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GA-00570 1958-02-18 Amigoe di Curacao rel C

Soekarno, de aartsintrigant (Sukarno, the master intriguer)

Sukarno, the master intriguer

Profile of President Sukarno in the Curaçao weekly Amigoe di Curaçao (18 Feb 1958, p. 4), portraying him as a charming but ruthless 'master intriguer' and authoritarian. It narrates his career and notes women's indignation at his 1954 marriage to Hartini despite his book Sarinah. Gerwani is not mentioned.

GA-00571 1958-02-18 Amigoe Di Curacao rel C

Soekarno, de aartsintrigant (Sukarno, the master intriguer) [duplicate]

Sukarno, the master intriguer [duplicate]

Second copy (different Delpher ID) of the Amigoe di Curaçao profile of Sukarno, 18 Feb 1958: an unflattering account of him as authoritarian master intriguer, from 1920s nationalism to the 1957 cabinet. Mentions the general women's indignation at his marriage to Hartini despite writing Sarinah. Gerwani is not named.

GA-00572 1965-05-20 Amigoe di Curacao rel B

Communisten tegen 'Moerba-partij' (Communists against the 'Murba party')

Communists against the 'Murba party'

Short ANP wire item in Amigoe di Curaçao, 20 May 1965: Gerwani urges President Sukarno to ban the Murba party for good, calling it 'anti-Sukarno, anti-communist and anti-Nasakom'. Murba had been provisionally banned in January 1965. Shows Gerwani as a PKI-aligned political voice in the Nasakom polarisation.

GA-00573 1966-09-17 Amigoe di Curacao rel B

Nog drie vrouwen (Still three wives)

Still three wives

Brief Amigoe di Curaçao item, 17 Sept 1966, on Sukarno's wives. It states Hartini, his 42-year-old second wife, is a 'leading member' of Gerwani, which was banned after the failed coup. Also recalls Mochtar Lubis's 1957 imprisonment for criticising the marriage. Claim of Hartini's Gerwani leadership is made without evi

GA-00574 1966-12-22 Amigoe di Curacao rel C

Actie houdt aan tegen Soekarno (Action against Sukarno continues)

Action against Sukarno continues

Amigoe di Curaçao wire report, 22 Dec 1966: Indonesian chiefs of staff warn against illegal action as students demand Sukarno resign over the 1965 coup. A Mother's Day meeting of women's organisations at Sukarno's palace (organised by the PNI women's league) was boycotted by other groups including the women's action fr

GA-00577 1971-08-19 Amigoe di Curacao rel C

Kannibalen vrijgesproken (Cannibals acquitted)

Cannibals acquitted

Amigoe di Curaçao, 19 Aug 1971, on a Papua New Guinea court acquitting seven men of cannibalism. Not about Indonesia: 'Gerwani Turbiam' is only a defendant's name, as the translator notes. A false hit for Gerwani research.