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GA-00805 1949-04-20 De Waarheid rel C

318 gedelegeerden konden niet komen (318 delegates could not come: World Peace Congress, Paris)

318 delegates could not come: World Peace Congress opens in Paris

De Waarheid report (20 Apr 1949) on the opening of the World Peace Congress in Paris, where Joliot-Curie greeted delegations from China, Spain, Greece, Vietnam and Indonesia, protested French refusal of 380 visas and noted women's role in peace. WIDF chair Cotton sat on the platform. No Indonesian delegate or Gerwis/Ge

GA-02618 1949-08-01 rel C licensed

Potentials of world communism: Women's International Democratic Federation (OIR report, 1949)

Potentials of World Communism: Women's International Democratic Federation (OIR report, 1949)

OSS/State Department intelligence report (1 Aug 1949) on the Women's International Democratic Federation as a communist front: origins in the Soviet Anti-Fascist Committee of Women, 1945 Paris founding, leaders (Cotton, Popova, Ibarruri, Cai Chang), membership claims and Asia activities. Indonesia is mentioned only in

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-02783 1953 rel C licensed

As One! For Equality, For Happiness, For Peace: World Congress of Women, Copenhagen, 5-10 June 1953

As One! For Equality, For Happiness, For Peace: World Congress of Women, Copenhagen 1953

Report volume (WIDF, Berlin, 1953) on the World Congress of Women, Copenhagen, 5-10 June 1953: reports, speeches, documents, resolutions and the officers elected. Gerwani and Gerwis are not named. Indonesia appears in the congress report (p. 4), which says its 10 delegates and observers came from six organisations, one

GA-00269 1954-04-30 Southern Cross rel C

Communist Meetings 1954 Programme (Southern Cross, 30 Apr 1954)

Communist Meetings 1954 Programme (Southern Cross, 30 April 1954)

Southern Cross (Adelaide), 30 April 1954, p. 16, anti-communist piece listing 'Communist-sponsored' international meetings for the coming year. Only a passing reference touches the field: an International Children's Defence Day under the WIDF, and a World Peasant Youth Congress expected in Jakarta in November. A separa

GA-00479 1959-11-06 Algemeen Dagblad rel C

Moskou's opmars (Kemajuan Moskow)

Moscow's advance

Algemeen Dagblad (1959-11-06, p. 7): second part of Allen W. Dulles's essay on Soviet and Chinese economic and subversive penetration of developing countries. Lists Indonesia among arms recipients and names the WIDF, with trade-union, youth and peace bodies, as a communist 'front organisation'. Cold War framing context

GA-02501 1965-01-11 rel C licensed

Nhan Dan Reviews World Support for NFLSV (FBIS, 11 Jan 1965)

FBIS-monitored VNA text (11 Jan 1965) of a Nhan Dan review of world solidarity with the NFLSV on its fourth anniversary, with messages from Zhou Enlai, Kim Il Sung, Sihanouk and PKI chair Aidit, and events by WIDF, WFTU, WPC and others. Indonesia appears only briefly: many Indonesian mass organisations held meetings an