CIA, International Communist Movements, May-Sep 1948 (Southeast Asia youth conference delegates)
Declassified CIA report 'International Communist Movements, 1 May - 1 September 1948', listing meetings of communist front bodies and delegate travel. Its table for the Southeast Asia Youth Conference lists, for Indonesia, Francisca Fanggidaej of the Badan Kongres Pemuda Republik Indonesia among the delegates, with Sya
CIA, International Communist Movements, May-Sep 1948 (Southeast Asia youth conference delegates)
Declassified CIA report 'International Communist Movements, 1 May - 1 September 1948', listing meetings of communist front bodies and delegate travel. Its table for the Southeast Asia Youth Conference lists, for Indonesia, Francisca Fanggidaej of the Badan Kongres Pemuda Republik Indonesia among the delegates, with Sya
Perwari in the Years of Struggle, 1951
Farewell report by outgoing Perwari chair Kusban, in Siaran Perwari (Jan 1951, congress issue), narrating Perwari's history during the revolution, including flight from Malang after the first Dutch attack in July 1947.
CIA report, 6 May 1954: Financial preparations for the Gerwis congress, March 1954
CIA report, 6 May 1954: Trimurti and Dr Thung Sin Nio collecting funds to finance the Gerwis (now Gerwani) congress in Jakarta, 25-31 March 1954, including from Chinese-Indonesian donors. Evidence on congress financing and cross-community support.
Pravda, 4 Jul 1955: Gerwani named in article on World Congress of Mothers (excerpt)
Keyword-hit excerpt of Pravda, 4 July 1955, from the article on preparing the World Congress of Mothers (Lausanne). Records that WIDF organisations established cooperation in Indonesia with 'the numerous women's organization Gerwani' and the plantation workers' union, alongside links in Australia, New Zealand, Norway,
Pravda, 16 Jun 1957: World Peace Council session in Colombo; Umi Sardjono for WIDF
Keyword-hit excerpt of Pravda, No. 167, 16 June 1957, special-correspondent report from Colombo on the sixth day of the World Peace Council session. Mme (Umi) Sardjono speaks for the WIDF, voicing 'on behalf of the women and mothers of the whole world' protest against plans to unleash imperialist war. Other speakers in
Pravda, 25 Jan 1959: PKI delegation to 21st CPSU Congress, including Suharti (excerpt)
Keyword-hit excerpt of Pravda, No. 25, 25 Jan 1959 (TASS): arrival in Moscow of the PKI delegation to the 21st CPSU Congress on 21 January: D. N. Aidit (head), Nursuhud, Karel Supit, P. O. Hutapea (editor of Bintang Merah) and Suharti, 'a responsible worker of the apparatus of the CC of the CPI'; Indian delegation also
Documents of the Sixth National Congress of the PKI, Jakarta, 1-14 September 1959, Vol. I
Bintang Merah special issue, vol. 1: documents of the VI National Congress of the PKI, Jakarta 7-14 September 1959 (Yayasan Pembaruan, 1960). Contains Aidit's opening speech, the Central Committee's General Report, and Programme and Constitution changes. Gerwani is not named; on women it records growing women's members
Documents of the PKI Sixth National Congress, Vol. II (Bintang Merah special, 1960)
Volume II of the documents of the PKI Sixth National Congress (Jakarta, 7-14 September 1959; Bintang Merah special, Yayasan Pembaruan, 1960): delegates' speeches. It includes the speech of Suharti, deputy chair of the Gerwani national leadership (pp. 595-603), on women as the most oppressed, peasant women, women cadres
Documents of the PKI Sixth National Congress, Vol. II (Bintang Merah special, 1960)
Volume II of the documents of the PKI Sixth National Congress (Jakarta, 7-14 September 1959; Bintang Merah special, Yayasan Pembaruan, 1960): delegates' speeches. It includes the speech of Suharti, deputy chair of the Gerwani national leadership (pp. 595-603), on women as the most oppressed, peasant women, women cadres
Pravda, 18 Dec 1961: Fourth Gerwani Congress
Pravda no. 353, 18 December 1961 (full issue). Page 3 has a dispatch by correspondent O. Skalkin from Jakarta on the Fourth Gerwani Congress: 400 delegates from Java, Moluccas, Sumatra, Bali, Kalimantan; Sukarno's speech condemning anti-communism, backing NASAKOM and the West Irian claim, and praising Soviet support. N
Pravda, 18 Dec 1961: Fourth Gerwani Congress (excerpt)
Pravda no. 353, 18 December 1961 (excerpt of the page). Page 3 has a dispatch by correspondent O. Skalkin from Jakarta on the Fourth Gerwani Congress: 400 delegates from Java, Moluccas, Sumatra, Bali, Kalimantan; Sukarno's speech condemning anti-communism, backing NASAKOM and the West Irian claim, and praising Soviet s
Pravda, 28 Apr 1962: Aidit's report to the Seventh (Extraordinary) PKI Congress
Pravda no. 118, 28 April 1962 (full issue). Page 4 reports D. N. Aidit's report to the Seventh (Extraordinary) PKI Congress (Jakarta): Guided Democracy, elections, West Irian, Malaysia, SEATO, party mass organisations. Gerwani appears in a single sentence, credited with 'important progress' in expanding organisation, m
Pravda, 28 Apr 1962: Aidit's report to the Seventh PKI Congress (excerpt)
Pravda no. 118, 28 April 1962 (excerpt of the page). Page 4 reports D. N. Aidit's report to the Seventh (Extraordinary) PKI Congress (Jakarta): Guided Democracy, elections, West Irian, Malaysia, SEATO, party mass organisations. Gerwani appears in a single sentence, credited with 'important progress' in expanding organi
Scinteia, 15 Jun 1962: National Conference of Women of Romania
Scinteia (Bucharest), 15 June 1962 (No. 5560): report on the opening of Romania's National Conference of Women, with Gheorghiu-Dej's speech and Maria Rosetti's report. The list of foreign guests includes the Indonesian women's delegation led by Umi Sardjono, 'president of the women's organisation Gerwani', alongside WI
Scinteia, 16 Jun 1962: Romanian women's conference, speech by Umi Sardjono
Front page of Scinteia (Bucharest), 16 Jun 1962, with report on the Romanian National Conference of Women. Names Umi Sardjono, chair of Gerwani, among foreign guests who spoke, alongside delegates from France, GDR, Japan, Poland, Ghana, Hungary and Sudan. The issue says speeches appear on p. 2, but her text is not in t
Scinteia, 16 Jun 1962: Romanian women's conference, Umi Sardjono attends
Scinteia (Bucharest), 16 Jun 1962, text capture of the National Conference of Women proceedings. Lists Umi Sardjono, chair of Gerwani, among foreign speakers (France, GDR, Japan, Poland, Ghana, Hungary, Mali, Yugoslavia, Italy, Vietnam, Korea, Austria). Her own speech is not reproduced. Page 2 greetings from WIDF's Mar
Scinteia, 17 Jun 1962: women's conference, greeting by Umi Sardjono of Gerwani
Scinteia (Romanian Workers' Party organ), issue no. 5562, 17 June 1962, with a Claude machine translation of its coverage of the closing of Romania's National Conference of Women. Page 5 prints the greeting of Umi Sardjono, chair of Gerwani, who praises socialist women's achievements, presents Gerwani as fighting for t
Pravda, 1 Jul 1963: WIDF programme, Moscow World Congress of Women
Pravda no. 182, 1 July 1963 (full issue). Page 4 prints the WIDF programme adopted at its Moscow congress (29 June 1963): equal rights, peasant women, children, peace, national independence, solidarity with persecuted women. It lists the new Bureau, which includes Umi Sardjono (Indonesia, spelled 'Umisa Sardjono'). Eug
Pravda, 1 Jul 1963: WIDF Bureau, Moscow World Congress of Women (excerpt)
Pravda no. 182, 1 July 1963 (excerpt). Prints the WIDF programme adopted at its Moscow congress (29 June 1963): equal rights, peasant women, children, peace, national independence, solidarity with persecuted women. Lists new Bureau members, including Umi Sardjono (Indonesia, spelled 'Umisa Sardjono').
The Struggle between Two Lines at the Moscow World Congress of Women (Peking, 1963)
Chinese-published pamphlet (Foreign Languages Press, Peking, 1963) with statements and a report by Yang Yun-yu attacking Soviet and WIDF leaders at the June 1963 Moscow World Congress of Women over anti-imperialism versus disarmament and peaceful coexistence. It records the Indonesian delegation, led by Umi Sardjono, s
Scinteia, 18 Jul 1965: PKI delegation arrives for 4th Congress of the Romanian Workers' Party
Scinteia (Bucharest), 18 Jul 1965, p. 1: report on arrival of the PKI delegation for the 4th Congress of the Romanian Workers' Party. Delegation: D.N. Aidit (head), Karel Supit, Umi Sardjono (PKI CC alternate member, Gerwani chair) and Anwar Dharma of Harian Rakjat; met by Ceausescu. Setiati Surasto, named in the metad