1 May 1963: Irian Barat Free!
Api Kartini (May 1963) editorial 'Irian Barat Free!' on the UNTEA handover of West Irian to Indonesia on 1 May 1963. Celebrates mothers' sacrifices for Trikora and tells the Netherlands that normal relations require accepting the new situation, dropping colonial 'privileges' and unreasonable claims for compensation, in light of Indonesia's socialist orientation under Manipol. Gerwani not named.
Tajuk Api Kartini (Mei 1963) 'Irian Barat Bebas!' tentang penyerahan Irian Barat oleh UNTEA kepada Indonesia pada 1 Mei 1963. Memuji pengorbanan para ibu untuk Trikora dan menyatakan kepada Belanda bahwa hubungan normal mensyaratkan penerimaan situasi baru, tanpa 'privilese' kolonial dan klaim ganti rugi tak masuk akal, sesuai orientasi sosialis Indonesia menurut Manipol. Gerwani tidak disebut.
“'On 1 May 1963 UNTEA handed authority over Irian Barat to Indonesia'; many mothers had given husbands and sons for the liberation (editorial).”
Api Kartini (early 1962) editorial 'General Mobilisation' on the Irian Barat campaign after Sukarno's Trikora. Quotes Hurustiati Subandrio's radio appeal for all Indonesians, men and women, to mobilise and fight rice shortages; describes volunteer registration, women students' military training, and Dutch brutality (ev
shared: West New Guinea (Papua), Netherlands, Jayapura, editorial
Tribune (Sydney), 10 Jan 1962, p. 1 front-page editorial backing Sukarno's proclamation of West Irian as an Indonesian province and attacking the Menzies government and ALP leader Calwell. Gerwani appears only in a photo caption: delegates welcome Sukarno at the opening night in Jakarta of the recent Gerwani National C
shared: West New Guinea (Papua), Netherlands, editorial, West Irian campaign
Tribune (Sydney), 10 Jan 1962, p. 1 front-page editorial backing Sukarno's proclamation of West Irian as an Indonesian province and attacking the Menzies government and ALP leader Calwell. Gerwani appears only in a photo caption: delegates welcome Sukarno at the opening night in Jakarta of the recent Gerwani National C
shared: West New Guinea (Papua), Netherlands, editorial, West Irian campaign
Gazet van Limburg editorial item (6 Apr 1954, p.1) disapproving that communist MP Rie Lips-Odinot, vice-chair of the Dutch communist women's movement, attends the Jakarta congress of 'Gewani' (Gerwani) and speaks for the 'peace-loving part' of the Dutch people supporting Indonesia's claim to New Guinea. It also objects
shared: Netherlands, editorial, West Irian campaign
Angkatan Bersendjata, 11 Oktober 1967. Editorial welcoming foreign press support quotes Otto Kuyk's Dutch book 'Sukarno Tabeh': on the night of G30S women seized the bound generals and tortured them in the filthiest and cruelest ways.
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US Embassy telegram, 15 Sep 1965: a Dutch missionary reports on West Irian, including detained missionaries and a Papuan rebellion. Pre-coup West Papua context; no Gerwani content.
shared: West New Guinea (Papua), Jayapura, West Irian campaign
TAPOL Bulletin no. 52 (London, July 1982, 20 pp.): East Timor famine and the Nordland report, West Papua and transmigration, Dutch arms sales, Muslim political trials and torture, press bans (Tempo, Pelita), student repression, and an Atmakusumah book review noting that 46 of 163 newspapers were banned in October 1965.
shared: West New Guinea (Papua), Netherlands, Jayapura
February 1962 issue on 'Mobilisasi Umum' for the Tri Komando Rakjat West Irian campaign: volunteer registration, home-front food production and reports on Dutch atrocities.
shared: West New Guinea (Papua), Netherlands, West Irian campaign, Netherlands