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GA-01241 1956-03-13 Java-Bode rel A

Bezwaren tegen bezoek (Objections to visit)

Objections to visit

Java-Bode, 13 March 1956, p. 1: before John Foster Dulles's Jakarta visit, the Gerwani central board issued a statement objecting to the visit, to his interference in Indonesia's internal affairs and to his pressure on Indonesia to join SEATO, after studying US interventionism in Latin America and Asia.

GA-01306 1956-03-13 Nieuwe Tilburgsche Courant rel B

Economische hulp aan Indonesië aangeboden (Economic aid offered to Indonesia; Dulles in Jakarta)

Economic aid offered to Indonesia (Dulles in Jakarta)

Nieuwe Tilburgsche Courant, 13 March 1956: report on US Secretary of State Dulles's visit to Jakarta, where about two dozen demonstrators shouted 'Abolish SEATO' and a young woman of the left-leaning Gerwani threw a paper at his car and was detained for questioning. Dulles also met Sukarno, discussed New Guinea and off

GA-01319 1956-03-13 Nieuwsblad Van Het Zuiden rel B

H.C. afwezig bij aankomst Dulles (High Commissioner absent at Dulles's arrival)

High Commissioner absent at Dulles's arrival

Nieuwsblad van het Zuiden, 13 March 1956: report on Dulles's arrival in Jakarta (no Dutch high commissioner present), his statement, and an airport incident in which a young Gerwani woman threw a paper at his car and was detained. Also Sukarno's accepted invitation to the US and discussion of New Guinea and economic ai

GA-03334 1964-08-05 Berita Harian rel A

GERWANI mahu tutup pejabat2 USIS

Gerwani wants US Information Service offices closed (Berita Harian, 1964)

Berita Harian, 5 August 1964, p. 3, Reuters: Gerwani, described as a left-wing women's movement, cabled Sukarno demanding closure of the US Information Service, return of Peace Corps volunteers training Indonesian athletes, and condemned the Johnson-Tunku Abdul Rahman joint statement, per the PKI paper Harian Rakyat. S

GA-03333 1965-07-26 Berita Harian rel A

PKI tuntut halau Duta (Gerwani demand against US ambassador Green)

PKI demands expulsion of US ambassador (Gerwani demand, Berita Harian, 1965)

Berita Harian, 26 July 1965, p. 3: the PKI renews its demand that Sukarno cancel acceptance of new US ambassador Marshall Green; the demand, issued through its women's organisation Gerwani, also asks Sukarno to break diplomatic relations with the United States. Clipping breaks off. Evidence of Gerwani's anti-American c

GA-03462 1976-01 [MORE] (Rosebud Associates, New York), vol. 6 no. 1 rel A

[MORE] Vol. 6 No. 1, January 1976: Writers in Prison

[MORE] Jan 1976: Writers in Prison (Barbara Sproul), with entry on Sudjinah

Issue of the New York media magazine [MORE] (January 1976) with Barbara Sproul's Amnesty-linked article on writers jailed by repressive regimes. Its Indonesia list describes Sudjinah as a writer who contributed short stories to Harian Rakjat and worked on the editorial staff of Api Kartini, journal of Gerwani; arrested

GA-03463 1976-01 [MORE] (Rosebud Associates, New York), vol. 6 no. 1 rel A

[MORE] Vol. 6 No. 1, January 1976: Writers in Prison

[MORE] Jan 1976: Writers in Prison (Barbara Sproul), with entry on Sudjinah

Issue of the New York media magazine [MORE] (January 1976) with Barbara Sproul's Amnesty-linked article on writers jailed by repressive regimes. Its Indonesia list describes Sudjinah as a writer who contributed short stories to Harian Rakjat and worked on the editorial staff of Api Kartini, journal of Gerwani; arrested

GA-00267 1978-01-19 Papua New Guinea Post-Courier rel B

After 12 Years Freedom (Post-Courier, 19 Jan 1978)

After 12 Years Freedom (Post-Courier, 19 January 1978)

Papua New Guinea Post-Courier, 19 January 1978, p. 5, feature by George Oliver on the release of 10,000 political prisoners held since the 1965 coup, with PKI members forced to swear loyalty. It describes the Category A, B, C system, the 1965-66 massacres (estimates up to half a million killed), Amnesty International's

GA-00268 1978-01-19 Papua New Guinea Post-Courier rel B

After 12 Years Freedom (Post-Courier, 19 Jan 1978)

After 12 Years Freedom (Post-Courier, 19 January 1978), clean OCR

Papua New Guinea Post-Courier, 19 January 1978, p. 5, clean OCR of George Oliver's feature on the release of 10,000 political prisoners held since the 1965 coup (same article as GA-00267). It covers the official and alternative accounts of 30 September, killings of perhaps half a million, half to three-quarters of a mi