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GA-01096 1949-11-16 Indische Courant Voor Nederland rel A

Bendeleidster Lot Salawati gearresteerd in grot

Band leader Lot Salawati arrested in cave

Indische Courant voor Nederland, 16 Nov 1949, front page: correspondent's report from Makassar that Salawati Daud, municipal councillor and 'well-known extreme-leftist lady', led the armed gang that raided Masamba prison and abducted Th. Pluyter, using the mayor's car; arrested in a cave. Frames it as exposing a politi

GA-02469 1959-09-29 rel A licensed

Delegations Arrive for National Day (FBIS, 29 Sep 1959)

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

GA-02624 1960-04 rel B licensed

Pertahanan Indonesia: profil biografis tokoh militer dan politik, April 1960 (Indonesia defense affairs: biographical profiles)

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

GA-02626 1960-08 rel A licensed

Pertahanan Indonesia: profil biografis anggota DPR-GR, Agustus 1960 (Indonesia defense affairs: biographical profiles)

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

GA-02498 1964-09-30 rel A licensed

Other Guests (FBIS, 30 Sep 1964)

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)

GA-01945 1964-10-01 Renmin Ribao rel A licensed

Renmin Ribao, 1 Oktober 1964: Mao dan pimpinan lain menerima tamu Hari Nasional (毛泽东主席同党和国家其他领导人分别接见参加我国国庆的各国贵宾)

Mao and other leaders receive National Day guests (snippet)

Snippet-only Renmin Ribao extract (1 Oct 1964, p. 3) on Mao and other leaders receiving National Day guests. It names Mrs Suharti, PKI Central Committee member, head of its Women's Department and Gerwani First Vice-Chair, among those received; truncated. Full text is GA-01946.

GA-01946 1964-10-01 Renmin Ribao rel A licensed

Renmin Ribao, 1 Oktober 1964: Mao dan pimpinan lain menerima tamu Hari Nasional (毛泽东主席同党和国家其他领导人分别接见参加我国国庆的各国贵宾)

Mao and other leaders receive National Day guests, including Suharti of Gerwani and PKI

Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (1 Oct 1964, p. 3) on Mao, Liu Shaoqi, Zhou Enlai and others receiving 15th National Day guests. Among those received: Suharti (Suwarto), PKI Central Committee member, head of its Women's Department and Gerwani First Vice-Chair, and Kowani chair Mrs Sukahar; also the PKI delegation and wom

GA-01947 1964-10-05 Renmin Ribao rel A licensed

Renmin Ribao, 5 Oktober 1964: Song Qingling, Zhou, Chen Yi menerima tamu wanita (宋副主席 周总理 陈毅副总理接见参加我国国庆的女外宾)

Song Qingling, Zhou Enlai and Chen Yi receive women guests (snippet)

Snippet-only Renmin Ribao front-page extract (5 Oct 1964): Song Qingling, Zhou Enlai and Chen Yi receive women guests; the All-China Women's Federation holds a reception. The snippet names Suharti (PKI CC, head of Women's Department, Gerwani First Vice-Chair, DPR-GR member) and Juswati of Gerwani; truncated. Full text

GA-01952 1964-10-24 Renmin Ribao rel A licensed

Renmin Ribao, 24 Oktober 1964: Ny. Suharti dari Indonesia pulang (印度尼西亚苏哈尔蒂夫人回国)

Mrs Suharti returns from China after National Day and visit to Yan'an

Xinhua note in Renmin Ribao (24 Oct 1964, p. 4): Suharti, PKI Central Committee member, head of its Women's Department and Gerwani First Vice-Chair, left Beijing for Guangzhou on 22 October after National Day events and a visit to Yan'an, and returned home via Shenzhen on 23 October; a Guangdong women's federation offi

GA-02504 1965-04-08 rel A licensed

Umi Sardjono Leads Women Volunteers to DRV Embassy (FBIS Daily Report, 8 Apr 1965, HathiTrust scan)

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

GA-01537 1966-10-29 The Scotsman rel C licensed

Not the old Subandrio (The Scotsman, 29 Oktober 1966)

Not the old Subandrio (The Scotsman, 29 October 1966)

The Scotsman, 29 Oct 1966, 'Not the old Subandrio': profile of Sukarno's former foreign minister, condemned to death by a military tribunal for treason and bearing 'heavy responsibility for the rise of the PKI'. It traces his career and notes he is a scapegoat the Suharto regime can blame while Sukarno is retained for

GA-03597 2007-10-01 Tempo (Edisi 1 Oktober 2007) rel B licensed

Keluarga Besar Aidit: Sesudah Malam Horor Itu (Tempo, 1 Oct 2007)

The Aidit family: after that night of horror (Tempo, 1 Oct 2007)

Tempo special (1 October 2007) on what happened to D.N. Aidit's family after 30 September 1965. It recounts the fates of his father, siblings and children, and of his wife Dr Soetanti Aidit, who fled, lived in disguise, was arrested, held in Kodim 66 and Bukit Duri until about 1980, and died in 1991. Her Gerwani member

GA-02307 2024-12-15 Tempo rel B licensed

Cerita Francisca Fanggidaej Selama Eksil di Cina dan Belanda

Tempo, 15 December 2024: Francisca Fanggidaej's story of exile in China and the Netherlands

Tempo magazine profile (15 Dec 2024, archivist Rika Theo and Iwan Kurniawan) of Francisca Fanggidaej: Pesindo leader, survivor of Madiun 1948, in Chile during 30 Sept 1965, passport revoked 1967, 20 years in Beijing with the Afro-Asian journalists' organisation, then exile in the Netherlands from 1985. She joined the K