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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-01900 1963-09-05 Renmin Ribao rel B licensed

D.N. Aidit, 'Beberapa masalah revolusi Indonesia dan PKI', laporan di Beijing, 4 September 1963 (Renmin Ribao, 5 September 1963) (印度尼西亚革命的若干问题和印度尼西亚共产党)

D.N. Aidit, 'Some problems of the Indonesian revolution and the PKI': Beijing report, 4 September 1963

Full Renmin Ribao text (5 Sept 1963, p. 3) of D.N. Aidit's 4 September Beijing rally report on the Indonesian revolution and PKI: semi-colonial, semi-feudal analysis, national united front, Nasakom, state power's 'two aspects', and party building. Gerwani appears only once, in a membership tally (1.5 million, alongside