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Massa-demonstratie in Djakarta: inlijving van West-Irian geëist [duplicate]

Mass demonstration in Jakarta demands incorporation of West Irian (duplicate copy)

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Second copy of the De Locomotief report of 6 Dec 1954 on the Merdeka Square mass meeting for West Irian. Umi Sardjono of Gerwani spoke and read the resolution demanding unilateral incorporation, severing of Dutch relations and abrogation of the agreements; text differs slightly in wording ('colonial Dutch government').

Salinan kedua laporan De Locomotief 6 Des 1954 tentang rapat raksasa Irian Barat di Lapangan Merdeka. Umi Sardjono dari Gerwani berpidato dan membacakan resolusi menuntut penggabungan sepihak, pemutusan hubungan dengan Belanda dan pembatalan perjanjian; redaksi sedikit berbeda ('pemerintah kolonial Belanda').

“"Mrs. Sardjono [Umi Sardjono] of the Gerwani addressed the crowd. In the resolution, which was read out ... by Mrs. Sardjono, the government is urged to incorporate West Irian unilaterally into Indonesia."”

People

Umi SardjonoSudarman HadikusumoSujatin KartowijonoUtarjoSutedjoAbdul MadjidSunarioSahetapy Engel

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Democratic Women (PNI women's wing)Women's Union of the Republic of IndonesiaIndonesian Islamic Union PartyIndonesian National PartyCommunist Party of Indonesia

Places

IndonesiaJakartaMerdeka SquareWest New Guinea (Papua)Netherlands

Topics

West Irian campaignGerwani organisationpeace and anti-imperialismNetherlands

Tags

mass rallyduplicate recordresolution

Details

Date
1954-12-06
Creator
De Locomotief
Publication
De Locomotief
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
Dutch
Perspective
Western mainstream press
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1950–1954
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)/De Locomotief (1954-12-06) - Massa-demonstratie in Djakarta In resolutie wordt inlijving van West-Irian [Delpher ddd-011178329-a0113].txt
OCR / text
Fair (0.829) · 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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