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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-02372 1959-11-12 rel B

Current Intelligence Weekly Summary (12 November 1959)

CIA Current Intelligence Weekly Summary, 12 November 1959

CIA Current Intelligence Weekly Summary, 12 Nov 1959, a long multi-topic report; the Indonesia part (pp.23-27) assesses PKI strength (Aidit's claim of 1.5 million members, Java as base, army and Sukarno restrictions, Aidit's 1959 Moscow and Peking trip). It names GERWANI as the PKI's women's front, alongside Pemuda Rak

GA-02624 1960-04 rel B licensed

Pertahanan Indonesia: profil biografis tokoh militer dan politik, April 1960 (Indonesia defense affairs: biographical profiles)

Indonesian Defense Affairs: Biographical Profiles, April 1960

Compilation of US embassy Djakarta despatches (April 1960) giving biographical profiles of members of the Supreme Advisory Council and other leaders. Gerwani appears in the profile of PSII chairman Arudji Kartawinata, whose wife was a Gerwani member (1954) and praised China after a Nov 1959 Beijing visit; women members

GA-02626 1960-08 rel A licensed

Pertahanan Indonesia: profil biografis anggota DPR-GR, Agustus 1960 (Indonesia defense affairs: biographical profiles)

Biographical Profiles of DPR-GR Members, Aug 1960

Compilation of US embassy Djakarta biographical despatches (2 Aug 1960) on members of the new Gotong Royong parliament. Contains profiles of Gerwani figures: Umi Sardjono (Gerwis then Gerwani chairwoman, WIDF delegate 1960), Francisca Fanggidaej (PKI women's group Gerwani board), Setiati Surasto (SARBUPRI, Gerwani link