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GA-02363 1950-04-14 rel B

Communist Developments in Indonesia

CIA information report, 14 April 1950: Communist developments in Indonesia

CIA information report, 14 April 1950: 'Communist Developments in Indonesia', on the PKI, FDR and Partai Murba after the 1948 Madiun revolt, their alliance, infiltration of labour and army, and factions. Tan Ling Djie, Abdul Madjid, Sakirman and Wikana are named; Umi Sardjono appears only as head of one Partai Buruh In

GA-03604 1955-05 CIA Reading Room, CIA-RDP78-02646R000300150001-8 rel A

The Communist Party of Indonesia (CIA survey, May 1955)

CIA intelligence survey of the PKI's history, structure and front organisations, May 1955, before the September 1955 elections. Section III.E (report pp. 49-50) profiles Gerwani: founded 1950 as Gerwis, renamed Gerwani at the March 1954 congress, 25,000+ members, S.K. Trimurti general chairman and Umi Sardjono chairman

GA-02396 1958 rel A

Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (1958): Konferensi Nasional Wanita Komunis, Suharti, Setiati Surasto, Salawati

US Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (1958): National Conference of Communist Women

US Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (1958) analysis of the First National Conference of Communist Women (Jakarta, 26-31 May 1958). Aidit's address presents the 'Communist woman' and calls for a wider Gerwani; Suharti Suwarto (Gerwani second deputy chair) and Sundari report on women's groups, only 100,000 women PKI membe

GA-02622 1959-10-13 rel C licensed

Indonesia's new governmental bodies (OIR report, October 1959)

Indonesia's New Governmental Bodies (OIR report, Oct 1959)

State Department intelligence report (13 Oct 1959) on Indonesia's new governmental bodies under Guided Democracy: Cabinet, National Advisory Council, National Planning Council. Appendices list members with functional-group labels, including S.K. Trimurti (teachers), Umi Sardjono (women), Rasuna Said and Emma Puradiredj

GA-02471 1960-03-27 rel A licensed

Sukarno Names National Front Committee (FBIS, 27 Mar 1960)

FBIS, 27 March 1960: Sukarno names National Front committee

FBIS-monitored Jakarta radio text (27 Mar 1960) of Presidential Decision No. 34 of 1960 appointing the Preparatory Committee for the National Front, with Sukarno's installation speech. Among functional-group members are Mrs Supeni and Mrs Umi Sardjono (Gerwani leader), alongside D.N. Aidit in the political group; Arudj

GA-02632 1961-10 rel A licensed

US Embassy reports on women's organizations in Indonesia and friendship-society regulation, Oct 1961

US Embassy Reports on Women's Organizations and Friendship-Society Regulation, Oct 1961

US Embassy Djakarta despatches, Oct 1961: transmittal of the July 1961 war-administrator regulation on international friendship societies, and the report 'Role of Women in Indonesia: Women's Organizations' with a memorandum of conversation with Maria Ulfah Santoso (8 March 1961) and biographic notes. It describes Gerwa

GA-02570 1965 rel B licensed

Indonesia: Political parties and communism (FO 371/180326, February-August 1965)

FO 371/180326: Political Parties and Communism (Feb-Aug 1965)

UK Foreign Office file FO 371/180326 (Feb-Aug 1965): embassy telegrams, letters and Antara extracts on the PKI's growth before the coup: its 45th anniversary, Aidit's speeches, Mao's greeting, Sino-Soviet positions and Sukarno's leftward drift. Gerwani items: Antara of 9 June reports Sukarno addressing Gerwani, chaired

GA-02503 1965-04-06 rel A licensed

Foreign Volunteers Pledge Readiness to Fight (FBIS, 6 Apr 1965)

FBIS-monitored VNA Domestic Service text (6 Apr 1965) on tens of thousands of Korean, Indonesian, Venezuelan, Indian and Japanese volunteers for South Vietnam. Key Indonesian item: on 4 April about 100 women volunteers led by Mrs Umi Sardjono, president of the Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani), went to the DRV Emba

GA-02504 1965-04-08 rel A licensed

Umi Sardjono Leads Women Volunteers to DRV Embassy (FBIS Daily Report, 8 Apr 1965, HathiTrust scan)

Umi Sardjono Leads Women Volunteers to DRV Embassy (FBIS, 8 Apr 1965)

FBIS Daily Report page (8 Apr 1965; HathiTrust scan p.251, North Vietnam section): continuation of the VNA volunteer report. Contains the passage that about 100 women volunteers led by Mrs Umi Sardjono, president of the Indonesian Women's Movement, went to the DRV Embassy and NFLSV office on 4 April, including wives of

GA-02519 1965-10-27 rel A licensed

Anti-Gestapu Demonstration (FBIS, 27 Oct 1965)

FBIS-monitored ANTARA report (27 Oct 1965) on a demonstration by the Action Coordinating Body to Crush the 30 September Movement at the Foreign and Home Affairs departments, demanding dissolution of the PKI and sister organisations, purges of subdistricts and the Labour Ministry, and regretting China's attitude on the

GA-02588 1965-12-17 rel A

Airgram A-398: daftar pimpinan PKI dan keberadaan pimpinan, 17 Desember 1965

Airgram A-398: List of PKI Leaders and Their Whereabouts, 17 Dec 1965

US Embassy airgram A-398, 17 Dec 1965, listing PKI leadership bodies after May 1965 and fugitive leaders' whereabouts. Places Suharti (Gerwani chair, head of the PKI women's department), Umi Sardjono, Setiati Surasto and Mudjiatun in PKI organs; no women in the whereabouts list.