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GA-02356 1962 rel A

The Communist Movement in Indonesia (memorandum CIA, 1962)

CIA memorandum, 15 August 1962: The communist movement in Indonesia

CIA memorandum, 15 August 1962, surveying organised communism in Indonesia; Gerwani has one entry (claimed 800,000 members, WIDF affiliate, valued as propaganda instrument). Gives US estimates of PKI front strength.

GA-00907 1962-12-21 De Waarheid rel A

Indonesische vrouwen schrijven Tom Clardij: vurige dank namens 1,25 miljoen leden van Gerwani

Indonesian women write to Tom Clardij: thanks on behalf of 1.25 million Gerwani members

De Waarheid, 21 Dec 1962, p. 3: report that Gerwani wrote to Tom Clardij, a Zaandam conscientious objector jailed in Vught for refusing service in New Guinea, thanking him on behalf of its 1.25 million members for his action against the colonial war over West Irian. A campaign in the Netherlands seeks his release.