Whole page, Java-Bode, 28 Oct 1952, on the dispute over dissolving parliament after the 17 October affair: demonstrations in Medan and Banjarmasin and statements by GPII and PIN. A Yogyakarta joint statement, signed by Gerwis, PKI, PNI and Partai Wanita Rakjat among others, urges early elections and warns that dissolvi
Java-Bode, 24 February 1954, p. 2: Medan women's organisations, including Perwari, PPNI, Wanita Rakjat, Ikatan Wanita Rakjat and Gerwis, protested to the resident that women have no seat on the North Sumatra election committee and demanded revision. The resident promised to forward it to the Minister of Justice.
Indische Courant voor Nederland, 3 Mar 1954, p. 3: composition of the North Sumatra election committee announced; women's organisations in Medan including Perwari, Wanita Rakjat, Ikatan Wanita Rakjat and Gerwis protest to the resident that women are not represented and demand revision.
Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra (10 Mar 1954, p.2): in Binjai two committees were formed to organise May Day. The first unites SOBSI, Sarbupri, Gerwis, Pemuda Rakjat and similar groups under a SOBSI chair; the second comprises non-SOBSI organisations such as PGRI and Perbupri and regards itself a branch of the Medan commit
Java-Bode, 18 March 1954, p. 2: short item on two rival committees for 1 May Labour Day in Binjai, East Sumatra: one uniting Sobsi, Sarbupri, Gerwis, Pemuda Rakjat and similar bodies, chaired by Sobsi, and a non-Sobsi committee of PPPRI, OBPI, Perbupri and PGRI.
Short Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra item (9 Jun 1954, p.2): a nationwide conference of the veterans' body Perbepsi will be held in Medan on 19-24 June on ex-fighters' fate, security and national cooperation. Youth and women's organisations including Pemuda Rakjat, Pemuda Demokrat and Gerwani will take part.
De Locomotief, 24 Aug 1954: a note on 50 families transmigrating from Purwokerto to South Sumatra, and a brief item that the Medan Badan Kerdjasama Nasional (BKN), to which PKI, PNI, SKI and Gerwani are affiliated, urged by resolution that the mayor be relieved of his post (text breaks off).
De Nieuwsgier, 24 Aug 1954: the Medan Badan Kerdjasama Nasional, to which PKI, PNI, SKI and Gerwani are affiliated, adopts a resolution urging the government to relieve Medan's mayor A.N. Djalaluddin. Same item as in De Locomotief of the same date.
Java-Bode, 24 August 1954, p. 2: one-sentence item that the Medan Badan Kerdjasama Nasional (BKN), whose affiliates include PKI, PNI, SKI and Gerwani, passed a resolution urging the government to dismiss Medan's mayor A.M. Djalaludin.
Short Het Nieuwsblad voor Sumatra item (25 Aug 1954, p.2): the Medan national cooperation body BKN, to which the PKI, PNI, SKI and Gerwani are affiliated, adopted a resolution asking the government to remove Medan's mayor A.M. Djalaluddin from office.
Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1954-08-26, p. 2): first item on the Dutch UN report on New Guinea for 1953. A final line says the Badan Kerdjasama Nasional in Medan, affiliating PKI, PNI, SKI and Gerwani, urged the government to dismiss Medan's mayor A.M. Djalaluddin.
One-sentence item, Indische Courant voor Nederland, 28 Aug 1954, p. 3: the Medan Badan Kerdjasama Nasional, whose affiliates include PKI, PNI, SKI and Gerwani, resolves to urge the government to dismiss Medan mayor A.M. Djalaludin.
Konstituante.Net member profile (transcribed) of Nj. Maimunah, PKI member no. 392 of the Constituent Assembly. Born 11 May 1908 in Padang, living in Bukittinggi; P.A.M.S. Jakarta graduate. Career: teacher at HIS and girls' schools in Padang, Medan, Payakumbuh/Padang Panjang, secretary of an emergency hospital 1948-49.
Headline-only clipping 'Armed Java Reds Flee to Hills to Escape Dragnet' from the Evening Post of 12 Oct 1965; the Gerwani passage is not in this fragment.
Opening clipping of the Evening Post article of 12 Oct 1965: tension in Central Java, where thousands of Communists, some armed, have fled into the hills from an Army dragnet. Gerwani is not mentioned in this fragment.
Der Bund (Bern), 12 Oct 1965, Reuter report from Singapore: Lt Col Untung, leader of the 30 September Movement, reported captured; tense Central Java as armed Communists flee to the mountains; curfew reduced. Citing Malaysian radio quoting Radio Jakarta, a crowd burned down the Gerwani premises in Aceh (North Sumatra),
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 12 Oct 1965, 'Normalisation in Indonesia' (Reuter/UPI wire digest). Items: armed Communists fleeing into Central Java mountains, Antara placed under military management, evacuation of American embassy families, and a Swiss ambassador's credentials. Relevant here: Malaysian radio, citing Radio Jaka
Berita Harian, 15 Nov 1965 (UPI/Antara, lead only). North Sumatra authorities detained a woman, said to be a Gerwani member, accused of attempting a murder and bearing a 'secret mark' on her thigh. The 'secret mark' trope echoes slander about Gerwani women.
US Consulate Medan telegram, 6 December 1965: Muhammadiyah preachers say 'conscious' PKI members must be killed, like NU's final interpretation. Evidence of religious legitimation of killing; Gerwani not mentioned but relevant to women members.
Angkatan Bersendjata, 8 Apr 1966. A boxed feature blames ex-PKI mayor of Solo Utomo Ramelan's 'Silir' complex for preparing 'the immoral drama of Lubang Buaya with Gerwani and PR as actors', a sexualised slander frame.
Angkatan Bersendjata, 7 September 1966. Page 2 regional item mentioning Gerwani; front page shows New Order consolidation (Suharto: no place for PKI; Sukarno 'I am a Marxist') and Mahmillub death sentences in Medan.
Angkatan Bersendjata, 5 Desember 1967. Follow-up on 'Operasi Tjakra': 750 arrested in North Sumatra including ex-PKI, PR, Chinese nationals and Gerwani; a Gerwani fugitive from Lubuk Pakam caught on a plantation.
TAPOL Bulletin no. 5, June 1974 (London campaign for Indonesian political prisoners). Covers mass transfers of tapols to Central Java workcamps (Nusakambangan, Cilacap), British and Australian policy, IGGI aid, press bans and the January 1974 Malari aftermath. A short item, 'Ex-Gerwani Members Also in Trouble' (p.5), r
US Embassy Jakarta cable to State (2 August 1978) on the life sentence given to ex-colonel Abdul Latief for the 1965 coup attempt. Paragraph 3 says trials of other Category A detainees continue and that the next major figure to be tried is reported to be Mrs Sutanti Aidit, widow of the former PKI chief.
US Embassy Jakarta cable to State (2 August 1978) on the life sentence given to ex-colonel Abdul Latief for the 1965 coup attempt. Paragraph 3 says trials of other Category A detainees continue and that the next major figure to be tried is reported to be Mrs Sutanti Aidit, widow of the former PKI chief.
Double issue of TAPOL Bulletin (London), no. 41/42, September/November 1980. An article on ex-prisoners' continuing restrictions says many doctors are still refused permission to practise, naming Dr Sutanti Aidit with Drs Sumanto, Sumiarsih and Djajus; ex-tapols also cannot testify in court without a 'certificate of no