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DPP Gerwani memprotes Pemerintah AS dan Taiwan, Bintang Timur 6 Mei 1958

Gerwani DPP protests to the US and Taiwan governments (Bintang Timur, 6 May 1958)

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Bintang Timur, 6 May 1958, p. 1 (after APRI's recapture of West Sumatran towns). Reports the Gerwani DPP's protest to the US and Taiwan governments over their intervention supporting Permesta/PRRI, demanding they stop interference, respect Indonesia's sovereignty and Asia-Africa, and appealing to American women to press for peace and a halt to nuclear tests. Gerwani is also listed among mass organisations at a 4 May veterans' rally condemning intervention.

Bintang Timur, 6 Mei 1958, hlm. 1 (setelah APRI merebut kembali kota-kota Sumatra Barat). Melaporkan protes DPP Gerwani kepada pemerintah AS dan Taiwan atas campur tangan mereka yang mendukung Permesta/PRRI, menuntut penghentian campur tangan, penghormatan kedaulatan Indonesia dan Asia-Afrika, serta seruan kepada kaum ibu Amerika agar menekan demi perdamaian dan penghentian uji coba nuklir. Gerwani juga tercantum di antara organisasi massa pada rapat veteran 4 Mei yang mengecam intervensi.

“p.1: protest of the Gerwani DPP to the US and Taiwan governments, with "seruan ... kepada kaum ibu dan wanita di Amerika Serikat yang mencintai perdamaian dan persahabatan" to press their government to stop intervention.”

People

SukarnoDjuanda KartawidjajaKusno UtomoAhmad YaniIbnu SutowoSartono

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Revolutionary Government of the Republic of IndonesiaPermestaIndonesian National Armed ForcesAll-Indonesia Central Labour OrganisationPeople's YouthTeachers' Association of the Republic of IndonesiaUnified Movement of Indonesian StudentsVeterans' Legion of the Republic of Indonesia

Places

JakartaWest SumatraPadangBukittinggiMinahasaTaiwanUnited StatesMarshall Islands

Topics

peace and anti-imperialismUSA and UKGerwani organisationpropaganda and mediawomen's rights and emancipation

Tags

regional rebellionsdemonstrationorganisational statement

Details

Date
1958-05-06
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 (1958-05-06) - DPP Gerwani protest to US and Taiwan governments, p. 1 [Khastara 299272].pdf
OCR / text
Fair (0.854) · 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)
Summary basis
full text read; OCR jumbled full-page layout, Gerwani passages located and read in context

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