriological weapons in Korea and suppressed peoples, and denied the US drove a million Arabs from their homes. Shows Gerwis's Cold War peace st

GA-01326 1952-05-27 Nijmeegsch Dagblad rel A

Mevrouw Roosevelt was het oneens (Mrs Roosevelt disagrees)

Mrs Roosevelt disagrees

Short Nijmeegsch Dagblad item (27 May 1952): Eleanor Roosevelt, during a visit to Jakarta, replies to a letter from Gerwis, rejecting its claim that the UN used bacteriological weapons in Korea and that the UN suppressed peoples' freedom. She admits a struggle against communist-influenced organisations. Evidence of Ger

GA-01361 1952-05-27 Trouw rel A

Mevr. Roosevelt dient Gerwis van repliek (Mrs Roosevelt replies to Gerwis)

Mrs Roosevelt replies to Gerwis

Trouw (27 May 1952): Eleanor Roosevelt, visiting Jakarta, answers a letter from Gerwis, rejecting its claims that the UN used germ weapons in Korea or suppressed peoples' freedom, and rejecting claims about expelled Arabs. She admits a fight against communist-influenced organisations. Shows Gerwis's peace and anti-impe

GA-00677 1952-06-27 De Nieuwsgier rel B

Delegatie naar VS-ambassade om te protesteren tegen bacterie-oorlog (Delegation to US embassy)

Delegation to US embassy protests bacteriological war in Korea

De Nieuwsgier, 27 June 1952 (Sin Po): on the Korean War anniversary, a nine-organisation delegation including Gerwis, SOBSI, Pemuda Rakjat, Lekra and the peace committee protests at the US embassy against alleged bacteriological warfare, but is turned away. They write to the foreign minister asking Indonesia to press f

GA-00833 1952-07-03 De Waarheid rel B

Indonesië toont solidariteit met strijdend Korea

Indonesia shows solidarity with fighting Korea

De Waarheid, 3 Jul 1952, p. 5: dispatch on Indonesian solidarity with Korea on the war's second anniversary. A 17-person delegation of the Indonesian Peace Committee, including Francisca Fanggidaej, visited the US embassy in Jakarta to protest killings of women and children; Ambassador Cochran refused to receive them,

GA-00835 1952-09-13 De Waarheid rel A

Indonesische vredes-delegatie deed Nederland aan: Aziatische volkeren willen geen herbewapend Japan

Indonesian peace delegation visits Netherlands en route to Asia-Pacific Peace Conference

De Waarheid, 13 Sep 1952, p. 1: report from Amsterdam on a 20-member Indonesian delegation en route via Prague and Moscow to the Asia-Pacific Peace Conference in Beijing, led by Antara editor Soeroto, who opposes Japanese rearmament and says the war danger comes from America. Members include Moh. Tam and Umi Sardjono o

GA-00886 1956-03-19 De Waarheid rel C

Lilly Wachter (portret, De Waarheid 19-3-1956)

Lilly Wachter portrait: West German delegate at the Dutch Women's Movement congress

De Waarheid, 19 Mar 1956, p. 3: profile of Lilly Wachter (West Germany), attending the NVB congress for the WIDF. Recalls the 1951 WIDF commission to Korea, in which Trees Sunito-Heyligers represented the NVB, and how Wachter was jailed 25 days and fined 12,000 marks after signing its report blaming US forces. Sunito a

GA-00936 1975-06-21 De Waarheid rel B

Stop steun aan Suharto-regiem

Stop support for the Suharto regime

De Waarheid, 21 Jun 1975, p. 5: boxed text 'Stop support for the Suharto regime' from the NVB monthly 'Vrouwen': the IGGI group (US, Japan, West Germany, Netherlands) gives up to 880 million dollars yearly to the regime; its April meeting was postponed amid confusion over Indochina; Suharto fears liberation victories.

GA-00963 1985-06-17 De Waarheid rel C

Potsdam (over de deling van Korea)

Potsdam (on the division of Korea)

De Waarheid piece (17 Jun 1985, p.5) on the origin of Korea's division at the 38th parallel after Potsdam and the Korean War. It recalls CPN opposition to Dutch participation and quotes Trees Sunito-Heyligers, who visited Korea in 1951 with a twenty-woman international delegation and wrote 'Wij beschuldigen'. No Indone