Merle Cochran

Category: foreign government/diplomat
Nationality: American
Biography: US diplomat, first US ambassador to Indonesia (1950–53).
Biografi: Diplomat AS, duta besar AS pertama untuk Indonesia (1950–53).
Also written as: Merle Cochran

1949 – 1952

3 items

GA-00803 1949-01-06 De Waarheid rel B

70 millioen arbeiders en 80 millioen vrouwen protesteren tegen koloniale oorlog (70 million workers and 80 million women protest against colonial war)

70 million workers and 80 million women protest against colonial war

De Waarheid report (6 Jan 1949) on international protests against the Dutch "Christmas" military action in Indonesia: the WFTU statement, and the WIDF telegram and letter to the Security Council on behalf of 80 million women including its Indonesian and Dutch affiliates. Also covers Security Council scheduling and Mini

GA-01284 1949-11-08 Nieuwe Courant rel A

Nieuwe Courant 8 November 1949, halaman: Salawati Daud gearresteerd (Salawati Daud arrested; whole page)

Nieuwe Courant, 8 November 1949 (page): Salawati Daud arrested

Whole-page OCR of Nieuwe Courant, 8 November 1949. The relevant item is the NIT report on Salawati Daud's arrest at Masamba cave, accused of leading a gang. The page otherwise covers the post-Round Table Conference settlement (UNCI, KNIL future, ECA aid), a US article on China policy, and Poland's defence minister.

GA-00833 1952-07-03 De Waarheid rel B

Indonesië toont solidariteit met strijdend Korea

Indonesia shows solidarity with fighting Korea

De Waarheid, 3 Jul 1952, p. 5: dispatch on Indonesian solidarity with Korea on the war's second anniversary. A 17-person delegation of the Indonesian Peace Committee, including Francisca Fanggidaej, visited the US embassy in Jakarta to protest killings of women and children; Ambassador Cochran refused to receive them,