Delegation to US embassy protests bacteriological war in Korea
De Nieuwsgier, 27 June 1952 (Sin Po): on the Korean War anniversary, a nine-organisation delegation including Gerwis, SOBSI, Pemuda Rakjat, Lekra and the peace committee protests at the US embassy against alleged bacteriological warfare, but is turned away. They write to the foreign minister asking Indonesia to press for an armistice, an inquiry and signing the Geneva Protocol.
De Nieuwsgier, 27 Jun 1952 (Sin Po): pada peringatan Perang Korea, delegasi sembilan organisasi termasuk Gerwis, SOBSI, Pemuda Rakjat, Lekra dan komite perdamaian memprotes di kedubes AS soal dugaan perang bakteriologis, tetapi ditolak. Mereka menulis kepada menlu agar Indonesia mendesak gencatan senjata, penyelidikan dan penandatanganan Protokol Jenewa.
“"The delegation consisted of representatives of the committee for the defence of world peace for Indonesia, the SOBSI, the Front Persatuan Tani, the GERWIS, the Pemuda Rakjat..."”
De Waarheid, 3 Jul 1952, p. 5: dispatch on Indonesian solidarity with Korea on the war's second anniversary. A 17-person delegation of the Indonesian Peace Committee, including Francisca Fanggidaej, visited the US embassy in Jakarta to protest killings of women and children; Ambassador Cochran refused to receive them,
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De Nieuwsgier, 19 May 1952: Eleanor Roosevelt, replying to a Gerwis letter handed to her in Jakarta in late April, rejects its allegations of UN bacteriological warfare in Korea and suppression of a people's freedom, and the claim that the West drove a million Arabs from their homes. Third press version of this exchang
shared: Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis), Korea, United States, bacteriological warfare claims
Aneta item in De Vrije Pers (19 May 1952): Eleanor Roosevelt replied to a memorandum Gerwis gave her during her April visit to Jakarta, rejecting its accusation that the UN used bacteriological weapons in Korea, denying UN oppression of peoples, and disputing its claim that a million Arabs were driven out of Israel.
shared: Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis), Korea, bacteriological warfare claims, korean war
Indische Courant voor Nederland, 24 May 1952, p. 3: Eleanor Roosevelt replies to a letter delivered by Gerwis during her Jakarta visit, rejecting its claims that the UN used bacteriological weapons in Korea and that Western powers drove Arabs from Palestine, while acknowledging a fight against communist-influenced orga
shared: Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis), Korea, bacteriological warfare claims, korean war
Short item, Java-Bode, 19 May 1952, p. 1: Eleanor Roosevelt replies to Gerwis's letter delivered during her April Jakarta visit, rejecting its claim that the UN used bacteriological weapons in Korea while admitting a fight against communist-influenced organisations. Shorter version of the Indische Courant item.
shared: Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis), Korea, bacteriological warfare claims, korean war
Short Nijmeegsch Dagblad item (27 May 1952): Eleanor Roosevelt, during a visit to Jakarta, replies to a letter from Gerwis, rejecting its claim that the UN used bacteriological weapons in Korea and that the UN suppressed peoples' freedom. She admits a struggle against communist-influenced organisations. Evidence of Ger
shared: Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis), Korea, bacteriological warfare claims, korean war
De Locomotief, 14 Aug 1950 (Aneta): about 5,000 attend a Medan peace-committee rally, mainly plantation, peasant and pedicab unions, with anti-American banners. Speakers include Tuti Rukmi for 'Indonesian women'. The resolution urges Indonesia not to join the 'imperialist war' in Korea and calls for a ban on atomic wea
shared: Indonesian Peace Committee, Korea, anti-americanism, korean war
Abadi, 26 Mar 1952, p. 3: Gerwis backs the WIDF protest to the UN Secretary-General against alleged US germ warfare in Korea and urges Indonesia's UN delegate to support it.
shared: Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis), Korea, bacteriological warfare claims, korean war