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GA-01370 1967-10-25 Tubantia rel C

Adam Malik op bezoek bij collega mr. Luns (Adam Malik visits colleague Luns)

Adam Malik visits colleague Luns

Tubantia profile (25 Oct 1967) of Adam Malik on his visit to The Hague to meet Luns: Dutch plea for clemency for Subandrio, New Guinea, credit needs, his role against Sukarno. Notes that in 1965 Mrs Subandrio led a women's demonstration against Malik, then trade minister. Gerwani not named; context for Subandrio's wife

GA-00918 1968-01-05 De Waarheid rel A

Protesttelegram hoofdbestuur NVB (arrestatie Trees Sunito-Heyligers)

Protest telegram from NVB executive over arrest of Trees Sunito-Heyligers

De Waarheid, 5 Jan 1968, p. 1: telegram from the NVB executive to the Indonesian ambassador in The Hague protesting the arrest of lawyer Trees Sunito-Heyligers, recalling her anti-fascist work, her defence of Dutch soldiers who refused colonial war and her defence of union leader Njono, and demanding release of her and

GA-00919 1968-01-16 De Waarheid rel A

T. Sunito-Heyligers moet vrij (CPN-Vlaardingen)

T. Sunito-Heyligers must be free: CPN Vlaardingen telegram

De Waarheid, 16 Jan 1968, p. 1: short item that the CPN branch in Vlaardingen sent a telegram to the Indonesian embassy in The Hague protesting persecution of democrats in Indonesia and demanding release of lawyer Trees Sunito-Heyligers, recently detained by the Jakarta regime, and other Indonesian freedom fighters.

GA-00921 1968-10-29 De Waarheid rel B

Volgens legerleiding in Djakarta schanddaad voltrokken (executie Njono, Sudisman, Wirjomartono)

Army leadership in Jakarta: 'infamy' as Njono, Sudisman, Wirjomartono executed

De Waarheid, 29 Oct 1968, p. 1: report, via Reuters, that the Indonesian military regime executed PKI Central Committee members Njono and Sudisman and Yogyakarta PKI secretary Wirjomartono by firing squad in Jakarta Bay after secret tribunal hearings; an initial report on Supardjo and Ruslan Kamaludin was retracted. It

GA-00923 1970-08-18 De Waarheid rel A

Sandwichactie in Den Haag tegen bezoek Suharto: 'Vrijheid voor de vrouwen van Gerwani'

Sandwich-board action in The Hague against Suharto visit: 'Freedom for the women of Gerwani'

De Waarheid, 18 Aug 1970, p. 1: report that a dozen women demonstrated with sandwich boards in The Hague against Suharto's planned visit, carrying signs 'Freedom for the women of Gerwani' and 'Suharto unwanted', distributing the NVB letter and later protesting at the Indonesian embassy.

GA-00925 1970-09-04 De Waarheid rel A

Haagse vrouwen demonstreerden (tegen Suharto-bezoek)

The Hague women demonstrated against Suharto's visit

De Waarheid, 4 Sep 1970, p. 1: report that NVB members in The Hague carried sandwich boards for several days against Suharto's visit ('The women of Gerwani must be free', 'Not a cent for the generals'), handing out thousands of pamphlets until police took the women in at 3:30 pm on 3 September, amid public applause.

GA-00933 1975-06-21 De Waarheid rel A

Blad Vrouwenbeweging hekelt proces in Indonesië: NVB eist vrijheid Gerwani-vrouwen (volledige krantenpagina, 21-6-1975)

NVB demands freedom for Gerwani women (full newspaper page, 21 Jun 1975)

Full De Waarheid page, 21 Jun 1975 (p. 5), mostly unrelated (Mokum 700 festival, EEC steel output, farmers' protests). The relevant article reports the NVB's call to protest the Jakarta trial of four Gerwani women: life demanded for Sulami (about 50), 20 years for Suharti Harsono, Sri Ambar Rukmijati and Sudjinah, accu

GA-00935 1975-06-21 De Waarheid rel A

Protesten (NVB-oproep voor vier Gerwani-vrouwen)

Protests (NVB appeal for four Gerwani women)

De Waarheid, 21 Jun 1975, p. 5: boxed NVB appeal to protest the sentences on four Gerwani women, noting Sri Ambar and Sudjinah were officials of the banned SOBSI and that all four are internationally known for women's and union work. Calls for halting financial aid to the Suharto regime, restoring democratic rights and

GA-02553 1976 rel C

Aanhangsel Handelingen Tweede Kamer 1975-1976, nr. 111: standpunt regering politieke gevangenen Indonesië

Dutch Parliament Written Question 111 (1975): Government Position on Indonesian Political Prisoners

Dutch Second Chamber written question no. 111 (Aug 1975) by Fred van der Spek and Foreign Minister Van der Stoel's reply, on an Indonesian embassy claim that the Dutch government fully understood Indonesia's political prisoner problem. Context on Dutch diplomacy over post-1965 detainees.

GA-02944 1996 rel A

Sexual Metaphors in the Change from Sukarno's Old Order to Suharto's New Order in Indonesia (Wieringa, ISS working paper, 1996)

Sexual Metaphors in the Change from Sukarno's Old Order to Suharto's New Order (Wieringa, 1996 working paper)

Wieringa's Nov 1996 ISS working paper, the first English version of her argument that the New Order was born from a sexualised propaganda campaign against Gerwani (Oct 1965-Mar 1967 an 'extended coup'), with an interview with a former Gerwani cadre. Early statement of the thesis.