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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-00689 1953-08-25 De Nieuwsgier rel B

Demonstratie te Surabaja van Panitia aksi De Vrije Pers (Demonstration in Surabaya for the De Vrije Pers action committee)

Surabaya demonstration over the De Vrije Pers wrecking trial

De Nieuwsgier, 25 Aug 1953: in Surabaya the trial opens of 42 students over the April wrecking of De Vrije Pers; thousands of students and pupils demonstrated, with Gerwis, Pemuda Rakjat and SOBSI also taking part, demanding dropped charges, a press law, abolition of Dutch-language use and limits on Dutch dailies. A US

GA-00710 1956-03-19 De Nieuwsgier rel B

Communistische menigte verwelkomt president op Kemajoran (Communist crowd welcomes the president at Kemayoran)

Communist crowd welcomes the president at Kemayoran airport

De Nieuwsgier report (19 Mar 1956) on Sukarno's return to Kemajoran airport, where PKI supporters, communist veterans and the "communist women's organisation Gerwani" demanded PKI inclusion in Ali Sastroamidjojo's cabinet. Sukarno urged calm; Gerwani appears only among the crowd with banners.