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GA-01645 1951-04-25 Merdeka rel B

Merdeka, 25 April 1951

Merdeka, 25 April 1951: May Day 1951 preparations

Merdeka, 25 April 1951 (hlm. 2): plans for May Day 1951 by a central committee (SOBSI, KABM) assisted by the Peace Defence Committee, Lekra, Pemuda Rakyat, Sakti and Gerwis, framed as defence of world peace.

GA-00170 1951-08-08 Abadi rel B

Abadi, 8 Agustus 1951, hlm. 2: Panitia 17 Agustus kiri

Abadi, 8 August 1951, p. 2: The Left's 17 August Committee

Abadi, 8 Aug 1951, p. 2: separate left-wing 17 August committees under a 'peace programme' in Jakarta and Bandung, with Gerwis, SOBSI, Lekra and others in charge of the programme.

GA-01646 1951-08-08 Merdeka rel B

Merdeka, 8 Agustus 1951

Merdeka, 8 August 1951: Peace Committee organisations form 17 August committee

Merdeka, 8 Agustus 1951 (hlm. 2): mass organisations under the Peace Committee form their own 17 August committee with a 'peace programme', Gerwis and Lekra running the programme section.

GA-01426 1952-05-03 Harian Rakjat rel A

Suwarti, anggota parlemen dan ketua umum Gerwis, dalam panitia perdamaian (Harian Rakjat, 3 Mei 1952, hlm. 3)

Suwarti, MP and chair of Gerwis, on the peace committee (Harian Rakjat, 3 May 1952)

Harian Rakjat, 3 May 1952. On p. 3 Suwarti, MP and general chair (ketua umum) of Gerwis, is listed among the Indonesians invited to join the preparatory committee for the Asia-Pacific Peace Conference, alongside Siauw Giok Chan, Ir. Setiadi and others. Pp. 2-3 also report May Day 1952 rallies where Gerwis marched with

GA-00677 1952-06-27 De Nieuwsgier rel B

Delegatie naar VS-ambassade om te protesteren tegen bacterie-oorlog (Delegation to US embassy)

Delegation to US embassy protests bacteriological war in Korea

De Nieuwsgier, 27 June 1952 (Sin Po): on the Korean War anniversary, a nine-organisation delegation including Gerwis, SOBSI, Pemuda Rakjat, Lekra and the peace committee protests at the US embassy against alleged bacteriological warfare, but is turned away. They write to the foreign minister asking Indonesia to press f

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-03039 1961 rel A licensed

The Communist Party of Indonesia, 1951-1961: A Decade of the Aidit Leadership (PhD thesis, Australian National University)

The Communist Party of Indonesia 1951-1961: A Decade of the Aidit Leadership (Hindley, 1961)

Donald Hindley's 1961 ANU PhD thesis on the Indonesian Communist Party under the Aidit leadership, 1951-1961, covering PKI strategy, party-building, finances, mass organisations and elections. Section 'Women' (pp. 422-448, esp. 'Gerwani', pp. 428-441) traces Gerwis from its founding on 4 June 1950 (about 500 members) t