American aide-memoire answered today (with report on the Sjarifuddin cabinet)
Het Dagblad (Batavia) item, 4 Jul 1947, p.1, on the new Sjarifuddin cabinet. In the passage on ministers it notes that Mrs Trimurti (S.K. Trimurti, Partai Buruh) replaces Ulfah Santoso, the only woman minister in the previous cabinet, as minister of state for labour affairs. The rest concerns other ministers and party
The new cabinet (Sjarifuddin cabinet, July 1947)
Het Dagblad (Batavia) article (4 Jul 1947, p.1) listing the new Republican cabinet under Amir Sjarifuddin, with ministers and vice-ministers by party. It lists Mrs K. Trimurti as minister of state for labour affairs, with vice-minister Wilopo, and Wikana for youth affairs. Useful for Trimurti's appointment; no Gerwani
Djuanda vows to carry out programme; parties and groups back the new cabinet (Renmin Ribao, 13 April 1957)
Renmin Ribao, 13 Apr 1957, p. 6 (Xinhua, Jakarta): PM Djuanda's broadcast on the new extra-parliamentary cabinet and reactions of parties and organisations (PNI, NU, PKI/Aidit, Masjumi, PSII, Parkindo, Murba). Gerwani appears only in a list of mass organisations, with SOBSI, Perwari and others, that telegraphed support
Djuanda vows to carry out programme; parties and groups back the new cabinet (Renmin Ribao, 13 April 1957)
Renmin Ribao, 13 Apr 1957, p. 6 (Xinhua, Jakarta): PM Djuanda's broadcast on the new extra-parliamentary cabinet and reactions of parties and organisations (PNI, NU, PKI/Aidit, Masjumi, PSII, Parkindo, Murba). Gerwani appears only in a list of mass organisations, with SOBSI, Perwari and others, that telegraphed support
Communists in Indonesia: isolated position despite five million followers
Algemeen Handelsblad analysis by a contributor (1963-06-01) on the PKI's isolated position despite about five million followers. It credits the PKI with 1 million members plus 1.5 million in 'the communist women's organisation Gerwani', and discusses food prices, the lifting of the state of siege, SOKSI's rise and West
US Embassy Djakarta, Joint Sitrep No. 68, Telegram 1842 (22 December 1965)
US Embassy Djakarta telegram 1842, Joint Sitrep No. 68 (22 Dec 1965, Secret, sanitized, OCR rough). Reports Sukarno's speeches defending the PKI, including a Mother's Day gathering where he defended the PKI's women's affiliate (Gerwani), Nasution's 'basic guide' for crushing the PKI, the PNI purge, anti-Chinese violenc