Renmin Ribao, 21 Apr 1963, p. 2 (Xinhua, Jakarta): at the State Palace Sukarno presents gifts to Liu Shaoqi and Chen Yi before the farewell banquet; delegates of Indonesian organisations (Pemuda Rakjat, BTI, PKI, SOBSI, Baperki, Gerwani, Perwari and others) also present gifts, including a West Irian bird of paradise. G
Renmin Ribao, 21 Apr 1963, p. 2 (Xinhua, Jakarta): at the State Palace Sukarno presents gifts to Liu Shaoqi and Chen Yi before the farewell banquet; delegates of Indonesian organisations (Pemuda Rakjat, BTI, PKI, SOBSI, Baperki, Gerwani, Perwari and others) also present gifts, including a West Irian bird of paradise. G
Renmin Ribao, 21 May 1963, p. 3 (Xinhua, Jakarta): Indonesian parties and mass organisations condemn the May 1963 anti-Chinese riots in Cirebon, Tegal, Bandung and Bogor as counter-revolutionary and link them to Malaysia and the US Peace Corps. Gerwani's Central Committee calls the Bandung incidents despicable acts vio
Renmin Ribao, 21 May 1963, p. 3 (Xinhua, Jakarta): Indonesian parties and mass organisations condemn the May 1963 anti-Chinese riots in Cirebon, Tegal, Bandung and Bogor as counter-revolutionary and link them to Malaysia and the US Peace Corps. Gerwani's Central Committee calls the Bandung incidents despicable acts vio
FBIS-monitored Xinhua item (22 May 1963): Chinese ambassador Yao Chung-ming called on Deputy Foreign Minister Suwito over anti-Chinese disturbances in Indonesia, especially West Java, and welcomed Sukarno's 19 May speech to a meeting of 'Indonesian women' condemning counterrevolutionary disturbances. Suwito pledged ste
Renmin Ribao, 11 Jul 1963, p. 4 (Xinhua, Jakarta): Gerwani secretary-general Maasje Siwi tells the press, after the Moscow World Congress of Women, that Gerwani opposes the WIDF programme as lacking revolutionary spirit and disagrees with the Appeal on war, peaceful coexistence and disarmament. She criticises the congr
Renmin Ribao, 11 Jul 1963, p. 4 (Xinhua, Jakarta): Gerwani secretary-general Maasje Siwi tells the press, after the Moscow World Congress of Women, that Gerwani opposes the WIDF programme as lacking revolutionary spirit and disagrees with the Appeal on war, peaceful coexistence and disarmament. She criticises the congr
Front page of Sinar Harapan, 19 Jul 1963. A women's delegation including Ny. M. Siwi (Gerwani) and Ny. Coa Hin Huy (Wanita Baperki) was received by First Minister Juanda and voiced mothers' anxiety over soaring prices of daily necessities. Another item covers the row at a WIDF (GWDS) session, with the Chinese delegatio
Renmin Ribao snippet-only entry (21 July 1963, p. 3) on Aidit's departure to the USSR and China. The snippet lists PKI leaders and the heads of SOBSI, BTI, Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani among those at the airport; no Gerwani leader is named. The full article is in GA-01890.
Renmin Ribao/Xinhua report (21 July 1963, p. 3) on PKI chairman Aidit's delegation leaving Jakarta for Moscow, Beijing and Cuba, with his airport statements on the Sino-Soviet dispute, Nasakom and 'Malaysia'. Gerwani appears once, its head among mass-organisation leaders at the send-off. Useful for Gerwani's place in P
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao item (27 Sept 1963, p. 5): a seven-member Indonesian women's delegation, guests of the All-China Women's Federation, arrives in Beijing. It includes Jakarta mayor Soemarno's wife, Gerwani First Deputy Secretary-General Kartinah Kurdi and Kartini Radjasa of the Indonesian Democratic Women's Ass
Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (27 Sept 1963, p. 5): a seven-member Indonesian women's delegation, guests of the All-China Women's Federation, arrives in Beijing. Members named include Jakarta mayor Soemarno's wife, Gerwani First Deputy Secretary-General Kartinah Kurdi, Kartini Radjasa (Indonesian Democratic Women's Ass
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao item (30 Sept 1963, p. 4): a Chinese Fujian puppet troupe arrives in Indonesia at Gerwani's invitation and is welcomed at the airport by Gerwani leaders, including Mrs Suwati (vice-chair), Mrs Mudigdio and the general secretary. Evidence of Gerwani-China cultural exchange. Full text is GA-0190
Xinhua dispatch in Renmin Ribao (30 Sept 1963, p. 4): the Chinese Fujian puppet troupe led by Zhang Fang arrived in Jakarta on 29 September to perform at Gerwani's invitation. Gerwani vice-chair Suwati, Mudigdio and the general secretary (name garbled in translation) welcomed it, with a Chinese Embassy counsellor. Show
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao item (1 Oct 1963, p. 3) on foreign guests at China's National Day. It lists an Indonesian women's delegation of Soemarno's wife and Gerwani First Deputy Secretary-General Kartinah Kurdi, among other Indonesian groups. Full text is GA-01908.
Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (1 Oct 1963, p. 3) on 1,800+ foreign guests at China's 14th National Day. The translation covers only Indonesia and women's items: M.H. Lukman's DPR-GR delegation, Lekra, SOBSI, BTI and other groups, and an Indonesian women's delegation with Kartinah Kurdi of Gerwani; also Cuban, Ghanaian,
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao item (2 Oct 1963, p. 2): Beijing mayor Peng Zhen and wife receive Soemarno's wife and Gerwani First Deputy Secretary-General Kartinah Kurdi, with All-China Women's Federation secretary Huang Ganying present. Full text is GA-01910.
Xinhua note in Renmin Ribao (2 Oct 1963, p. 2): on 1 October Peng Zhen, Vice-Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee and Beijing mayor, and his wife received Jakarta mayor Soemarno's wife and Gerwani First Deputy Secretary-General Kartinah Kurdi in a cordial conversation; Huang Ganying of the All-China Women's Federatio
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao item (10 Oct 1963, p. 3): the Chinese Fujian puppet troupe leaves Jakarta for Yogyakarta, accompanied by a Gerwani Central Committee member (name uncertain), after two Jakarta performances. Full text is GA-01918.
Xinhua note in Renmin Ribao (10 Oct 1963, p. 3): the Fujian puppet troupe, after two Jakarta shows, flew to Yogyakarta, accompanied by a Gerwani Central Committee member (name uncertain). Planned tour: Solo, Malang, Surabaya, Semarang, Cirebon and Bandung. Shows Gerwani organising Chinese cultural tour across Java.
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao item (11 Nov 1963, p. 3): Chinese mass organisations telegram Indonesian counterparts congratulating them on the opening of GANEFO. The snippet quotes the All-China Women's Federation's 9 November telegram to Gerwani honouring Indonesian contributions to the Games; truncated. Full text is GA-0
Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (11 Nov 1963, p. 3): six Chinese mass organisations telegram Indonesian counterparts (Afro-Asian solidarity body, SOBSI, Pemuda Rakyat, CGMI and others) on the opening of GANEFO. The All-China Women's Federation's 9 November telegram to Gerwani praises Indonesian contributions and wishes w
CIA Directorate of Intelligence staff study (ESAU XXV, OCI 1855/64, 12 June 1964, by Helen-Louise Hunter) on the Sino-Soviet conflict in the international front organisations, September 1962 to December 1963. It covers AAPSO at Moshi, the Djakarta journalists' and writers' conferences, and Chinese attempts to build riv
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao item (24 July 1964, p. 4): a Chinese women's delegation arrives in Jakarta for the 10th Kowani (Indonesian Women's Congress) session, welcomed at the airport by Mudigdio. Truncated; full text is GA-01934.
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
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.
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
Peking Review no. 41 (9 Oct 1964), Chinese state weekly, on the 15th anniversary of the People's Republic. A list of foreign guests received by Chinese leaders (p. 7) names Mme Suharti, PKI Central Committee member and First Vice-Chairman of Gerwani, with Mme Chairul Saleh (Women's Union of the Indonesian Republic), Mm
UK Foreign Office file FO 371/180320 (Oct-Nov 1965): Gilchrist's despatch no. 13 of 8 Oct 1965 on the coup and counter-coup, plus telegrams, NATO and Commonwealth reports and Chinese/Soviet/Hanoi reactions. The despatch lists GERWANI among 'chief suspects' (p. 11) and says members of PKI youth and women's groups took p
UK Foreign Office file FO 371/180326 (Feb-Aug 1965): embassy telegrams, letters and Antara extracts on the PKI's growth before the coup: its 45th anniversary, Aidit's speeches, Mao's greeting, Sino-Soviet positions and Sukarno's leftward drift. Gerwani items: Antara of 9 June reports Sukarno addressing Gerwani, chaired