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Indonesische moeders: 'Zendt uw zonen niet naar West-Irian'

Indonesian mothers: 'Do not send your sons to West Irian'

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De Waarheid, 8 Jun 1960, p. 3: report that the NVB received a telegram from Gerwani, 'For peace and humanity, do not send your sons to West Irian', and replied that it will try to launch a big protest campaign. Quotes the NVB's letter to the Dutch cabinet opposing troop and arms shipments to New Guinea and recalling the colonial wars. Illustrates Gerwani-NVB solidarity during the West Irian dispute.

De Waarheid, 8 Jun 1960, hlm. 3: laporan bahwa NVB menerima telegram Gerwani, 'Demi perdamaian dan kemanusiaan, jangan kirim putra-putramu ke Irian Barat', dan membalas akan berusaha memicu aksi protes besar. Mengutip surat NVB kepada kabinet Belanda yang menentang pengiriman pasukan dan senjata ke Nieuw-Guinea serta mengingat perang kolonial. Menggambarkan solidaritas Gerwani-NVB dalam sengketa Irian Barat.

“Relevance raised from C: direct Gerwani telegram and NVB reply.”

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Dutch Women's Movement

Places

West New Guinea (Papua)New GuineaNetherlandsIndonesia

Topics

Gerwani organisationWest Irian campaignpeace and anti-imperialismNetherlandsWIDF and international women's movement

Tags

solidarity telegrammotherhood ideology

Details

Date
1960-06-08
Creator
De Waarheid
Publication
De Waarheid
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
Dutch
Perspective
Socialist-bloc/solidarity 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)/De Waarheid (1960-06-08) - INDONESISCHE MOEDERS Zendt Uw zonen niet naar West-Irian [Delpher ddd-010371256-a0069].txt
OCR / text
Good (0.894) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · 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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