Pravda, 5 Sep 1956: Gerwani leader on Sukarno's visit to the USSR (excerpt)
Keyword-hit excerpt of Pravda, No. 249, 5 Sept 1956, report by correspondent O. Chechetkina (Jakarta, 4 Sept) on Indonesian reactions to President Sukarno's visit to the USSR. D. N. Aidit and Darmini, 'one of the leaders of the mass women's organization Gerwani', hail it as the first visit of Indonesia's president to t
CIA, East-West and Intra-Orbit Travel and Contacts, 18 Sep 1956 (Mrs Ch. Salawati of the PKI)
CIA bulletin of travel by bloc and non-bloc delegations. Citing Harian Rakjat (30 June 1956), it lists the Indonesian parliamentary delegation to the USSR, Poland and Czechoslovakia (September 1956), including 'Mrs Ch. Salawati of the PKI' (identified by the sweep as Charlotte Salawati Daud) with Sakirman. A separate l
Discussions and vote on Hungary resolutions in parliament
De Nieuwsgier parliamentary report (16 Nov 1956) on the debate over resolutions on Soviet "interference" in Hungary (Anwar Harjono) and an appeal to the UN (Adam Malik). Umi Sardjono (listed Pembangunan faction) spoke against the Anwar resolution; it passed 102 to 29, the Malik motion 71 to 0.
Parliament regrets Soviet interference in Hungary
De Nieuwsgier report (16 Nov 1956) on parliament adopting the Anwar Harjono resolution regretting Soviet interference in Hungary (102 for, 29 against, PKI etc.) and an amended Adam Malik motion (71 for) on UN troop withdrawals. Umi Sardjono is listed among the Malik motion's co-submitters (Pembangunan).
Pravda, 8 Mar 1957: life and struggle of Indonesian women (International Women's Day)
Pravda, 8 March 1957 (No. 67), p. 4 only (machine-translated): International Women's Day page with statements by Cai Chang (China), the WIDF president, Syrian and Soviet women, and 'Ban atomic and hydrogen weapons!' by T. Sulami, member of Indonesia's national 8 March Committee. She stresses women's role in the 1954 el
Short 1957 WIDF magazine item: President Sukarno, visiting Tashkent, was asked by the Urazayev family to name their newborn daughter and chose 'Youldous Sukharno' ('little star'), symbolising Soviet-Indonesian friendship. Gerwani is not mentioned; it illustrates Sukarno's 1956-57 Soviet bloc visits and friendship propa
Surabaya Post, 21 January 1957, p. 2: Sujoso's lecture on a visit to Moscow
Surabaya Post p. 2, 21 January 1957: Malang report on Masyumi MP A.W. Sujoso's lecture on the parliamentary mission to Moscow, mocking Soviet life and saying Indonesian women, 'surely also Gerwani', would reject Soviet views on free unions. Gerwani appears only as a foil in anti-communist rhetoric.
The report must be fair: on education in the Soviet Union, by Mrs Mudigdio (Harian Rakjat, 30 January 1957)
Harian Rakjat, 30 Jan 1957, p. 3: the page carries only the headline 'Laporan harus wajar - Tentang pendidikan di Sovyet Uni' by Ny. Mudigdio; the article body is not recoverable from the OCR. Page 4 advertises Soviet booklets on women's right to education. Page 1 covers Hatta and the Konsepsi Presiden debate. Mudigdio
Women of all countries strive for peace and their own rights (Renmin Ribao, 8 March 1957)
Renmin Ribao, 8 Mar 1957, p. 6, Weng Hua: International Women's Day survey of women's struggles for peace and rights worldwide, WIDF growth, wage inequality and conditions in socialist countries. Only Indonesian item: an unnamed Indonesian women's organisation said to have grown from 6,000 members three years earlier t
Women of all countries strive for peace and their own rights (Renmin Ribao, 8 March 1957)
Renmin Ribao, 8 Mar 1957, p. 6, Weng Hua: International Women's Day survey of women's struggles for peace and rights worldwide, WIDF growth, wage inequality and conditions in socialist countries. Only Indonesian item: an unnamed Indonesian women's organisation said to have grown from 6,000 members three years earlier t
Pravda, 8 Mar 1957: International Women's Day statement by T. Sulami (Indonesia)
Page 4 of Pravda (8 March 1957), International Women's Day, carrying a statement signed 'T. Sulami, member of the national 8 March Committee of the Republic of Indonesia'. She describes Indonesian women's life and struggle, sixteen women elected to parliament and 33 to the Constituent Assembly, rising schooling, anti-c
Pravda, 16 Jun 1957: National Council of Indonesia; poem 'Merdeka'
Pravda, 16/18 June 1957 (No. 167), only p. 5 supplied (machine-translated): a poem 'Merdeka' on Indonesian independence and a short TASS item on the creation of Indonesia's National Council under Sukarno (Roeslan Abdulgani as deputy chair). The supplied pages do not contain the WIDF or Sardjono speech named in the cata
Neues Deutschland, 25 Jun 1957, p. 5: Women prepare the World Congress
Neues Deutschland, 25 June 1957, p. 5: ADN/ND report 'Frauen bereiten Weltkongreß vor' on the WIDF council session in Helsinki (270 delegates, 46 countries; president Eugénie Cotton). Indonesia appears once: women from Indonesia and other countries reported on their work, difficulties and successes. No name is given an
Visit to the National Council
Java-Bode, 16 August 1957, p. 2: a Yugoslav vice-president's party visited the National Council and was received by vice-chair Roeslan Abdulgani and members including the attorney-general, Ahem Erningpradja, S.K. Trimurti and Siwabessy. Other members were meeting on normalising the internal situation.
Yugoslav-Indonesian talks in the palace
Indische Courant voor Nederland, 28 Aug 1957, p. 1: Yugoslav vice-president Vukmanovic-Tempo holds talks with Sukarno in Jakarta and visits the National Council, where S.K. Trimurti is among the members who receive him; he sees the council as a step toward democracy.
Sunday Standard, 17 Sep 1957: Indonesian women's delegation to Communist territories passes Singapore
Sunday Standard, 17 Sep 1957 (lead only, OCR garbled). An Indonesian women's delegation arrived in Singapore by air from Jakarta on its way to communist territories, including a study visit to Red China covering social, economic and political matters; Hidayat (a vice-president of parliament) is mentioned.
Photo captions: Buchenwald monument inaugurated, 14 September 1958
De Waarheid, 19 Sep 1958, p. 6: photo captions from the Buchenwald memorial inauguration (14 Sep 1958) attended by a Dutch delegation. One caption notes Sulami, the Indonesian representative to the International Women's Movement (WIDF), receiving gifts from the Dutch delegation at the farewell evening, alongside delega
Api Kartini No. 6, Year 1, November 1959
Sixth issue of Api Kartini (Nov 1959), centred on Hari Pahlawan. Includes Sulami's report from the WIDF Bureau and Council in Prague, with Umi Sardjono and Mudigdio attending after visits to India and China, plus news on Albania and Yugoslavia.
7 November and the Women of the Soviet Union
Api Kartini (1959) article for 7 November (Russian Revolution anniversary) on the women of the Soviet Union. Reports a gathering in Jakarta where Soviet Supreme Soviet member Zaripova, visiting Indonesia, described women's advancement since 1917 (366 women of 1,378 deputies; 85% of health workers women) and the Soviet
Clara Zetkin, Pioneer of the World Women's Movement
Api Kartini (1959-60) biographical article on Clara Zetkin (b. 1857), pioneer of the international women's movement, drawing on Luise Dornemann's biography. Traces her youth in Saxony, socialist formation in Leipzig, exile with Ossip Zetkin, editorship of Gleichheit in Stuttgart, and her 1910 Copenhagen proposal for an
Bulgaria's National Day, 9 September 1959
Api Kartini (1959) article marking Bulgaria's National Day (9 September 1959), comparing Bulgaria's liberation from Ottoman and Nazi domination with Indonesia's. Praises socialist Bulgaria's gains for women: 41 women in parliament, 6,300 nurseries and kindergartens, 120 days paid maternity leave, public canteens. Typic
German Women's Hearts Refuse to Be Divided
Api Kartini (1959) travel-style article by S. Jin on divided Berlin and German women's campaign against atomic armament and remilitarisation. Cites arrests and petitions in West Germany (Renate Kruse, Renate Riemeck, Elisabeth Heimpel, Hamburg and Dortmund women's groups), East German women's views, and WIDF telegrams;
The World's Women's Contribution to Their Era (Sulami)
Article by Sulami (1959) reporting on the WIDF Bureau meeting in Prague, chaired by Eugenie Cotton, and the Council with 51 countries. It stresses women's duty to protect children, supports disarmament and Soviet-US talks, backs the 50th anniversary of International Women's Day, and links peace to Indonesian national i
CIA report, January 1959: Foreign delegations at the CPSU 21st Congress
CIA report 'Foreign Delegations at the CPSU 21st Congress, January 1959'. Under Far East parties the Indonesian delegation is listed as D. N. Aidit (secretary general), Karel Supit, B. O. Hutapea (editor of Bintang Merah), Suharti Suwarto (head of the party's women's department) and Nursuhut. Suharti Suwarto is the onl
Izvestiia, 18 Jan 1959: brief news, Gerwani letters on nuclear tests
Izvestiia, 18 Jan 1959, p. 5, 'Brief news': the mass women's organisation Gerwani sent letters to the USA, USSR and British embassies in Jakarta demanding an immediate end to nuclear tests. Page context notes a London anti-nuclear conference.
PKI delegation to Moscow for the 21st CPSU Congress
De Waarheid, 22 Jan 1959, p. 1: brief report that a PKI delegation led by D.N. Aidit left for Moscow for the 21st CPSU Congress; members include Nursuhud, K. Supit, B.O. Hutapea (editor of Bintang Merah) and Suharti Suwarto, head of the PKI women's bureau. Shows Suharti Suwarto's PKI role.
Pravda, 25 Jan 1959: PKI delegation at the 21st CPSU Congress
Pravda, 25 Jan 1959 (No. 25), p. 1 only (machine-translated): TASS notice that delegations of the Communist Parties of Indonesia (D.N. Aidit, Nursuhud, Karel Supit, P.O. Hutapea and 'Suharti, a responsible worker of the CC apparatus') and India arrived for the CPSU 21st Congress. Suharti (identified in the catalogue as
Pravda, 25 Jan 1959: PKI delegation to 21st CPSU Congress, including Suharti (excerpt)
Keyword-hit excerpt of Pravda, No. 25, 25 Jan 1959 (TASS): arrival in Moscow of the PKI delegation to the 21st CPSU Congress on 21 January: D. N. Aidit (head), Nursuhud, Karel Supit, P. O. Hutapea (editor of Bintang Merah) and Suharti, 'a responsible worker of the apparatus of the CC of the CPI'; Indian delegation also
Literaturnaia Gazeta, 3 Feb 1959: 21st CPSU Congress; PKI delegation at a Moscow factory
Front page of Literaturnaia Gazeta, 3 Feb 1959, reporting the extraordinary 21st CPSU Congress. Indonesia appears only in a report of foreign communist delegations at Moscow factories: D. N. Aidit and 'comrade Suharti' (PKI Central Committee representative, speaking for Indonesian women, identification unconfirmed) add
Pravda, 3 Feb 1959: Suharti of the PKI Central Committee greets Moscow factory workers
Pravda, 3 Feb 1959 (No. 34), pp. 2 and 10 (machine-translated): coverage of the CPSU 21st Congress. On p. 2 the PKI delegation visits the Moscow Electric Lamp Factory; Aidit speaks, and Suharti of the PKI CC greets the women workers on behalf of Indonesian women (OCR ambiguous). P. 10 reports the delegation laying a wr