GA-00272 1965-11-10 relevance A public
Women Denounce Reds (Sunraysia Daily, 10 Nov 1965)
Women Denounce Reds (Sunraysia Daily, 10 November 1965)
Sunraysia Daily (Mildura), 10 November 1965, p. 14, AAP/UPI report from Jakarta that 10,000 women (housewives, students, actresses) denounced Gerwani as 'a disgrace to Indonesian womanhood' and demanded its dissolution. They marched from Suharto's headquarters to the National Front with bands and batons and handed a petition also demanding government operation of 'Communist-taught schools'. Reported alongside the army's claim of a captured terrorist plan. (Scrambled-column OCR duplicate of GA-00273.)
Sunraysia Daily (Mildura), 10 November 1965, hlm. 14, laporan AAP/UPI dari Jakarta bahwa 10.000 wanita (ibu rumah tangga, pelajar, aktris) mengecam Gerwani sebagai 'aib bagi kewanitaan Indonesia' dan menuntut pembubarannya. Mereka berpawai dari markas Suharto ke Front Nasional dengan band dan tongkat estafet, menyerahkan petisi yang juga menuntut pemerintah mengelola 'sekolah yang diajar komunis'. Dilaporkan bersama klaim Angkatan Darat soal rencana teror yang disita. (OCR kolom teracak, duplikat GA-00273.)
“'Ten thousand women yesterday denounced the Communist women's front, Gerwani, as a disgrace to Indonesian womanhood and demanded its dissolution' (p. 14).”
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- 1965-11-10
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- Sunraysia Daily
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- Sunraysia Daily
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- 1965–1966
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- 01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Australian press (1949-1982) - articles on Gerwani and members (Trove)/Sunraysia Daily (1965-11-10) - Women denounce Reds [Trove 295483760].pdf
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- Good (0.89) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
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- 01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Australian press (1949-1982) - articles on Gerwani and members (Trove)
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- full text read; OCR largely unreadable
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- GA-00273 Sunraysia Daily (1965-11-10) - Women denounce Reds [Trove 295483760].txt
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