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GA-01061 1954-10-06 Het Parool rel B

Parlement over tweede huwelijk van Soekarno

Parliament on Sukarno's second marriage

Het Parool report (6 Oct 1954, p.108): parliament asks the government to clarify its stand on President Sukarno's second marriage, as the controversy causes the first rift in the year-old PNI-PKI coalition. A woman MP of the socialist fraction submitted the request, and parliament received a petition from women's movem

GA-01305 1955-09-27 Nieuwe Tilburgsche Courant rel C

Indonesië gaat (symbolen) kiezen (Indonesia goes to choose symbols)

Indonesia goes to choose symbols

Nieuwe Tilburgsche Courant, 27 September 1955, p. 5: preview of Indonesia's first general election, with about 43 million voters, 63 parties and symbol-based ballots for illiterates (hammer and sickle versus buffalo head). It expects a PKI-Masjumi contest and notes that Indonesian women have emerged as a political forc

GA-01328 1955-09-27 Nijmeegsch Dagblad rel C

Stemmen in het oerwoud: Donderdag verkiezingen in Indonesië (Votes in the jungle: elections in Indonesia on Thursday)

Votes in the jungle: elections in Indonesia on Thursday

Nijmeegsch Dagblad (27 Sep 1955) pre-election report on Indonesia's first general elections: 43 million voters, 63 parties, expected Masyumi–PKI contest, PKI hoping for 5 million votes. Notes women emerging as a political force within parties, citing a Masyumi women's rally; Gerwani is not named.

GA-01337 1955-09-27 Ons Noorden rel C

Donderdag verkiezingen in Indonesië: Ongeveer de helft der kiezers bij de stembus verwacht (Elections in Indonesia on Thursday)

Elections in Indonesia on Thursday: about half of voters expected at the polls

Reuter pre-election report (27 Sep 1955) on Indonesia's first general elections: 43 million voters, 63 parties, a Masyumi–PKI contest, PKI hoping for 5 million votes. Mentions women's political activity within parties via a Masyumi women's rally; Gerwani not named.

GA-01343 1955-09-27 Overijsselsch Dagblad rel C

Donderdag verkiezingen in Indonesië: Ongeveer de helft der kiezers bij de stembus verwacht (Elections in Indonesia on Thursday)

Elections in Indonesia on Thursday: about half of voters expected at the polls

Reuter pre-election report (27 Sep 1955) on Indonesia's first general elections: 43 million voters, 63 parties, a Masyumi–PKI contest, PKI hoping for 5 million votes. Mentions women's political activity within parties via a Masyumi women's rally; Gerwani not named. Same text as the Ons Noorden item, here in Overijssels

GA-01393 1955-09-27 Zutphens Dagblad rel C

Na heftige verkiezingscampagne gaan donderdag 43 miljoen Indonesiërs ter stembus (After fierce campaign 43 million Indonesians vote Thursday)

After fierce campaign 43 million Indonesians vote Thursday

Reuter pre-election report (27 Sep 1955) on Indonesia's first general elections: 43 million voters, 63 parties, a Masyumi–PKI contest, PKI hoping for 5 million votes. Women emerge as a political force within parties; Gerwani is not named. Version in Zutphens Dagblad also quotes a Masyumi women's rally of about 1,000 wh

GA-01321 1955-09-28 Nieuwsblad Voor De Hoeksche Waard En IJselmonde rel C

Morgen verkiezingen in Indonesië (Elections tomorrow in Indonesia)

Elections tomorrow in Indonesia

Nieuwsblad voor de Hoeksche Waard en IJselmonde, 28 September 1955, p. 1: preview of Indonesia's first general election with 43 million voters and 63 parties, expecting a PKI-Masjumi contest. It notes women as a political force within existing parties, citing a Masjumi women's meeting of about 1,000. Gerwani is not nam

GA-02580 1965-06-08 rel C

Telegram 509, US Consulate Medan, Juni 1965

Telegram 509, US Consulate Medan, June 1965

US Consulate Medan telegram 509, 7-8 June 1965: the military used Dwikora authority to overrule the governor over banning the newspaper Tjahaja, called a clear Army win. Pre-coup Army-PKI rivalry in North Sumatra; no Gerwani content.