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GA-01482 1955-09-08 Harian Rakjat rel C

Harian Rakjat, 8 September 1955, hlm. 4

Harian Rakjat, 8 September 1955, p. 4

Harian Rakjat, 8 September 1955, hlm. 4. News and notices page: forged driving-licence ring, French military operation in Morocco, lottery results; no Gerwani content.

GA-01483 1955-09-21 Harian Rakjat rel C

Harian Rakjat, 21 September 1955, hlm. 4

Harian Rakjat, 21 September 1955, p. 4

Harian Rakjat, 21 September 1955, hlm. 4. Feature on collective newspaper-reading groups among housewives in China, where wives learn to read and settle quarrels; context for women and literacy in the PKI press.

GA-00884 1955-10-08 De Waarheid rel B

De gebeurtenissen in Indonesië (slot)

Events in Indonesia (conclusion): Harahap government and mass organisations

De Waarheid, 8 Oct 1955, p. 3: final part of Cor Geugjes's series on events in Indonesia, arguing the Harahap government (which replaced Ali Sastroamidjojo) is resisted: elections could not be postponed, New Guinea was raised at the UN, and preliminary results defeat Masjumi and PSI. Cites PKI (500,000), SOBSI (3 milli

GA-01063 1955-11-11 Het Parool rel C

P.N.I. (analyse van de verkiezingsuitslag 1955)

P.N.I. (analysis of the 1955 election result)

Het Parool column 'P.N.I.' (11 Nov 1955) analysing the 1955 Indonesian election result: the PNI did well despite corruption; Sukarno's second marriage (Hartini) had been thought to hurt him as it moved many prominent Indonesian women to militant counter-action, but the fight against polygamy was a concern of a handful

GA-00529 1955-12-19 Algemeen Indisch Dagblad rel B

Ensiklopedia Indonesia – Deel II: Belangrijke bijdrage tot de kennis van en over dit land (Ensiklopedia Indonesia jilid II)

Ensiklopedia Indonesia, part II: important contribution to knowledge of this country

Algemeen Indisch Dagblad review (1955-12-19, p. 2) of volume II (F-M) of the Ensiklopedia Indonesia. The reviewer praises it but objects to terminology on the Madiun affair and states it is wrong to list the Gerakan Revolusi Rakjat or the Gerwis as communist organisations, proposing the Ministry of Information's 'Kepar

GA-02084 1956 Pravda rel A

Pravda, 1956, No. 59, hlm. 3 (Rakyat pekerja Indonesia berbicara: tanggapan atas Kongres ke-20 PKUS)

Pravda, 1956: working people of Indonesia respond to the 20th CPSU Congress

Pravda, No. 59, 1956 (c. 28 Feb), p. 3: Jakarta dispatch 'The working people of Indonesia speak' among foreign responses to the 20th CPSU Congress. SOBSI leaders (Sumandi, Sudoyo, Sudadi) praise the Congress; Gerwani leader Suharti says she followed it via newspapers and Moscow radio in Indonesian and is 'amazed' at So

GA-00710 1956-03-19 De Nieuwsgier rel B

Communistische menigte verwelkomt president op Kemajoran (Communist crowd welcomes the president at Kemayoran)

Communist crowd welcomes the president at Kemayoran airport

De Nieuwsgier report (19 Mar 1956) on Sukarno's return to Kemajoran airport, where PKI supporters, communist veterans and the "communist women's organisation Gerwani" demanded PKI inclusion in Ali Sastroamidjojo's cabinet. Sukarno urged calm; Gerwani appears only among the crowd with banners.

GA-00452 1956-04-04 Bintang Timur rel A

Umi Sardjono anggota Fraksi Pembangunan DPR baru; Bintang Timur 4 April 1956 (hlm. 1)

Umi Sardjono joins the Development faction in the new DPR (Bintang Timur, 4 April 1956)

Front page (with pp. 2-4) of Bintang Timur, Jakarta, 4 Apr 1956. A short item on the new DPR's factions lists Umi Sardjono (Gerwani chair) among the members of the 'Pembangunan' (Development) faction, with Suprapto, Abulhayat, Runturambi, Supardi and Sujono. Headline news: government to seek full KMB abrogation and tak

GA-01246 1956-07-17 Java-Bode rel B

Parlementslid rapporteert: Koprasmokkel in opdracht van kolonel Warouw (MP reports: copra smuggling on Colonel Warouw's orders)

MP reports copra smuggling on Colonel Warouw's orders

Java-Bode, 17 July 1956, p. 2: defence section chair Lukas Kustario says Lt-Col Worang led large-scale copra smuggling in North Sulawesi on Col Warouw's instructions, proceeds funding a university building, roads and hospitals. He spoke after a trip with section members Mrs Salawati Daud (PKI) and Mansjur (PNI).

GA-02086 1956-09-05 Pravda rel A

Pravda, 5 September 1956, No. 249: Kunjungan Presiden Sukarno di Uni Soviet

Pravda, 5 Sep 1956: President Sukarno's visit to the Soviet Union

Pravda, 5 Sept 1956 (No. 249), partial issue (pp. 1, 4, 6, machine-translated): TASS and correspondents' reports on President Sukarno's tour of the USSR (Sverdlovsk, Tashkent) and Indonesian reactions. On p. 6 O. Chechetkina quotes Darmini, 'one of the leaders of the mass women's organization Gerwani', hailing the visi

GA-02087 1956-09-05 Pravda rel A

Pravda, 5 September 1956, No. 249 (Pemimpin Gerwani tentang kunjungan Sukarno ke Uni Soviet)

Pravda, 5 Sep 1956: Gerwani leader on Sukarno's visit to the USSR (excerpt)

Keyword-hit excerpt of Pravda, No. 249, 5 Sept 1956, report by correspondent O. Chechetkina (Jakarta, 4 Sept) on Indonesian reactions to President Sukarno's visit to the USSR. D. N. Aidit and Darmini, 'one of the leaders of the mass women's organization Gerwani', hail it as the first visit of Indonesia's president to t

GA-01452 1957-01-30 Harian Rakjat rel A

Laporan harus wajar: Tentang pendidikan di Sovyet Uni, oleh Ny. Mudigdio (Harian Rakjat, 30 Januari 1957, hlm. 3)

The report must be fair: on education in the Soviet Union, by Mrs Mudigdio (Harian Rakjat, 30 January 1957)

Harian Rakjat, 30 Jan 1957, p. 3: the page carries only the headline 'Laporan harus wajar - Tentang pendidikan di Sovyet Uni' by Ny. Mudigdio; the article body is not recoverable from the OCR. Page 4 advertises Soviet booklets on women's right to education. Page 1 covers Hatta and the Konsepsi Presiden debate. Mudigdio

GA-01753 1957-02-02 Renmin Ribao rel B licensed

印度尼西亚“人民日报”庆祝创刊六周年 (Harian Rakjat celebrates its sixth anniversary)

Harian Rakjat celebrates its sixth anniversary (Renmin Ribao, 2 February 1957)

Renmin Ribao, 2 Feb 1957, p. 5 (Xinhua, Jakarta): the PKI daily Harian Rakjat marks its sixth anniversary at a Jakarta meeting of about 1,000 on 31 Jan; Njono gives circulation as 60,000 and Aidit speaks for the PKI. Gerwani appears only among bodies sending congratulatory telegrams.

GA-01754 1957-02-02 Renmin Ribao rel B licensed

印度尼西亚“人民日报”庆祝创刊六周年 (Harian Rakjat celebrates its sixth anniversary)

Harian Rakjat celebrates its sixth anniversary (Renmin Ribao, 2 February 1957)

Renmin Ribao, 2 Feb 1957, p. 5 (Xinhua, Jakarta): the PKI daily Harian Rakjat marks its sixth anniversary at a Jakarta meeting of about 1,000 on 31 Jan; Njono gives circulation as 60,000 and Aidit speaks for the PKI. Gerwani appears only among bodies sending congratulatory telegrams.

GA-00889 1957-02-28 De Waarheid rel A

Terreur in Midden-Sumatra

Terror in Central Sumatra: Banteng Council arrests PKI members and Gerwani leaders

De Waarheid, 28 Feb 1957, p. 7: short report that the rebel 'Banteng Council' in Central Sumatra has set up a terror regime, arresting PKI members, unionists and democrats, and placing prominent members of the women's organisation Gerwani under 'town arrest'. SOBSI in Jakarta decided to call protest strikes. Early repo

GA-01455 1957-03-07 Harian Rakjat rel A

Artikel Ny. Umi Sardjono dan pidato Ny. Mudigdio di DPR; Gerwani pertahankan cuti haid (Harian Rakjat, 7 Maret 1957, hlm. 3)

Umi Sardjono article and Mudigdio speech in parliament; Gerwani defends menstrual leave (Harian Rakjat, 7 March 1957)

Harian Rakjat, 7 Mar 1957, p. 3: includes an article by Ny. Umi Sardjono for International Women's Day on women's struggle and rights (alongside a science piece), a DPR report with Ny. Mudigdio (PKI) speaking on 6 March, and Gerwani branch items. Notes 46 organisations including Gerwani opposing abolition of menstrual

GA-01456 1957-03-08 Harian Rakjat rel A

Harian Rakjat, 8 Maret 1957: artikel Setiati Surasto tentang cuti haid, hlm. 3

Harian Rakjat, 8 March 1957: Setiati Surasto on menstrual leave

Harian Rakjat issue of 8 March 1957 (International Women's Day), noisy OCR. Page 3 carries Setiati Surasto's women's-day article defending menstrual leave (cuti haid) for women workers under Labour Law 1951/1948. Elsewhere: a Gerwani branch (Blitar) reported gaining members, a Gerwani public lecture is announced, and t

GA-01457 1957-03-09 Harian Rakjat rel A

Harian Rakjat, 9 Maret 1957: Umi Sardjono di pameran Hari Wanita, hlm. 1

Harian Rakjat, 9 March 1957: Umi Sardjono at the Women's Day exhibition

Harian Rakjat issue of 9 March 1957, very noisy OCR. Page 1 reports the International Women's Day exhibition (handicrafts, cooking, costumes, foreign stalls) in Jakarta, where Umi Sardjono (Gerwani leader) is among women leaders present alongside Fatmawati; the committee of ten women's organisations is chaired by Yahya

GA-01497 1957-06-16 New York Times rel B licensed

Jakarta Sets Up National Council: Sukarno Names Members (New York Times, 16 Juni 1957)

Jakarta sets up National Council: Sukarno names members (New York Times, 16 June 1957)

New York Times, 16 June 1957, p.37, Special to the Times from Jakarta: Sukarno names the 45 members of the new National Council (Dewan Nasional), chaired by himself, with Roeslan Abdulgani as deputy chairman and secretary-general. About a quarter are described as Communists or sympathisers, including PKI member Sujono

GA-00563 1957-08-29 Algemeen Indisch Dagblad rel A

Protest der PKI over de arrestaties in Minahassa (Protes PKI atas penangkapan di Minahasa)

PKI protest over arrests in Minahassa

Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1957-08-29, p. 3): the PKI central committee publishes North Sulawesi branch protest against arrests in Minahasa starting 20 July 1957 (about 30 detained, mostly PKI) and the sealing of the Manado PKI office. Listed detainees include Karel Supit and Mrs. Wuntu-Ottay of the Gerwani leadership i

GA-00565 1957-09-27 Algemeen Indisch Dagblad rel A

Voldaan over besluiten nationaal overleg: Algemene beschouwingen over normalisatie 's Landstoestand (Puas atas keputusan Munas)

Satisfied with decisions of national conference: general debates on normalisation of the country's situation

Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1957-09-27, p. 2): parliamentary general debates on the national conference results and Soekarno-Hatta cooperation. PKI women MPs speak: Nungtjik A.R. calls the results a merit of the cabinet and asks for a gotong-royong cabinet; Mrs. Suharti Suwarto criticises regional councils and military a

GA-01338 1957-09-27 Ons Noorden rel B

Indonesisch parlement wil een meer concrete vorm van samenwerking tussen Soekarno en Hatta (Indonesian parliament wants more concrete Sukarno–Hatta cooperation)

Indonesian parliament wants more concrete Sukarno-Hatta cooperation

Ons Noorden (27 Sep 1957) on the parliamentary debate after the national consultation conference. PKI MP Suharti Suwarto sharply criticised the revolutionary councils in Sumatra and Celebes for arresting local communist leaders, warning the conference decisions cannot work until they are freed. Other speakers urge Suka

GA-00566 1957-09-28 Algemeen Indisch Dagblad rel A

Algemene beschouwingen over normalisatie 's Landstoestand (Debat umum normalisasi keadaan negara)

General debates on normalisation of the country's situation

Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1957-09-28, p. 2): continuation of the parliamentary debate on normalisation after the national conference, with seven speakers. Mrs. Umi Sardjono (Pembangunan) calls the result a positive principle showing the government's authority, but doubts it can be realised while arbitrary arrests and b

GA-01300 1958-02-06 Nieuwe Haarlemsche Courant rel B

Soekarno, de aartsintrigant (Sukarno, the arch-intriguer)

Sukarno, the arch-intriguer

Nieuwe Haarlemsche Courant, 6 February 1958, p. 5: long profile of Sukarno by former correspondent C.H. Schaap, calling him an 'arch-intriguer' bent on absolute power, tracing his career to the 1957 cabinet. It mentions that his October 1954 second marriage to Hartini caused general indignation among Indonesian women,

GA-01771 1958-02-17 Renmin Ribao rel B licensed

苏加诺总统为印度尼西亚人民带来了新的力量 (President Sukarno brings new strength to the Indonesian people)

President Sukarno brings new strength to the Indonesian people (Renmin Ribao, 17 February 1958)

Renmin Ribao commentary, 17 Feb 1958, p. 5: praises Sukarno's nine-nation tour, backs Indonesia's West Irian claim and calls the PRRI/Permesta rebels imperialist-instigated. Notes that SOBSI, Pemuda Rakjat, Gerwani, BTI and seventeen Sumatran organisations backed the arrest of the rebels, and cites Aidit's call to brin

GA-01772 1958-02-17 Renmin Ribao rel B licensed

苏加诺总统为印度尼西亚人民带来了新的力量 (President Sukarno brings new strength to the Indonesian people)

President Sukarno brings new strength to the Indonesian people (Renmin Ribao, 17 February 1958)

Renmin Ribao commentary, 17 Feb 1958, p. 5: praises Sukarno's nine-nation tour, backs Indonesia's West Irian claim and calls the PRRI/Permesta rebels imperialist-instigated. Notes that SOBSI, Pemuda Rakjat, Gerwani, BTI and seventeen Sumatran organisations backed the arrest of the rebels, and cites Aidit's call to brin

GA-00570 1958-02-18 Amigoe di Curacao rel C

Soekarno, de aartsintrigant (Sukarno, the master intriguer)

Sukarno, the master intriguer

Profile of President Sukarno in the Curaçao weekly Amigoe di Curaçao (18 Feb 1958, p. 4), portraying him as a charming but ruthless 'master intriguer' and authoritarian. It narrates his career and notes women's indignation at his 1954 marriage to Hartini despite his book Sarinah. Gerwani is not mentioned.

GA-00571 1958-02-18 Amigoe Di Curacao rel C

Soekarno, de aartsintrigant (Sukarno, the master intriguer) [duplicate]

Sukarno, the master intriguer [duplicate]

Second copy (different Delpher ID) of the Amigoe di Curaçao profile of Sukarno, 18 Feb 1958: an unflattering account of him as authoritarian master intriguer, from 1920s nationalism to the 1957 cabinet. Mentions the general women's indignation at his marriage to Hartini despite writing Sarinah. Gerwani is not named.

GA-03623 1958-09-25 Monthly Indonesian Press Survey, nos. 33-44 (1958), p. 564 rel B

Monthly Indonesian Press Survey, 1958: Suwardiningsih imprisoned in Kalisosok; Sudjojono dismissed from the PKI

Page 564 of the US State Department's Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (nos. 33-44, 1958), summarising the 25 Sept 1958 Nusantara. Suwardiningsih, PKI East Java committee and Constituent Assembly member, entered Kalisosok prison, Surabaya, on 22 Sept to serve a month (cut from six) for remarks about Hatta in 1953; thous

GA-02096 1959-04-28 Pravda rel A

Pravda, 28 April 1959, No. 118, hlm. 3 (Rencana Tujuh Tahun, pukulan terhadap imperialisme; ceramah Aidit dan Suharti)

Pravda, 28 Apr 1959: Seven-Year Plan, a blow against imperialism; Aidit and Suharti lecture in Jakarta

Pravda, 28 April 1959, p. 3 (selected page): TASS Jakarta report that D. N. Aidit lectured on the 21st CPSU Congress and the Seven-Year Plan; Suharti, 'head of the women's department of the CC of the PKI, member of parliament', spoke on Soviet women's role in building communism. Rest of page (Warsaw Pact meeting, Chine