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GA-00758 1952-01-14 De Vrije Pers rel B

Weer een Iriancomité (Another Irian committee)

Another Irian committee: West Irian liberation committee with Gerwis

De Vrije Pers item (14 Jan 1952) on a new West Irian liberation committee in (apparently) Surabaya/East Java, with posts split among Badan Perjuangan Irian, SOBSI, PKI, PNI, Indo-National Party and Murba; its organisation section includes Front Pemuda, Pemuda Kesatuan Indonesia and Gerwis. It also demands ending the Ro

GA-00766 1952-08-02 De Vrije Pers rel A

Imperialisten en prostitutie (Imperialists and prostitution: Gerwis meeting)

Imperialists and prostitution: Gerwis public meeting at East Java conference

De Vrije Pers report (2 Aug 1952) on a public meeting during the Gerwis East Java conference in Surabaya. Miss Sulami explained Gerwis as anti-imperialist and anti-capitalist, opposed the widows' pension rule as promoting polygamy, blamed polygamy on the lack of a marriage law and prostitution on imperialist-caused pov

GA-00767 1952-08-08 De Vrije Pers rel A

Gerwis naar Peking (Gerwis to Peking)

Gerwis to Peking: East Java delegates to Asian peace conference

Brief De Vrije Pers item (8 Aug 1952): the Gerwis East Java conference decided to send a delegation of Mrs. Tam, Sulami and Warmi to the Asian peace conference in Peking, leaving 5 September.

GA-00768 1952-08-08 De Vrije Pers rel A

Gerwis naar Peking (page version)

Gerwis to Peking: East Java delegates to Asian peace conference (page version)

Full-page OCR version (De Vrije Pers, 8 Aug 1952, Surabaya) of the item "Gerwis naar Peking": the East Java conference sends Mrs. Tam, Sulami and Warmi to the Asian peace conference. The page also carries an unrelated press-review attack on PKI support for the Wilopo cabinet and other garbled items.

GA-00769 1952-08-26 De Vrije Pers rel A

Voor de S.O.S.-arrestanten: Massa-demonstraties op 7 September aangekondigd (Mass demonstrations announced for the August arrestees)

Mass demonstrations announced for the August arrestees

De Vrije Pers report (26 Aug 1952) on a press conference by the East Java committee for victims of the August raids announcing mass demonstrations on 7 Sept. Miss Sulami, committee secretary, reported Prime Minister Wilopo gave no release date, blamed the RTC-linked Sukiman policy and called the raids an attack on the

GA-00770 1952-09-04 De Vrije Pers rel B

Demonstraties verboden (Demonstrations banned)

Demonstrations banned: Surabaya refuses permission for 7 September rally

De Vrije Pers item (4 Sep 1952): Surabaya authorities refused permission for the 7 September demonstration for August-raid detainees; a delegation of Mrs. Tam, Mrs. Talia and Miss Sulami left for Jakarta to seek a presidential audience, and Tam and Sulami with Miss Warmi and Mr Fatkali were to go on to the "communist p