Communist Blueprint for Asia (Western Mail, 18 August 1949)
Western Mail (Perth), 18 August 1949, p. 10, Denis Warner's anti-communist article 'Communist Blueprint for Asia'. It claims the February 1948 Calcutta Southeast Asia Youth and Students' Conference carried Moscow's instructions for revolt to Australia, Malaya, Burma, Korea, the Philippines and Vietnam. Indonesia's dele
Communist Blueprint For Asia (Western Mail, 18 August 1949), reprint
Western Mail (Perth), 18 Aug 1949, reprint of Denis Warner's article presenting the Feb 1948 Calcutta youth conference as a Moscow-directed 'blueprint' for Asian revolution. Indonesian delegate Francisca Fanggidaej is listed among the 'guests'; Warner says there is little to show 'his' politics and doubts Indonesian in
Women in Colonial Countries: delegates to the Asian Women's Conference in Peking report (China Weekly Review, 1949)
China Weekly Review, 31 Dec 1949: report of delegates' speeches at the Asian Women's Conference in Peking (WIDF-aligned) on women in colonial and semi-colonial countries (Africa, Middle East, India, Indonesia, Netherlands, Vietnam, France, China, Korea, Madagascar, Burma). The Indonesian delegate Lillah Suripno traces
Women's delegation returns from China (Bintang Timur, 25 May 1956)
Bintang Timur (Jakarta daily), 25 May 1956, full issue. A short item on page 2, 'Delegasi wanita tiba', reports that Indonesian women delegates to a GWDS (WIDF) meeting in China, named as Nyonya Priyino, Ridwan and Suharti, had returned to Jakarta, while fellow delegate Darmini had not yet returned and was invited to a
FBIS-monitored VNA report (16 Sep 1963): the Indonesian parliamentary delegation headed by Deputy Speaker M.H. Lukman (PKI) arrived in Hanoi to a welcome of nearly 3,000 people; DRV leaders spoke of solidarity; Vietnamese and Indonesian women presented bouquets. Gerwani not named; context for PKI-linked parliamentary d
Forward to Total Integration of Gerwani with Farm-Labourer and Poor Peasant Women (Umi Sardjono's General Report, 1964)
Umi Sardjono's General Report as DPP Gerwani chair to the 3rd DPP Plenary (Bandung, early 1964; transcribed by Nathanael Pribady). Reviews 1963: Irian Barat, 'Crush Malaysia' confrontation, the 26 May economic regulations, 1,378 TK Melati kindergartens, the WIDF Moscow Congress (Gerwani rejected the programme, attacked
Api Kartini (late 1964) article on Sukarno's 'The Era of Confrontation' speech at the Second Non-Aligned Summit, Cairo (5-10 October 1964), applied to Indonesia: confrontation with Malaysia and with the 'seven village devils' (landlords) in the interest of peasant women. Also carries a Kowani delegation's impressions o
FBIS-monitored VNA item (12 Oct 1964): Hanoi meeting where the DRV National Assembly delegation led by Truong Chinh reported on its Indonesian visit, stressing anti-Malaysia solidarity. Bui Thi Cam of the Vietnam Women's Union described the development of the Indonesian women's movement and Indonesian women's sympathy
Neues Deutschland, 17 Dec 1964, p. 7: Joint declaration of the representatives of the parliaments of the GDR and Indones
Neues Deutschland, 17 December 1964, p. 7: full text of the 'Gemeinsame Erklärung' signed in Jakarta on 11 December 1964 at the end of a GDR Volkskammer delegation's visit (30 Nov–12 Dec) led by Johannes Dieckmann. Delegates met Sukarno, ministers and parties; one sentence mentions meetings with 'representatives of the
Zhou Enlai and Subandrio Discussion, Guangzhou, 28 May 1965
Minutes of Zhou Enlai's discussion with Indonesian First Deputy Prime Minister Subandrio, Guangzhou, 28 May 1965 (Wilson Center Digital Archive; from CWIHP Working Paper 22). Zhou discusses the Vietnam War, US escalation and his four-point statement made at Bogor in April 1965 on Chinese readiness. Editorial notes sket
Cable on Pak Seong-cheol's Discussion with Ambassador Jiao Ruoyu on Indonesia and Vietnam, 14 Dec 1965
Cable from the Chinese Embassy in North Korea, 14 Dec 1965, reporting a banquet conversation between DPRK Foreign Minister Pak Seong-cheol and Ambassador Jiao Ruoyu (Wilson Center Digital Archive; trans. Charles Kraus). Pak calls Sukarno still a leftist advocating Nasakom with high prestige, and warns that guerrilla wa
Zhou Enlai and Kim Il Sung, Jakarta, 16 Apr 1965
Chinese Foreign Ministry minutes of Zhou Enlai's conversation with Kim Il Sung in Jakarta, night of 16 April 1965, at Subandrio's residence (Wilson Center; trans. Caixia Lu). Kim reports on the Korea-Indonesia joint statement negotiated with Sukarno (Vietnam, Korea-Japan talks, Asian-African Conference), the push for a
Zhou Enlai and Kim Il Sung, Jakarta, 19 Apr 1965
Short Chinese Foreign Ministry minutes (Chinese original with English translation) of Zhou Enlai's 30-minute talk with Kim Il Sung at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, 19 April 1965 (Wilson Center; trans. Caixia Lu). Zhou says the UAR and Algeria opposed a pro-Vietnam document and Pham Van Dong dropped it to protect the sec
JPRS 1965: Mrs Mudigdio with Indonesian Women's Congress at Bogor Palace (Harian Rakjat, 20 July 1965)
US JPRS translation (Translations on South and East Asia, 1965) of an unsigned Harian Rakjat article of 20 July 1965, p. 1. President Sukarno received women's delegations from the USA, North Vietnam and the NLF at Bogor Palace after their 13-18 July Jakarta meetings; they were greeted by Indonesian Women's Congress cha