Renmin Ribao, 17 Aug 1961, p. 6 (Xinhua, Jakarta): a Chinese NPC delegation led by Guo Moruo meets Indonesian peace activists at the home of Peace Committee chair Mrs Hidajat; both sides denounce imperialism. Umi Sardjono, named as Gerwani chair and MP, is among those present, with Friendship Association leaders. A sec
Renmin Ribao, 17 Aug 1961, p. 6 (Xinhua, Jakarta): a Chinese NPC delegation led by Guo Moruo meets Indonesian peace activists at the home of Peace Committee chair Mrs Hidajat; both sides denounce imperialism. Umi Sardjono, named as Gerwani chair and MP, is among those present, with Friendship Association leaders. A sec
FBIS-monitored Xinhua item (12 Sep 1961): an Indonesian women's delegation left Jakarta for China at the invitation of the PRC Women's Federation, led by Mme Rusiah Sardjono (Persatuan Wanita Republik Indonesia) and including MP Mme Salawati of the Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani), MP Mme Wahid Hasjim, Mme Sulardi
Renmin Ribao, 6 Dec 1961, p. 4 (Xinhua): Guo Jian, secretary of the All-China Women's Federation, and Zhang Jiexun leave Beijing for Jakarta at Gerwani's invitation to attend its Fourth Congress. Short departure notice.
Renmin Ribao, 6 Dec 1961, p. 4 (Xinhua): Guo Jian, secretary of the All-China Women's Federation, and Zhang Jiexun leave Beijing for Jakarta at Gerwani's invitation to attend its Fourth Congress. Short departure notice.
Renmin Ribao, 12 Dec 1961, p. 3: the All-China Women's Federation delegation led by Guo Jian arrived in Jakarta on 9 December, invited to Gerwani's Fourth National Congress opening on 14 December. Short notice.
Renmin Ribao, 12 Dec 1961, p. 3: the All-China Women's Federation delegation led by Guo Jian arrived in Jakarta on 9 December, invited to Gerwani's Fourth National Congress opening on 14 December. Short notice.
Renmin Ribao, 16 Dec 1961, p. 3 (Xinhua, Jakarta): Gerwani's Fourth National Congress opens on 14 Dec with over 400 delegates; Umi Sardjono's opening address stresses the 1945 revolution's aims and West Irian. Guests include Chinese, Soviet and East German delegations, Aidit and PNI's Sidik. Sukarno speaks, rejecting '
Renmin Ribao, 16 Dec 1961, p. 3 (Xinhua, Jakarta): Gerwani's Fourth National Congress opens on 14 Dec with over 400 delegates; Umi Sardjono's opening address stresses the 1945 revolution's aims and West Irian. Guests include Chinese, Soviet and East German delegations, Aidit and PNI's Sidik. Sukarno speaks, rejecting '
Renmin Ribao, 20 Dec 1961, p. 3 (Xinhua): leading item on Sukarno's 19 Dec Yogyakarta 'Order to the People' (Trikora). A Jakarta item reports Gerwani's Fourth Congress closing 17 Dec: West Irian resolution, UN telegram for PRC's seat, Aidit's greetings, Guo Jian's speech, a new Central Committee under Umi Sardjono, and
Renmin Ribao, 20 Dec 1961, p. 3 (Xinhua): leading item on Sukarno's 19 Dec Yogyakarta 'Order to the People' (Trikora). A Jakarta item reports Gerwani's Fourth Congress closing 17 Dec: West Irian resolution, UN telegram for PRC's seat, Aidit's greetings, Guo Jian's speech, a new Central Committee under Umi Sardjono, and
Renmin Ribao, 13 Jan 1962, p. 4 (Xinhua): Guo Jian and Zhang Jiexun of the All-China Women's Federation return to Beijing from Indonesia, where they attended Gerwani's Fourth Congress at its invitation. Short return notice.
Renmin Ribao, 13 Jan 1962, p. 4 (Xinhua): Guo Jian and Zhang Jiexun of the All-China Women's Federation return to Beijing from Indonesia, where they attended Gerwani's Fourth Congress at its invitation. Short return notice.
English anthology of progressive Indonesian poetry, 1955-61 (introduction dated Djakarta, 8 May 1962), from Zaman Baru, Harian Rakjat and Bintang Timur. Its contributor notes state that the poet Sugiarti Siswadi, who visited Romania (1955) and the GDR, USSR and China (1961) with Rukiah Kertapati as LEKRA delegation hea
English anthology of progressive Indonesian poetry, 1955-61 (introduction dated Djakarta, 8 May 1962), from Zaman Baru, Harian Rakjat and Bintang Timur. Its contributor notes state that the poet Sugiarti Siswadi, who visited Romania (1955) and the GDR, USSR and China (1961) with Rukiah Kertapati as LEKRA delegation hea
Renmin Ribao, 5 Aug 1962, p. 3 (Xinhua, Jakarta): SOBSI, BTI, Pemuda Rakjat, railway and other unions, and Gerwani's Central Committee urge the government to bar Taiwan (and Israel) from the Fourth Asian Games in Jakarta. Gerwani's letter says Indonesia's policy recognises only one China, the PRC. Pemuda Rakjat recalls
Renmin Ribao, 5 Aug 1962, p. 3 (Xinhua, Jakarta): SOBSI, BTI, Pemuda Rakjat, railway and other unions, and Gerwani's Central Committee urge the government to bar Taiwan (and Israel) from the Fourth Asian Games in Jakarta. Gerwani's letter says Indonesia's policy recognises only one China, the PRC. Pemuda Rakjat recalls
Renmin Ribao, 27 Oct 1962, p. 4 (Xinhua): Gerwani delegation head Mrs Suwardi and member Mrs Sumani arrive in Beijing at the All-China Women's Federation's invitation; other members Yuur Doto, Mrs Sudarso and Zainah Buhari arrived earlier. Short arrival notice naming five delegation members.
Renmin Ribao, 27 Oct 1962, p. 4 (Xinhua): Gerwani delegation head Mrs Suwardi and member Mrs Sumani arrive in Beijing at the All-China Women's Federation's invitation; other members Yuur Doto, Mrs Sudarso and Zainah Buhari arrived earlier. Short arrival notice naming five delegation members.
Renmin Ribao, 2 Nov 1962, p. 1 (Xinhua): Vice-Premier Chen Yi receives the Gerwani delegation led by Mrs Suwardi (Suwadi) in a cordial meeting, attended by ACWF secretary Wu Quanheng; a second item records his reception of Radio Indonesia director Sukirman and family. Companion to the photo on p. 2.
Renmin Ribao, 2 Nov 1962, p. 1 (Xinhua): Vice-Premier Chen Yi receives the Gerwani delegation led by Mrs Suwardi (Suwadi) in a cordial meeting, attended by ACWF secretary Wu Quanheng; a second item records his reception of Radio Indonesia director Sukirman and family. Companion to the photo on p. 2.
Renmin Ribao, 8 Nov 1962, p. 2 (Xinhua): the five-member Gerwani delegation led by Mrs Suwardi (Suwadi) leaves Beijing by train on 4 November with ACWF secretary Hu Naiqiu to tour Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanchang and Guangzhou before returning home; Guo Jian and Wu Quanheng see them off.
Renmin Ribao, 8 Nov 1962, p. 2 (Xinhua): the five-member Gerwani delegation led by Mrs Suwardi (Suwadi) leaves Beijing by train on 4 November with ACWF secretary Hu Naiqiu to tour Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanchang and Guangzhou before returning home; Guo Jian and Wu Quanheng see them off.
IISG photograph (c.1966): black-and-white photo of about twelve men and one woman standing before tall windows, from Francisca Fanggidaej's time in Shanghai and Beijing. Only the file title identifies place and person.
IISG photograph (n.d., Fanggidaej collection): large meeting hall in Peking with a presidium on stage behind flowers, photographers in front and audience seen from behind; file title says Communist Party meeting. No named individuals visible.
IISG photograph (n.d., Fanggidaej collection): woman in headscarf and polka-dot blouse watches two girls in Young Pioneer scarves at a loom, a man behind; taken in Shanghai, China. Documents Fanggidaej's China visits or exile.
Chinese-published pamphlet (Foreign Languages Press, Peking, 1963) with statements and a report by Yang Yun-yu attacking Soviet and WIDF leaders at the June 1963 Moscow World Congress of Women over anti-imperialism versus disarmament and peaceful coexistence. It records the Indonesian delegation, led by Umi Sardjono, s
Page from a US JPRS volume (Translations on the People's Republic of China, Oct-Nov 1963) summarising Chinese press reports on the June 1963 WIDF World Congress of Women in Moscow. Indonesian women's leader Parjani Pradono is quoted calling the WIDF programme 'devoid of revolutionary essence' and describing the Indones
Renmin Ribao, 5 Jun 1963, p. 3 (Xinhua): Gerwani's Central Council writes to the All-China Women's Federation, in the name of 1.5 million members, condemning the 'counter-revolutionary racist' riots against ethnic Chinese. The letter, signed by Mrs Kartini Kurdi, deputy secretary, links the riots to blocking the Econom
Renmin Ribao, 5 Jun 1963, p. 3 (Xinhua): Gerwani's Central Council writes to the All-China Women's Federation, in the name of 1.5 million members, condemning the 'counter-revolutionary racist' riots against ethnic Chinese. The letter, signed by Mrs Kartini Kurdi, deputy secretary, links the riots to blocking the Econom