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GA-00878 1955-03-09 De Waarheid rel A

In Indonesië handtekeningenactie tegen atoomoorlog begonnen

Signature campaign against atomic war begins in Indonesia

De Waarheid, 9 Mar 1955, p. 2: Jakarta report on the start of a signature campaign against atomic war, signed by ministers, professors and Masjumi's Wiwoho. Gerwani called on all women to join, aiming for 10,000 signatures in 12 weeks. A Peace Committee delegation was received by Sukarno; wives of the Jakarta mayor and

GA-02327 1955-05-13 Daily Worker rel B licensed

Perwari, Indonesia's Largest Women's Organization, Joins Asian Women Leaders (Assail Polygamy)

Daily Worker, 13 May 1955: Perwari, Indonesia's largest women's organisation, joins Asian women leaders (assail polygamy

Page 8 of the Daily Worker (New York, 13 May 1955). A short Djakarta dispatch (12 May) reports that the central committee of Perwari, described as Indonesia's largest women's organisation, joined Pakistani women in criticising Prime Minister Mohammed Ali's second marriage, and recalls Perwari's protest the previous yea

GA-00881 1955-08-17 De Waarheid rel B

Tien jaar Republik (Cor Geugjes)

Ten years of the Republic (Cor Geugjes)

De Waarheid, 17 Aug 1955, p. 3: Cor Geugjes's article for the Republic's tenth anniversary, covering Dutch colonial violence, the Bandung Conference, the Ali Sastroamidjojo government's fall and replacement by a Masjumi-PSI cabinet under Harahap, and the PKI's election platform. It lists Gerwani only as 'the strong wom

GA-00884 1955-10-08 De Waarheid rel B

De gebeurtenissen in Indonesië (slot)

Events in Indonesia (conclusion): Harahap government and mass organisations

De Waarheid, 8 Oct 1955, p. 3: final part of Cor Geugjes's series on events in Indonesia, arguing the Harahap government (which replaced Ali Sastroamidjojo) is resisted: elections could not be postponed, New Guinea was raised at the UN, and preliminary results defeat Masjumi and PSI. Cites PKI (500,000), SOBSI (3 milli