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GA-02348 1950 rel B

Ho Chi Minh's Indonesian Agents (laporan CIA, 1950)

CIA report, 6 April 1950: Ho Chi Minh's Indonesian agents

CIA report, 6 April 1950, claiming Aidit and Trimurti visited Ho Chi Minh and would return as his 'agents' to build a people's army in Indonesia. Almost certainly unreliable but links future Gerwis founder S.K. Trimurti to alleged transnational conspiracy.

GA-02354 1954 rel A

Financial Preparations for Gerwis Congress, March 1954 (laporan CIA)

CIA report, 6 May 1954: Financial preparations for the Gerwis congress, March 1954

CIA report, 6 May 1954: Trimurti and Dr Thung Sin Nio collecting funds to finance the Gerwis (now Gerwani) congress in Jakarta, 25-31 March 1954, including from Chinese-Indonesian donors. Evidence on congress financing and cross-community support.

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