Pravda, 1960: voice of Indonesian mothers; Setiati Surasto of SOBSI
Pravda, No. 40, c. 9 Feb 1960, p. 3 (selected page). Jakarta dispatch 'The voice of Indonesian mothers' (8 Feb): women's-movement activist Sri Slamet, SOBSI National Council member Setiati Surasto and mother Maruto Nitimihardjo welcome Khrushchev's planned visit and general-disarmament proposal. Also a Gromyko-Adam Mal
Pravda, 1960: Setiati Surasto of SOBSI and Indonesian mothers (excerpt)
Keyword-hit excerpt of Pravda, No. 40, c. 9 Feb 1960, 'The voice of Indonesian mothers' (Jakarta, 8 Feb): women's activist Sri Slamet, SOBSI National Council member Setiati Surasto and mother Maruto Nitimihardjo greet Khrushchev's coming visit and back his general-disarmament proposal, framed as the wish of Indonesian
Genjer-genjer (Muhammad Arief), Sung by Bing Slamet
1960s recording of 'Genjer-genjer' (song by Muhammad Arief) sung by popular entertainer Bing Slamet (2:42, one track from a 29-track compilation on the Internet Archive). Shows the song's mainstream popularity before it was banned and tied to the PKI and the Lubang Buaya slander after 1965. Audio description only.
Genjer-genjer (Muhammad Arief), Sung by Lilis Suryani
1960s recording of 'Genjer-genjer' (song by Muhammad Arief) sung by popular entertainer Lilis Suryani (2:45, one track from a 35-track compilation on the Internet Archive). Shows the song's mainstream popularity before it was banned and tied to the PKI and the Lubang Buaya slander after 1965. Audio description only.
Deventer population register: arrivals and departures (21 Jan 1960)
Deventer Dagblad population register notice (21 Jan 1960, p.6) listing residents leaving Deventer, including 'A. G. Soedjinah' (Nieuwstraat 41) departing for Indonesia. Nothing links this entry to the Gerwani figure Sudjinah; the match came from the name alone, and the page contains no Gerwani content.
'Everything must go': great sale in Indonesia
Het Vaderland front-page report (22 Jan 1960) on Indonesia's economic collapse: rupiah worth a tenth of its 1958 black-market value, gold price soaring, kerosene shortages keeping Jakarta children from school, Chinese converting rupiah to goods, falling rubber output. Newspapers across the spectrum criticise Sukarno's
Pravda, 2 Mar 1960: Gerwani among Indonesian mass organisations at Khrushchev's farewell
Pravda, 2 Mar 1960 (No. 62), pp. 1-3, 5 (machine-translated): coverage of the end of Khrushchev's 12-day visit to Indonesia (farewell speeches by Khrushchev and Sukarno; Calcutta stop). Pp. 2-3 report a farewell meeting on 29 Feb with delegates of mass organisations, naming 'the Indonesian women's movement (Gerwani)' a
Pravda, 2 Mar 1960: Gerwani welcomes Khrushchev among mass organisations (excerpt)
Keyword-hit excerpt of Pravda, No. 62, 2 March 1960, report 'People must live happily!' on Khrushchev's Indonesia visit. Leading figures of SOBSI, BTI, Pemuda Rakjat, the women's movement Gerwani, the Peace Committee, the Soviet friendship society and Lekra gathered with gifts at his residence; SOBSI's Njono spoke of f
Seizure of Shell capital in Indonesia demanded
Short Eindhovensch Dagblad AP item (17 May 1960, p.4): two communist-led organisations urged Jakarta to seize Dutch capital in Shell. The oil workers' union Perboem backs nationalisation, and the PKI-affiliated women's organisation Gerwani presses for seizure of Dutch capital 'still hidden' in mixed enterprises.
Sukarno uses an old recipe
Het Vaderland front-page report (4 Jun 1960): Sukarno returns from a world tour to an airport welcome whose approved slogans include 'Indonesian women condemn the Dutch provocation', which observers see as a diversion from the growing Democratic League opposing Guided Democracy. Also covers an Indonesian protest note a
Colonel in South Borneo 'suspends' PKI and Gerwani activity
De Waarheid, 26 Aug 1960, p. 1: report that the military commander of South Kalimantan, Colonel Hasan Basry, 'temporarily suspended' activities of the PKI and other organisations in the province, including SOBSI, Pemuda Rakjat, the BTI peasant front, the women's organisation Gerwani and a cultural body, saying PKI ideo
CIA, Communist Revisionism and Dissidence, Summary No. 2846 (2 Nov 1960)
CIA Foreign Documents Division summary no. 2846 (2 November 1960) on communist revisionism and dissidence. Its Indonesia section reports that Kartinah Kurdi, in a long article in Harian Rakjat of 10 August 1960, developed the theme that women are lovers of world peace, stressing the horrors of atomic warfare, which the
CIA, Communist Revisionism and Dissidence, Summary No. 2846 (2 Nov 1960)
CIA Foreign Documents Division summary no. 2846 (2 November 1960) on communist revisionism and dissidence. Its Indonesia section reports that Kartinah Kurdi, in a long article in Harian Rakjat of 10 August 1960, developed the theme that women are lovers of world peace, stressing the horrors of atomic warfare, which the