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GA-02425 1951-01-25 rel C licensed

Indonesia Backs Peace Congress Ideals (FBIS, 25 Jan 1951)

FBIS, 25 January 1951: Indonesia backs Peace Congress ideals (Warsaw)

FBIS-monitored Moscow Radio text (25 Jan 1951) of a speech by an Indonesian member of the World Peace Council (name garbled), chairing the Indonesian delegation to the Warsaw Peace Congress. Describes the Indonesian Peace Committee (Yogyakarta, June 1950), the Stockholm Appeal signatures, and urges non-democratic Indon

GA-02365 1953 rel A

Communism in the Free World (IR-6165), January 1953: Indonesia section on GERWIS

US State Dept. report IR-6165, January 1953: Communism in the Free World - Indonesia section on Gerwis

US State Department Office of Intelligence Research report IR-6165, 'Communism in the Free World' (January 1953), a compilation of about 30 country studies of communist capabilities, held in the CIA reading room. The Indonesia study (IR-6165.3) covers PKI aims and tactics, labour, and front organisations. Section VI.A

GA-02441 1953-04-20 rel A licensed

Delegates to Peking (FBIS, 20 Apr 1953)

FBIS, 20 April 1953: Delegates to Peking (SOBSI delegation, S.K. Trimurti)

FBIS item (20 Apr 1953): MP Tjugito (OCR) and Suharjo, secretary-general of SABDA, left Jakarta as SOBSI delegates to May Day in Peking. S.K. Trimurti left with the SOBSI delegation and would attend the women's congress in Copenhagen (World Congress of Women). Shows Trimurti's travel in the WIDF circuit.

GA-03604 1955-05 CIA Reading Room, CIA-RDP78-02646R000300150001-8 rel A

The Communist Party of Indonesia (CIA survey, May 1955)

CIA intelligence survey of the PKI's history, structure and front organisations, May 1955, before the September 1955 elections. Section III.E (report pp. 49-50) profiles Gerwani: founded 1950 as Gerwis, renamed Gerwani at the March 1954 congress, 25,000+ members, S.K. Trimurti general chairman and Umi Sardjono chairman

GA-02370 1958-09 rel A

The International Communist Fronts in 1958 (CIA, September 1958)

CIA study, September 1958: The international communist fronts in 1958

CIA/US government study (September 1958) surveying the activities of the international Communist fronts (World Peace Council, Afro-Asian Solidarity Council, WFDY/IUS, WIDF, WFTU and others) in 1958. Chapter IV covers WIDF's Fourth Congress (Vienna, 1-5 June 1958) and secretariat. Gerwani appears only briefly: Suharti (

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-02630 1961-01 rel B licensed

Komunisme dan Partai Komunis Indonesia, despatch Januari 1961 (Indonesia political affairs: communism and the PKI)

Communism and the PKI, Despatch of January 1961

US embassy Djakarta despatch compilation (Jan 1961) analysing communism and the PKI, including its front organisations. The overview describes Gerwani as the communist women's organisation used for price and anti-bomb demonstrations, affiliated with the WIDF (which funds trips abroad for prominent members), and contras