Chinese women's federation and four bodies support Indonesia's withdrawal from the UN (snippet)
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao extract (13 Jan 1965, p. 2): the All-China Women's Federation telegraphs five Indonesian women's organisations, including Gerwani and Kowani, to support Sukarno's decision to withdraw from the UN; truncated. Full text is GA-01956.
Chinese women's federation and four bodies cable support for Indonesia's withdrawal from the UN
Xinhua dispatches in Renmin Ribao (13 Jan 1965, p. 2): five Chinese bodies cable Indonesian counterparts backing Sukarno's UN withdrawal. The All-China Women's Federation's telegram to Kowani, Gerwani, Marhaenist women, Muslimat NU and another group calls the UN a 'paper tiger' and pledges unity with '104 million' Indo
Fifteen Years of Gerwani (Harian Rakjat, 4 June 1965; JPRS 30968)
JPRS 30968 translation of the unsigned Harian Rakjat article 'Fifteen Years of Gerwani' (4 June 1965). Traces three periods: Gerwis (1950, 500 members; 74,977 by 1954 Congress), Gerwani (631,342 in 1957; 1,056,436 in 1961), and support for the women's front. Covers Melati kindergartens, peasant integration, the Kowani
Zhang Qian, 'Women of Asia and Africa, unite!': notes on the Bandung tenth anniversary in Jakarta
Renmin Ribao feature by Zhang Qian, member of the Chinese women's delegation (14 June 1965, p. 5), on the Bandung tenth-anniversary celebrations in Jakarta, April 1965. Hosted by Kowani and Mrs Subandrio; describes decorations, Sukarno's mass rally, Pham Van Dong reviewing 15,000 volunteers and Afro-Asian anti-imperial
CIA Bi-Weekly Propaganda Guidance, 25 October 1965: WIDF 20th anniversary, Gerwani and the 30 September Movement
CIA Bi-Weekly Propaganda Guidance, 25 Oct 1965, calendar and background on the 30 September coup. It notes WIDF's 20th anniversary (26 Nov), lists GERWANI among PKI women's fronts (p.21), and repeats that about 3,000 PKI youth and women's group cadres were trained at Halim air base in September, with Gerwani and Pemuda
Issue of New Age, weekly organ of the Communist Party of India, 21 November 1965 (Vol. XIII No. 47; OCR very rough). Mainly Indian politics (Shastri, US food blackmail, Indo-Soviet friendship, Bangalore peace conference). It reports the WIDF Council session in Salzburg (24-27 Oct 1965, 20th anniversary), where a Chines