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.
De Nieuwsgier, 31 July 1951: in Yogyakarta SOBSI initiates a rival '17 August' committee including trade unions, the youth front, PKI, PSII, Murba, BTI and Gerwis, claiming the city's official committee only wants to 'celebrate' without expressing the people's struggle. It will explore a merger. Another item (Pakistan-
De Nieuwsgier, 8 Sept 1951: Moh. Tabrani, B.M. Diah and Mrs Trimurti 'of the Gerwis' accept an invitation to Beijing for the second anniversary of the People's Republic on 1 Oct; Ki Hadjar Dewantara and another educator were also invited. Records S.K. Trimurti's Gerwis affiliation and a 1951 invitation to China.