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ANP Nieuwsbericht, 16-12-1961 (Indonesia: military)

ANP news report, 16 December 1961 (Indonesia: military)

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ANP radio bulletin, 16 Dec 1961: a two-line fragment saying a minister spoke at a conference of the Indonesian women's organisation Gerwani about measures against the Dutch, with banners in Yogyakarta demanding Western New Guinea. Evidence of Gerwani's role in the West Irian campaign.

Buletin radio ANP, 16 Des 1961: fragmen dua baris yang menyebut seorang menteri berbicara pada konferensi organisasi perempuan Indonesia Gerwani tentang langkah terhadap Belanda, dengan spanduk di Yogyakarta menuntut Irian Barat. Bukti peran Gerwani dalam kampanye Irian Barat.

“"The minister spoke at a conference of the Indonesian women's organisation Gerwani."”

People

Sukarno

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)ANP (Dutch news agency)

Places

IndonesiaYogyakartaWest New Guinea (Papua)

Events

Trikora and West Irian volunteer mobilisation

Topics

West Irian campaignGerwani organisationcongresses and meetingsNetherlands

Tags

speech textradio broadcast monitoring

Details

Date
1961-12-16
Creator
ANP Radiobulletin
Publication
ANP Radiobulletin
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
Dutch
Perspective
Western mainstream press
Source role
primary
Country
Netherlands
Period
1960–1965
Source archive
Delpher (KB, Netherlands) · source link
Access
open access (Delpher) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)/ANP Radiobulletin (1961-12-16) - ANP Nieuwsbericht - 16-12-1961 - 23 [Delpher anp-1961-12-16-23].txt
OCR / text
Fair (0.862) · proof-reading: whole text (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: yes
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)
Summary basis
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