FBIS, 6 May 1958: Gerwani message to the UN Secretary General protesting American intervention
FBIS Daily Report (6 May 1958), HathiTrust scan p.430: Xinhua report that Indonesian mass organisations endorsed Premier Djuanda's denunciation of US intervention (PRRI crisis). Gerwani sent a message to the UN Secretary-General strongly protesting American intervention and urging the UN to warn the US and expel the Ch
FBIS, 5 May 1958: Protests by mass organizations
FBIS-monitored Xinhua report (5 May 1958), a noisier excerpt of the same item as GA-02461: Indonesian mass organisations endorsed Premier Djuanda's denunciation of US intervention; the Peasants' Front claimed 3.5 million members; Gerwani sent a strong protest to the UN Secretary-General and demanded expulsion of the Ch
FBIS, 14 May 1958: Intervention rally in Jakarta
FBIS-monitored Xinhua item (14 May 1958): an 'anti-foreign intervention mass movement' of 27 Indonesian organisations planned a 16 May Jakarta rally. WIDF sent a message on behalf of 'hundreds of millions of women' supporting Indonesian women fighting for democracy and independence; Indonesian papers alleged US Ambassa
CIA study, September 1958: The international communist fronts in 1958
CIA/US government study (September 1958) surveying the activities of the international Communist fronts (World Peace Council, Afro-Asian Solidarity Council, WFDY/IUS, WIDF, WFTU and others) in 1958. Chapter IV covers WIDF's Fourth Congress (Vienna, 1-5 June 1958) and secretariat. Gerwani appears only briefly: Suharti (
FBIS, 19 September 1958: Foreign reportage, comment (Taiwan Strait support)
FBIS editorial report (19 Sep 1958) on foreign items carried by Xinhua on 18 Sept supporting China in the Taiwan Strait crisis (TASS and Soviet commentary, US critics, Poland, Oman, Australia, Burma, German unionists). One clause notes support from 'an Indonesian women's organization' and Indonesian public figures; no
Page 564 of the US State Department's Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (nos. 33-44, 1958), summarising the 25 Sept 1958 Nusantara. Suwardiningsih, PKI East Java committee and Constituent Assembly member, entered Kalisosok prison, Surabaya, on 22 Sept to serve a month (cut from six) for remarks about Hatta in 1953; thous
FBIS, 28 October 1958: Indonesians laud CPR construction gains
FBIS-monitored Xinhua item (28 Oct 1958; header misdates 1953): Indonesian political figures returning from China praised China's construction, communes and the Great Leap Forward. Includes Mme Kartowijono, Perwari secretary-general, praising communes' labour enthusiasm, food, clothing and education; Anwar Tjokroaminot