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GA-02369 1957-02 rel A

Directories of the International Communist-Front Organizations and Communist Societies of Friendship and Cultural Relations, February 1957 (WIDF section)

CIA directories, February 1957: International communist-front organizations (WIDF section)

CIA compilation of reference data (February 1957, data to 1 October 1956) on international communist-front organisations and friendship societies, including the Women's International Democratic Federation (WIDF). The WIDF directory lists headquarters, publications, executive officers and national affiliates. Under Indo

GA-03024 2005 rel B licensed

Political-Social Movements, Revolutionary, Indonesia (Wieringa, Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures, 2005)

Saskia Wieringa's Brill encyclopedia entry (2005) on women in Indonesia's revolutionary movements from Kartini to the New Order, noting the 1965 massacres spurred by accusations of sexual perversion against young communist women. Concise reference.

GA-03026 2026 rel C

Genjer-genjer (Wikipedia Inggris, diakses 2026-10-13)

Genjer-genjer (English Wikipedia, accessed 2026-10-13)

English Wikipedia article (retrieved 13 Oct 2026) on the folk song Genjer-genjer by Muhammad Arief: 1942 Banyuwangi famine origin, 1963 peak on TVRI/RRI, and its place in the Lubang Buaya myth that Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani sang it while mutilating the generals; banned until 1998. Encyclopedic summary.

GA-03028 2026 rel A

Gerwani (Wikipedia Inggris, diakses 2026-10-13)

Gerwani (English Wikipedia, accessed 2026-10-13)

English Wikipedia article on Gerwani (retrieved 13 Oct 2026), a long synthesis relying on Wieringa, Blackburn, Martyn and Drakeley, covering post-independence context, 1950 founding, activities and the 1965 destruction. Encyclopedic summary; flagged as needing citations.