Chinese women's delegation arrives in Jakarta for 10th Kowani congress
Xinhua note in Renmin Ribao (24 July 1964, p. 4): the Chinese women's delegation led by Huang Ganying of the All-China Women's Federation arrived in Jakarta on 23 July to attend the 10th Kowani (Indonesian Women's Congress) session. Mudigdio, a Kowani leader (elsewhere Gerwani vice-chair), and the Chinese Consul-Genera
Aidit receives the Chinese women's delegation (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao item (11 Aug 1964, p. 8): Aidit receives the Chinese women's delegation attending the 10th Kowani congress, with the Chinese chargé d'affaires present. Source OCR is garbled; full text is GA-01936.
Aidit receives the Chinese women's delegation attending the Kowani congress
Xinhua note in Renmin Ribao (11 Aug 1964, p. 8): on 9 August PKI chairman Aidit received the Chinese women's delegation led by Huang Ganying, in Jakarta for the 10th Kowani (Indonesian Women's Congress). The Chinese chargé d'affaires attended. Shows PKI leadership hosting ACWF visitors alongside the Kowani congress; Ge
Aust. delegate saw Indonesia
Tribune (Sydney), 12 Aug 1964, p. 3: Enid Hampson, NSW secretary of the UAW and WIDF delegate to the recent congress of Indonesian women in Jakarta, tells Perth that Indonesian women were amazed at suggestions of aggression against Australia. The congress was run by 'WANITA', a body of 40 organisations, with Mme Suband
Aust. delegate saw Indonesia
Tribune (Sydney), 12 Aug 1964, p. 3: Enid Hampson, NSW secretary of the UAW and WIDF delegate to the recent congress of Indonesian women in Jakarta, tells Perth that Indonesian women were amazed at suggestions of aggression against Australia. The congress was run by 'WANITA', a body of 40 organisations, with Mme Suband
Renmin Ribao, 28 Aug 1964: All-China Women's Federation reception for women scientists of four continents
People's Daily p. 2 (28 Aug 1964): the All-China Women's Federation held a reception for women scientists from Asia, Africa and Latin America. The excerpt lists delegates by country; the Indonesian ones are given as Mmes Budiyazuofu, Xiwabeixi, Caropeboka and Suhariyo. The sweep identifies 'Caropeboka' as Sumiyarsi Siw
Renmin Ribao, 28 Aug 1964: All-China Women's Federation reception for women scientists of four continents
People's Daily p. 2 (28 Aug 1964): the All-China Women's Federation held a reception for women scientists from Asia, Africa and Latin America. The excerpt lists delegates by country; the Indonesian ones are given as Mmes Budiyazuofu, Xiwabeixi, Caropeboka and Suhariyo. The sweep identifies 'Caropeboka' as Sumiyarsi Siw
LBJ National Security File: Indonesia, Communist Parties and Internal Politics (Sept 1964-Feb 1965)
LBJ Library National Security File, Indonesia (Sept 1964-Feb 1965): White House/State memoranda, Djakarta cables and CIA OCI reports on Sukarno's leftward drift, 'Sukarnoism' anti-PKI movement, succession, Malaysia and the USIS library crisis. Includes the CIA 'Sukarno and the Communists' report, listing Women's Front
Aust. delegate sees Indonesia
Tribune (Sydney), 2 Sep 1964, p. 9: Enid Hampson reports on the 10th Congress of Indonesian women's organisations (WANITA, 40 organisations) in Jakarta, 24 July 1964, opened before 9,000 women; Mrs Subandrio gave the main report. Sukarno urged women to a bigger role, food and Malaysia were main themes; also land reform
Aust. delegate sees Indonesia
Tribune (Sydney), 2 Sep 1964, p. 9: Enid Hampson reports on the 10th Congress of Indonesian women's organisations (WANITA, 40 organisations) in Jakarta, 24 July 1964, opened before 9,000 women; Mrs Subandrio gave the main report. Sukarno urged women to a bigger role, food and Malaysia were main themes; also land reform
Indonesian women's delegation leaves Beijing for Korea (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao item (8 Sept 1964, p. 5): a five-member Indonesian women's delegation led by Subandrio's wife, a Kowani foreign-liaison chair, leaves Beijing for North Korea; truncated. Gerwani is not named in the snippet. Full text is in the next record.
Indonesian women's delegation led by Subandrio's wife leaves Beijing for Korea
Xinhua note in Renmin Ribao (8 Sept 1964, p. 5): the five-member Indonesian women's delegation led by Subandrio's wife, a Kowani liaison chair, leaves Beijing for North Korea after arriving on 6 September; Chinese women's and friendship officials and Ambassador Chaerul Saleh see them off. Gerwani not named, but this is
Foreign guests from over eighty countries celebrate China's National Day
Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (1 Oct 1964, p. 6) on 2,600+ foreign guests at China's 15th National Day. Translation retains only Indonesian items: the PKI delegation under Yusuf Adjitorop, Harian Rakjat, SOBSI, BTI, Pemuda Rakyat, Kowani delegations and Mrs Juswati as Gerwani's representative. Gerwani is a single name
CIA Special Report SC 00642/64A, 23 October 1964: Sukarno and the Communists
CIA Office of Current Intelligence Special Report SC 00642/64A, 'Sukarno and the Communists' (23 Oct 1964, Secret; declassified 1975). Analyses Sukarno's mutual exploitation with the PKI and Aidit's strategy; lists PKI front membership claims, including Gerwani at almost two million, beside BTI, SOBSI, Pemuda Rakjat an
CIA, 'Sukarno and the Communists' (Office of Current Intelligence, 23 Oct 1964)
CIA Office of Current Intelligence report 'Sukarno and the Communists' (23 Oct 1964, ten pages), pre-coup assessment of the PKI-Sukarno relationship. Describes PKI growth to a claimed three million members and its fronts, including the Women's Front (GERWANI), 'almost two million'; also the cabinet, National Front, lan
Soviet Woman, 30 Nov 1964: 'Indonesia's Independence Day' (10th Kowani Congress)
Soviet Woman, 30 Nov 1964, p. 11-12: Victor Tsoppi's 'Indonesia's Independence Day' (with a separate Algerian woman's story). Madame Manai Sofian and Soviet women, incl. Nina Orlova, report on attending the 10th Congress of Kowani (Federation of Indonesian Women's Organizations) at Jakarta's stadium, invited by Hurusti
World opposes US aggression in the Congo; 10,000 demonstrate in Jakarta
Xinhua roundup in Renmin Ribao (5 Dec 1964, p. 5) on world reaction to the US-Belgian attack on Stanleyville, Congo, including a 10,000-strong anti-US demonstration in Jakarta that stormed and burned the USIS library. Gerwani appears in one sentence: its Central Council demanded withdrawal of the aggressor forces, alon
Neues Deutschland, 13 Dec 1964, p. 7: We speak a common language
Neues Deutschland, 13 December 1964, p. 7. ADN/ND report 'Wir sprechen eine gemeinsame Sprache' on the end of a GDR Volkskammer delegation's visit to Indonesia, with a boxed item: DFD deputy Lieselotte Thoms-Heinrich was received by Mrs Subandrio, president of the Indonesian Women's Congress (Kowani), who proposed exch
Sukarno rejects demand for ban on Sukarnoism (South China Morning Post, 14 December 1964)
South China Morning Post, 14 Dec 1964, p.28 (Jakarta, 13 Dec; fragmentary OCR): Sukarno rejects a demand to ban 'Sukarnoism', and the item notes that Antara reported hundreds of members of Gerwani, 'the Communist women's organisation', demonstrated outside government offices in Medan the previous Wednesday with signs d
Berliner Zeitung, 17 Dec 1964, p. 2: Significant declaration of the representatives of both parliaments (GDR-Indonesia)
Berliner Zeitung, 17 December 1964, p. 2: continuation of the joint declaration 'Bedeutsame Erklärung der Repräsentanten beider Parlamente' at the end of a GDR Volkskammer delegation's visit to Indonesia. It lists meetings with Sukarno, ministers and leaders, and records 'cordial encounters' with scientists and represe
Housewives Are Upset (News-Mail, 31 December 1964)
News-Mail (Bundaberg), 31 December 1964, p. 1, AAP-Reuter report that about 500 Indonesian housewives, including Foreign Minister Subandrio's wife, demonstrated in Jakarta against rising prices outside the Second Deputy Prime Minister's office, shouting 'down with prices' and 'hang corruptors'. The demonstration was or
Prisoners Tell of Indonesian Plan (Canberra Times, 31 December 1964)
Canberra Times, 31 Dec 1964, p. 1 (AAP-Reuter): two captured Indonesian soldiers claim Indonesia is forming a Malayan government and army in exile in Sumatra during Konfrontasi. Final paragraphs report about 500 housewives, led by Mrs Subandrio of the Indonesian Women's Congress, protesting prices in Jakarta. Gerwani n
Claim of landing by Malaysians
Toowoomba Chronicle, 31 Dec 1964, p. 1 (AAP-Reuters): Sukarno claims Indonesian police arrested two groups of armed Malaysian infiltrators and says 'Malaysia does not exist'. Second item: about 500 housewives, including Mrs Subandrio, protest rising prices in Jakarta in a demonstration organised by the Indonesian Women