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GA-01131 1953-12-23 Indische Courant Voor Nederland rel B

Vrouwen hielden demonstratie (Women held a demonstration)

Women held a demonstration

Indische Courant voor Nederland, 23 Dec 1953, p. 3: over 2,000 women led by Perwari march in Jakarta against the amendment of Government Regulation 19 on marriage conditions and demand a marriage law; in Semarang, seven women's groups including Gerwis petition the Central Java governor.

GA-00710 1956-03-19 De Nieuwsgier rel B

Communistische menigte verwelkomt president op Kemajoran (Communist crowd welcomes the president at Kemayoran)

Communist crowd welcomes the president at Kemayoran airport

De Nieuwsgier report (19 Mar 1956) on Sukarno's return to Kemajoran airport, where PKI supporters, communist veterans and the "communist women's organisation Gerwani" demanded PKI inclusion in Ali Sastroamidjojo's cabinet. Sukarno urged calm; Gerwani appears only among the crowd with banners.

GA-02621 1956-07-17 rel B licensed

Communist campaign in Indonesia (OIR report, July 1956)

Communist Campaign in Indonesia (OIR report, July 1956)

State Department intelligence report (17 July 1956) on the Soviet and Chinese communist campaign in Indonesia after the 1956 visits, with a chronology of Indonesia-China exchanges. Gerwani features only in the chronology: a May 1956 Gerwani protest against US H-bomb tests, plus Indonesian delegations to the WIDF meetin