Letter from Betka Papanek to Nani Suwondo, 15 March 1967
Letter dated 15 March 1967 from Betka Papanek to Mrs Nani Suwondo, Djalan Pasar Minggu 39, Jakarta, apparently about a conference. OCR is almost entirely unreadable, so content beyond the address, date and a mention of a conference cannot be confirmed; summary rests on title and legible fragments. Nani Suwondo was a wo
Telegram 1626 to Secretary of State, Jan 1967
US Embassy telegram, Jan 1967, recording Maj. Gen. Sjarif Thajeb saying anti-Sukarno 'hawks' wanted to force Suharto to act by March and that Sukarno's Nawaksara supplement would blame 'Nekolim'. Political context on Sukarno's removal; no Gerwani content.
A Fighting Editor: Jogjakarta (Canberra Times, 3 April 1967)
Canberra Times, 3 Apr 1967, p. 2: Creighton Burns profiles Jussac Margo Rahardjo, editor of Pelopor Jogja, a former Radio Australia announcer turned anti-Communist propagandist. In 1965 local authorities, he says, used Gerwani, which then controlled the Jogjakarta federation of women's associations, as 'the lever' to p
A Fighting Editor: Jogjakarta (Canberra Times, 3 April 1967), duplicate
Canberra Times, 3 Apr 1967, p. 2: Creighton Burns profiles Jussac Margo Rahardjo, editor of Pelopor Jogja, a former Radio Australia announcer turned anti-Communist propagandist. In 1965 local authorities, he says, used Gerwani, which then controlled the Jogjakarta federation of women's associations, as 'the lever' to p
Soviet Woman, 30 Apr 1967: 'Our Indonesian Friends Write'
Soviet Woman, 30 Apr 1967: Nina Voronina's 'Our Indonesian friends write' describes correspondence between the Soviet Women's Committee and Indonesian women (Asih Budi society in Bandung, journalist Sakti Alamsjah, pharmacist Salamah Adipura, Tulungagung teachers' club). Mentions Indonesia only through Kowani-era conta
Behind the news: Chinese in Indonesia
Leeuwarder Courant, 24 May 1967, p. 1: front-page background column on the persecution of ethnic Chinese in Indonesia after 1965, citing camps in Medan, roundups in Borneo, closed Chinese schools in East Java, and the mass killings of communists and suspects in which Chinese families died. The tone is stereotyping. Ger
Airgram A-12: Basic Problems in Our Dealings with Indonesians, 21 Jul 1967
Secret airgram from Ambassador Green, 21 July 1967, a cultural-political guide for US officials dealing with Suharto's government; one line notes Indonesians seeking US 'post-payment' for destroying communism. No women or Gerwani content.
Arrest of Mrs Djubaedah, leftist organisation (Szolnok Megyei Neplap, 3 Sep 1967)
Hungarian county daily, 3 Sep 1967: a search snippet states that Mrs Djubaedah was arrested on charges of taking part in 'the events', described as belonging to one of the banned leftist organisations (text cut off). The sweep identifies her as Djubaedah (Zubaidah Nungtjik A.R.); unverified. Page OCR not retrieved.
Adam Malik visits colleague Luns
Tubantia profile (25 Oct 1967) of Adam Malik on his visit to The Hague to meet Luns: Dutch plea for clemency for Subandrio, New Guinea, credit needs, his role against Sukarno. Notes that in 1965 Mrs Subandrio led a women's demonstration against Malik, then trade minister. Gerwani not named; context for Subandrio's wife
Indonesian protests abroad against stance of Soviet leaders
De Waarheid, 4 Nov 1967, p. 3: report that Indonesian representatives abroad of SOBSI, Pemuda Rakjat and Gerwani protested Soviet leaders' stance towards the Suharto regime. SOBSI secretary Setiati Surasto condemned a Soviet union delegation's January 1967 visit; Gerwani rejected a 'hypocritical' WIDF resolution in Eas
Elliott Haynes' Indonesian Diary, December 1967
Typescript diary by Elliott Haynes of Business International, Dec 1967, recording about sixty Jakarta meetings with technocrats, officials and politicians while preparing a 1968 executives' roundtable. Background on New Order economic opening; no Gerwani content.