US Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (1958): Gerwani branches, Kowani secretariat, Sulami
US Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (1958) extracts: Kowani secretariat (Maria Ulfah Santoso chair, Mudigdio of Gerwani treasurer); Harian Rakjat's 30 Dec 1957 list of Gerwani's working council (Umi Sardjono chair; Mudigdio, Suharti, S.K. Trimurti deputies; Kartinah secretary-general; Sulami deputy; Suwati Sutrimo Sudji
FBIS, 5 June 1958: Indonesian women's visit (Tanti Aidit and Sutarsih leave Peking)
FBIS-monitored Xinhua item (5 Jun 1958): Mmes Tanti Aidit and Sutarsih, members of the Central Committee of the Indonesian Women's Movement, left Peking after visiting China at the All-China Women's Federation's invitation for May Day (arrived 28 Apr); they also visited North Korea at the invitation of the Korean Democ
FBIS, 29 September 1959: Delegations arrive for National Day (Peking)
FBIS editorial report (29 Sep 1959) listing foreign delegations arriving in Peking for China's National Day celebrations (communist parties, youth, student, peace and women's bodies). Under the WIDF delegation, 'N.J. Mudikdio' (Mudigdio) is named as a PKI parliamentary-group member, WIDF council member and vice chairma
Indonesian Defense Affairs: Biographical Profiles, April 1960
Compilation of US embassy Djakarta despatches (April 1960) giving biographical profiles of members of the Supreme Advisory Council and other leaders. Gerwani appears in the profile of PSII chairman Arudji Kartawinata, whose wife was a Gerwani member (1954) and praised China after a Nov 1959 Beijing visit; women members
Biographic Data on Members of the Gotong Royong Parliament (US Embassy despatch, July 1960)
US State Department Central Files despatch from Embassy Djakarta (July 1960, chargé Rolland Buchner): biographic data, with alphabetical index, on about 110 former members of parliament appointed to the Gotong Royong parliament, grouped by party. Biographies of women MPs include Gerwani figures. Mrs Mudigdio (Gerwis/Ge
Biographical Profiles of DPR-GR Members, Aug 1960
Compilation of US embassy Djakarta biographical despatches (2 Aug 1960) on members of the new Gotong Royong parliament. Contains profiles of Gerwani figures: Umi Sardjono (Gerwis then Gerwani chairwoman, WIDF delegate 1960), Francisca Fanggidaej (PKI women's group Gerwani board), Setiati Surasto (SARBUPRI, Gerwani link
FBIS Daily Report, 15 June 1963: Indonesian women leaders (Mrs Mudikdio, vice chairman of Gerwani)
FBIS Daily Report page (HathiTrust, Chicom International Affairs, dated 19 June 1963 on the page) with several Peking items. Relevant entry: Mrs Mudikdio (Mudigdio), vice chairman of the Gerwani central council, and Mrs Darmini, secretariat member, ended their China visit and flew home 17 June, seen off by Li Te-chuan
FBIS, 17 June 1963: Indonesian women leaders (Mudigdio and Darmini leave China)
One-item FBIS note (17 Jun 1963, Xinhua): Mrs Mudikdio (Mudigdio), vice chairman of the central council of Gerwani, and Mrs Darmini of its secretariat ended their China visit and left Peking for Indonesia on 17 June, seen off by Li Te-chuan, vice president of the Chinese National Women's Federation. Same item as in the
FBIS item (5 Aug 1963, Xinhua): three Indonesian women guests reached Peking on 4 August after visiting North Korea: Mudikdio (Mudigdio), vice chairman of the Gerwani Central Committee, MP and member of the Indonesian delegation to the Moscow World Congress of Women, with Lie Tjwan Sien and Muninggar. Welcomed by Hu Na
Short Xinhua item (10 Aug 1963, via FBIS): Chairman Mao received the Indonesian women's delegation led by Mudikdio (Mudigdio, Gerwani vice chairman) on the afternoon of 10 August in Peking, with a cordial and friendly talk; Yang Yun-yu and Kuo Chien of the National Women's Federation were present (OCR garbled). Shows t
FBIS-monitored Xinhua report (30 Sep 1964): Mao Zedong and other leaders received over 70 foreign guests on the eve of National Day. Among the Indonesians: Naibaho (Harian Rakjat editor), Siauw Giok Tjhan, and Mme Suharti, PKI Central Committee member and first vice chairman of the Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)
FBIS-monitored VNA Domestic Service text (6 Apr 1965) on tens of thousands of Korean, Indonesian, Venezuelan, Indian and Japanese volunteers for South Vietnam. Key Indonesian item: on 4 April about 100 women volunteers led by Mrs Umi Sardjono, president of the Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani), went to the DRV Emba
Umi Sardjono Leads Women Volunteers to DRV Embassy (FBIS, 8 Apr 1965)
FBIS Daily Report page (8 Apr 1965; HathiTrust scan p.251, North Vietnam section): continuation of the VNA volunteer report. Contains the passage that about 100 women volunteers led by Mrs Umi Sardjono, president of the Indonesian Women's Movement, went to the DRV Embassy and NFLSV office on 4 April, including wives of
Arrest of Suharti Suwarto, Gerwani Deputy Chairman, and Husband Subarto (FBIS, 29 Mar 1968)
HathiTrust FBIS Daily Report extract (29 Mar 1968). It reports the arrest on 22-23 March of Mrs Suharti Suwarto, called Gerwani deputy chairman and head of the PKI women's division, and her husband Subarto, alleged to have posed as a religious teacher among Muslims. It places them in 'Operation Kalong', with about 300
US State Department weekly status cable, 13 Jul 1978: 'Mrs Aidit to face trial'
Declassified State Department weekly status cable (13 Jul 1978). Citing FBIS and Kuala Lumpur radio, it reports that Dr Sutanti Aidit, widow of D.N. Aidit, will be tried for complicity in the 1965 coup attempt. It describes her as a member of the Central Committee of Gerwani, the PKI women's affiliate, and an Amnesty I
US State Department weekly status cable, 13 Jul 1978: 'Mrs Aidit to face trial'
Declassified State Department weekly status cable (13 Jul 1978). Citing FBIS and Kuala Lumpur radio, it reports that Dr Sutanti Aidit, widow of D.N. Aidit, will be tried for complicity in the 1965 coup attempt. It describes her as a member of the Central Committee of Gerwani, the PKI women's affiliate, and an Amnesty I
Army Spokesman on Release of Gerwani Ex-Chairwoman Sundari Abdulrahman (FBIS, 23 Aug 1989)
FBIS item (ANTARA, 23 Aug 1989): armed forces spokesman Brig. Gen. Nurhadi Purwosaputro said the release of Sundari Abdulrahman, 68, former chairwoman of Gerwani, followed completion of her term and presidential remission. She had been sentenced to life in 1976 in Tanjungkarang and held in Tangerang Women's Prison. He