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GA-00664 1951-01-03 De Nieuwsgier rel B

Chinese vrouwen kregen geen visum (Chinese women did not get visas)

Chinese women did not get visas to Indonesian women's congress

De Nieuwsgier, 3 Jan 1951 (AP): Peking radio complains that the Indonesian consulate in Hong Kong refused visas to three Chinese women delegates to an Indonesian women's congress; they returned to Beijing and filed a report with the WIDF, which had delegated them. Organisation of the congress is not named in the text.

GA-02619 1952-05-27 rel C licensed

Beijing May festivals highlight Communist 'peace' campaign in Asia (1952)

Beijing May Festivals Highlight Communist 'Peace' Campaign in Asia (1952)

State Department intelligence report (27 May 1952) on Beijing's May 1952 festivals and the Asia-Pacific peace conference preparations as part of the communist 'peace' campaign. Mentions the WIDF only as a precedent for earlier Beijing meetings (Nov-Dec 1949); no reference to Indonesia, Gerwis or Gerwani found.

GA-01680 1963-07-05 Peking Review rel A

Peking Review No. 27, 5 Juli 1963 (World Congress of Women, Moscow; statement of Umi Sardjono)

Peking Review no. 27, 5 July 1963: World Congress of Women, Moscow; statement of Umi Sardjono

Peking Review no. 27 (5 July 1963), Chinese state weekly, reporting the WIDF World Congress of Women in Moscow (June 1963). It covers the Chinese delegation's votes against the WIDF programme and Appeal, its statements, and the clash with the Indian delegate and chair over the Sino-Indian border. Umi Sardjono, head of

GA-02374 1963-07-15 rel A

Bi-Weekly Propaganda Guidance (WIDF Moscow World Congress of Women)

CIA Bi-Weekly Propaganda Guidance, 15 July 1963: WIDF Moscow World Congress of Women

CIA Bi-Weekly Propaganda Guidance, 15 July 1963, on the Sino-Soviet clash at the WIDF Moscow World Congress of Women (June 1963). It quotes the Indonesian press of 9 July, per NCNA, carrying a statement by Maasje Siwi, general secretary of GERWANI, condemning the undemocratic handling of the congress and saying Gerwani