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GA-00664 1951-01-03 De Nieuwsgier rel B

Chinese vrouwen kregen geen visum (Chinese women did not get visas)

Chinese women did not get visas to Indonesian women's congress

De Nieuwsgier, 3 Jan 1951 (AP): Peking radio complains that the Indonesian consulate in Hong Kong refused visas to three Chinese women delegates to an Indonesian women's congress; they returned to Beijing and filed a report with the WIDF, which had delegated them. Organisation of the congress is not named in the text.

GA-03501 1963-06-14 Renmin Ribao (People's Daily), p. 1 rel B licensed

Renmin Ribao, 14 June 1963, p. 1: People's China anniversary reception (Gerwani delegation attends)

Renmin Ribao, 14 Jun 1963, p. 1: People's China anniversary reception (Gerwani delegation attends)

Renmin Ribao front page, 14 June 1963: reception marking the tenth anniversary of the Japanese edition and fifth of the Indonesian edition of 'People's China', attended by Zhou Enlai and Chen Yi. The excerpt lists guests including Ibrahim Isa of the Indonesian Afro-Asian Solidarity Committee and members of the Indonesi

GA-03502 1963-06-14 Renmin Ribao (People's Daily), p. 1 rel B licensed

Renmin Ribao, 14 June 1963, p. 1: People's China anniversary reception (Gerwani delegation attends)

Renmin Ribao, 14 Jun 1963, p. 1: People's China anniversary reception (Gerwani delegation attends)

Renmin Ribao front page, 14 June 1963: reception marking the tenth anniversary of the Japanese edition and fifth of the Indonesian edition of 'People's China', attended by Zhou Enlai and Chen Yi. The excerpt lists guests including Ibrahim Isa of the Indonesian Afro-Asian Solidarity Committee and members of the Indonesi

GA-01890 1963-07-21 Renmin Ribao rel B licensed

Renmin Ribao, 21 Juli 1963: Ketua Aidit memimpin delegasi mengunjungi Uni Soviet dan Tiongkok (艾地主席率领代表团启程访问苏联和中国)

Chairman Aidit leads delegation to the Soviet Union and China (Renmin Ribao, 21 July 1963)

Renmin Ribao/Xinhua report (21 July 1963, p. 3) on PKI chairman Aidit's delegation leaving Jakarta for Moscow, Beijing and Cuba, with his airport statements on the Sino-Soviet dispute, Nasakom and 'Malaysia'. Gerwani appears once, its head among mass-organisation leaders at the send-off. Useful for Gerwani's place in P

GA-01900 1963-09-05 Renmin Ribao rel B licensed

D.N. Aidit, 'Beberapa masalah revolusi Indonesia dan PKI', laporan di Beijing, 4 September 1963 (Renmin Ribao, 5 September 1963) (印度尼西亚革命的若干问题和印度尼西亚共产党)

D.N. Aidit, 'Some problems of the Indonesian revolution and the PKI': Beijing report, 4 September 1963

Full Renmin Ribao text (5 Sept 1963, p. 3) of D.N. Aidit's 4 September Beijing rally report on the Indonesian revolution and PKI: semi-colonial, semi-feudal analysis, national united front, Nasakom, state power's 'two aspects', and party building. Gerwani appears only once, in a membership tally (1.5 million, alongside

GA-02568 1965 rel B licensed

Indonesia: Internal Political Situation, Attempted Coup against Sukarno [15] (FO 371/180324, 1965)

FO 371/180324: Attempted Coup against Sukarno [15] (Nov 1965)

UK Foreign Office file FO 371/180324 (1965), 'Attempted coup against Sukarno [15]': telegrams and letters from Djakarta, Washington and Peking, November 1965, plus appended US and Canadian reports. It records Sukarno's Heroes Day speech, Adam Malik's view of the Sukarno-generals stalemate and accounts of 30 September.

GA-02571 1965 rel B licensed

Indonesia, Bilateral relations: China (FO 371/180333, 1965)

FO 371/180333: Bilateral Relations with China (1965)

UK Foreign Office file FO 371/180333 (Jan-Dec 1965): Peking, Djakarta and Hanoi telegrams on Sino-Indonesian relations: Subandrio's visit, delegations, PKI-China links, then the post-coup anti-Chinese wave, attacks on Chinese premises and Medan riots. Only Gerwani mention: Angkatan Bersendjata (29 Oct, p. 82) says the

GA-02377 1965-11-04 rel B licensed

CIA, Press Information Relating to Insurgency and Counterinsurgency: South and East Asia (Summary No. 6897, 4 November 1965)

CIA, Press information relating to insurgency and counterinsurgency: South and East Asia (Summary 6897), 4 November 1965

CIA Foreign Documents Division weekly digest (Summary No. 6897, 4 Nov 1965) of press on insurgency in South and East Asia. Its Indonesia section reproduces Army-controlled press (Angkatan Bersendjata, Duta Masjarakat) on the 30 September Movement, including claims that Gerwani volunteers trained at Lubang Buaja and moc

GA-02378 1965-11-08 rel B

CIA, Bi-Weekly Propaganda Guidance, 8 November 1965 (WFTU Congress, AAPSO, Setiati Surasto)

CIA Bi-Weekly Propaganda Guidance, 8 November 1965 (WFTU Congress, AAPSO, Setiati Surasto)

CIA Bi-Weekly Propaganda Guidance of 8 Nov 1965 on Communist fronts (commentary 13-26 Oct 1965, WFTU Warsaw Congress, AAPSO Havana conference, Chinese foreign policy). Setiati Surasto appears only in a list of newly elected WFTU officials (Indonesia); the document notes the WIDF 20th anniversary and Indonesian delegate

GA-01685 1966-04-29 Peking Review rel B

Peking Review No. 18, 29 April 1966: 'White terror' in Indonesia, women and children killed

Peking Review no. 18, 29 April 1966: 'white terror' in Indonesia, women and children killed

Peking Review Vol. 9 No. 18, 29 April 1966, a Chinese weekly. Besides Cultural Revolution and Afro-Asian Journalists' Association material, it carries Chinese protests against Indonesian anti-China outrages and a Renmin Ribao commentary, 'Right-Wing Reactionaries Plunge Indonesia into a Bloodbath' (p. 25), quoting New

GA-00235 1967-07-12 Angkatan Bersendjata rel B

Angkatan Bersendjata, 12 Juli 1967

Angkatan Bersendjata, 12 July 1967

Angkatan Bersendjata, 12 Juli 1967. Report on the 11th session of Sudisman's Mahmillub trial (witnesses Karel Supit and Sardjono); Gerwani mentioned on p. 3 as the court was to hear further witnesses.

GA-00252 1968-09-20 Angkatan Bersendjata rel B

Angkatan Bersendjata, 20 September 1968

Angkatan Bersendjata, 20 September 1968. Introduction to W.W. Tjokro's memoir series 'Mengungkap 30 September '65' claims Chinese ships delivered weapons 'to PR, Gerwani and SOBSI' before the coup.