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Bintang Timur, 28 Mei 1956: Setiati Surasto pimpin delegasi buruh wanita Sarbupri ke Moskow

Setiati Surasto leads Sarbupri women workers' delegation to Moscow (Bintang Timur, 28 May 1956)

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Bintang Timur (Jakarta daily), 28 May 1956, full issue. A short foreign-news item on page 3 reports that a delegation of Indonesian women workers arrived in Moscow at the invitation of the All-Union Central Council of Trade Unions, led by Setiati Surasto, Sarbupri's Secretary for Economic Affairs, and planning a tour of the Soviet Union. The OCR does not name Gerwani; the rest is world news and adverts.

Bintang Timur (harian Jakarta), 28 Mei 1956, satu nomor penuh. Berita luar negeri pendek di halaman 3: delegasi buruh wanita Indonesia tiba di Moskow atas undangan Dewan Serikat Buruh Seluruh Uni Soviet, dipimpin Setiati Surasto, Sekretaris Urusan Ekonomi Sarbupri, dan akan berkeliling Uni Soviet. OCR tidak menyebut Gerwani; selebihnya berita dunia dan iklan.

“p. 3: Delegasi buruh wanita Indonesia telah tiba di Moskow atas undangan Dewan Serikat Buruh Seluruh Uni Sovyet, dipimpin Setiati Surasto, Sekretaris Urusan Ekonomi dari Sarbupri.”

People

Setiati Surasto

Organisations

Bintang TimurPlantation Workers' Union of the Republic of IndonesiaAll-Union Central Council of Trade Unions

Places

MoscowJakartaSoviet Union

Topics

labour and workersUSSR and Eastern Europewomen's rights and emancipation

Tags

delegation abroadplantations

Details

Date
1956-05-28
Creator
Bintang Timur
Publication
Bintang Timur
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page)
Language
Indonesian
Perspective
Gerwani/PKI-aligned voice
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1955–1959
Source archive
Perpusnas Khastara (Bintang Timur, catalog 299272) · source link
Access
open access (Khastara) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Bintang Timur (1954-1958) - issues naming Gerwani members or Gerwani articles (Perpusnas Khastara)/Bintang Timur (1956-05-28) - Setiati Surasto leads Sarbupri delegation to Moscow, p. 3 [Khastara 299272].pdf
OCR / text
Fair (0.817) · proof-reading: key passages (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Bintang Timur (1954-1958) - issues naming Gerwani members or Gerwani articles (Perpusnas Khastara)
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