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GA-00742 1961-12-15 De Volkskrant rel A

Geen besprekingen (No negotiations: Sukarno at the Gerwani congress)

No negotiations: Sukarno at the Fourth Gerwani Congress

De Volkskrant report (15 Dec 1961) on Sukarno's speech to what it calls the fourth congress of Gerwani, "the communist-controlled" women's movement, convened on women's role in the West Irian struggle. He rejected talks with the Netherlands, said power is created by politics, and promised armed force if the UN accepted

GA-00748 1981-04-28 De Volkskrant rel A

Gevangenschap (Imprisonment)

Imprisonment: Wertheim on continued prosecution of Gerwani women

Closing section of a Wertheim piece in De Volkskrant (28 Apr 1981). It states that women active in Gerwani are still prosecuted: in 1979 two were given extremely heavy sentences without credit for detention since 1965, and with six other Gerwani women were moved to Tangerang. The rest concerns ex-CIA officer McGehee an