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GA-00812 1949-12-05 De Waarheid rel C

Aziatische vakbondsconferentie geëindigd (Asian trade union conference ended)

Asian trade union conference ended in Peking

Short De Waarheid report (5 Dec 1949) on the close of the Asian trade-union conference in Peking, with resolutions and an appeal to Western workers including the Netherlands; WIDF spoke through Simone Bertrand, and gifts from Indonesia, Korea and Burma were presented. No Indonesian women named.

GA-01487 1949-12-31 China Weekly Review rel C licensed

Women in Colonial Countries: Delegates to the Asian Women's Conference in Peking report

Women in Colonial Countries: delegates to the Asian Women's Conference in Peking report (China Weekly Review, 1949)

China Weekly Review, 31 Dec 1949: report of delegates' speeches at the Asian Women's Conference in Peking (WIDF-aligned) on women in colonial and semi-colonial countries (Africa, Middle East, India, Indonesia, Netherlands, Vietnam, France, China, Korea, Madagascar, Burma). The Indonesian delegate Lillah Suripno traces

GA-02429 1952-05-17 rel A licensed

Conference Appeal Receives Responses (FBIS, 17 May 1952)

FBIS, 17 May 1952: Conference appeal receives responses (Asia-Pacific Peace Conference)

FBIS-monitored Xinhua report (17 May 1952) on responses from 20 countries to the call for an Asia-Pacific Peace Conference in Peking. The Indonesian section lists 11 sponsors chosen in April, including Suwarti, member of Parliament and president of Gerwis, plus Setiadi, Tjoa Sik Ien, Dharta (Lekra), Djawoto (Antara), S

GA-00833 1952-07-03 De Waarheid rel B

Indonesië toont solidariteit met strijdend Korea

Indonesia shows solidarity with fighting Korea

De Waarheid, 3 Jul 1952, p. 5: dispatch on Indonesian solidarity with Korea on the war's second anniversary. A 17-person delegation of the Indonesian Peace Committee, including Francisca Fanggidaej, visited the US embassy in Jakarta to protest killings of women and children; Ambassador Cochran refused to receive them,

GA-02435 1952-10-11 rel A licensed

United States Indicted for Germ War (FBIS, 11 Oct 1952): Asian and Pacific Peace Conference, Peking

FBIS, 11 October 1952: United States indicted for germ war (Asian and Pacific Peace Conference, Peking)

FBIS-monitored Xinhua report (11 Oct 1952) on a session of the Asian and Pacific Peace Conference in Peking: Dr Chen Wen-kuei's indictment of US bacteriological warfare, then speeches by delegates from India, New Zealand, Korea, Japan, Pakistan, Chile, Vietnam. Umi Sardjono, a woman delegate from Indonesia, said Indone

GA-02478 1962-07-26 rel A licensed

Gerwani Protest Against US Aggression in South Vietnam, Hanoi VNA (FBIS Daily Report, 26 Jul 1962)

FBIS Daily Report, 26 July 1962: Gerwani protest against US aggression in South Vietnam (Hanoi VNA)

FBIS Daily Report (26 Jul 1962), HathiTrust scan pp.235-236: North Vietnam section carrying a Korean message of solidarity, a Moscow resolution on the Geneva anniversary, and VNA's 25 July item that Gerwani and the Union of Australian Women sent messages to the Vietnam Women's Union. Gerwani protests US aggression and

GA-02484 1963-07-18 rel C licensed

Delegation to Women's Congress Welcomed (FBIS, 18 Jul 1963)

FBIS, 18 July 1963: Delegation to women's congress welcomed (Peking rally)

FBIS-monitored Xinhua report (18 Jul 1963): a 10,000-strong Peking rally welcomed the Chinese delegation back from the Moscow World Congress of Women. Yang Yun-yu's report attacked Soviet delegation leader Popova and WIDF leaders for 'sectarianism, splittism and big-power chauvinism', calling the congress 'undemocratic