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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-02819 1958 Suwarti Bintang Suradi rel A licensed

The Struggle is Just and a Just Struggle will Surely be Victorious (Suwarti Bintang Suradi, 1957/58)

The Struggle is Just and a Just Struggle will Surely be Victorious (Suwarti, 1957/58)

Article by Suwarti Bintang Suradi (Gerwani), dated Berlin 20 Dec 1957, in WIDF's magazine on Indonesia's West Irian campaign: mass rally of a million in Jakarta, ten-minute silence, general strike in Dutch firms, takeover of Dutch enterprises, KLM ban, UN defeat, international support. Names Gerwani among organisations

GA-03626 1960 Political Affairs in Indonesia (JPRS, Washington, 1960), p. 17 rel B

Political Affairs in Indonesia (JPRS, 1960): name list incl. Mrs Suwarti Bintang Suradi and Mrs S.D. Susanto

One OCR page (p. 17) of a US Joint Publications Research Service translation, Political Affairs in Indonesia (1960), a numbered list of names with occupations. Entry 188 is Mrs Suwarti Bintang Suradi, 'Former Member of Constituency Djakarta'; entry 189 is Mrs S.D. Susanto, same description; entry 153 is Mrs Sutinah Suk

GA-01906 1963-09-30 Renmin Ribao rel A licensed

Renmin Ribao, 30 September 1963: Rombongan wayang boneka Fujian tiba di Indonesia (我福建木偶表演团到达印度尼西亚)

Fujian puppet troupe arrives in Indonesia at Gerwani's invitation

Xinhua dispatch in Renmin Ribao (30 Sept 1963, p. 4): the Chinese Fujian puppet troupe led by Zhang Fang arrived in Jakarta on 29 September to perform at Gerwani's invitation. Gerwani vice-chair Suwati, Mudigdio and the general secretary (name garbled in translation) welcomed it, with a Chinese Embassy counsellor. Show