GA-00465 1958-03-31 relevance A public
Gerwani Sumatera Tengah: pernyataan menentang pemberontak PRRI, Bintang Timur 31 Maret 1958
Gerwani Central Sumatra: statement against the PRRI rebels (Bintang Timur, 31 March 1958)
Bintang Timur, 31 March 1958, p. 1 (during the PRRI rebellion). Reports a statement by the Gerwani Sumatera Tengah leadership: women and people of Central Sumatra cannot be fooled again by the 'traitors' (PRRI, proclaimed 14 February 1958), stand firmly behind the central government, the army chief and President Sukarno, and defend women's rights, democracy and peace. It issues an appeal to all Gerwani members and women to close ranks. Other news: blockade, APRI advances, Khrushchev.
Bintang Timur, 31 Maret 1958, hlm. 1 (masa pemberontakan PRRI). Memuat pernyataan Dewan Pimpinan Gerwani Sumatera Tengah: kaum wanita dan rakyat Sumatera Tengah tidak mungkin lagi ditipu para 'pengkhianat' (PRRI, diproklamasikan 14 Februari 1958), berdiri teguh di belakang pemerintah pusat, KSAD dan Presiden Sukarno, serta membela hak wanita, demokrasi dan perdamaian. Seruan ditujukan kepada seluruh anggota Gerwani dan kaum wanita agar merapatkan barisan. Berita lain: blokade, kemajuan APRI, Khrushchev.
“p.1: "Dewan Pimpinan Gerwani Sumatera Tengah mengeluarkan pernyataan ... kaum wanita dan Rakyat Sumatera Tengah ... berdiri teguh dibelakang Pemerintah Pusat/KSAD ... demi membela hak-hak wanita ... demokrasi ... perdamaian abadi."”
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- 1958-03-31
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- Bintang Timur
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- Bintang Timur
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- newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page)
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- Indonesian
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- Gerwani/PKI-aligned voice
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- 1955–1959
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- Perpusnas Khastara (Bintang Timur, catalog 299272) · source link
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- 01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Bintang Timur (1954-1958) - issues naming Gerwani members or Gerwani articles (Perpusnas Khastara)/Bintang Timur (1958-03-31) - Gerwani Sumatera Tengah statement against PRRI rebels, p. 1 [Khastara 299272].pdf
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- Fair (0.87) · proof-reading: key passages (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: not needed
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- 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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- full text read; OCR jumbled full-page layout, Gerwani passages located and read in context
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