Impressive ceremony on the invasion beach (with item on Gerwani and the Union)
Het Vaderland front page (8 Jun 1954) opening with Dutch resistance veterans' wreath-laying at the Normandy invasion beaches, followed by Indonesian news. A short passage 'Indon. comm. women and the Union' says the Indonesian feminist movement Gerwani, recently hostess to delegations of communist women from Russia and the Netherlands, petitioned Sukarno and PM Ali to abolish the Dutch-Indonesian Union. Also reports on governor dismissals and PKI demands.
Halaman depan Het Vaderland (8 Jun 1954) yang dibuka dengan peletakan karangan bunga veteran perlawanan Belanda di pantai invasi Normandia, lalu berita Indonesia. Paragraf pendek 'Perempuan komunis Indonesia dan Uni' menyebut gerakan feminis Indonesia Gerwani, yang baru menjamu delegasi perempuan komunis Rusia dan Belanda, mengirim petisi kepada Sukarno dan PM Ali agar Uni Belanda-Indonesia dihapus. Juga berita pemecatan gubernur dan tuntutan PKI.
“Gerwani, recently hostess of communist women's delegations from Russia and the Netherlands, petitioned Sukarno and Premier Ali to abolish the Dutch-Indonesian Union (p. 1).”
Indische Courant voor Nederland, 23 Dec 1953, p. 3: over 2,000 women led by Perwari march in Jakarta against the amendment of Government Regulation 19 on marriage conditions and demand a marriage law; in Semarang, seven women's groups including Gerwis petition the Central Java governor.
shared: Ali Sastroamidjojo, Budiono, Central Java, petition
Algemeen Handelsblad (1954-07-02): a Committee of Co-operating Parties of 31 parties and organisations, including PKI, PNI, NU, SOBSI and Gerwani, urges the Dutch government to declare High Commissioner Van Bylandt persona non grata, recall Indonesia's delegation, abolish the Netherlands-Indonesia Union unilaterally an
shared: Indonesian National Party, Van Bylandt, kmb abrogation, Netherlands
De Gooi- en Eemlander, 2 July 1954: a committee of 31 cooperating parties and organisations, including the PKI, PNI, SOBSI and Gerwani, demands that Dutch High Commissioner Count van Bylandt be declared persona non grata. It also asks for unilateral abolition of the Netherlands-Indonesia Union and a West Irian administ
shared: Indonesian National Party, Van Bylandt, kmb abrogation, Netherlands
Het Rotterdamsch Parool report (2 Jul 1954, p.3): the Jakarta committee of cooperating parties, 31 parties and organisations including PKI, PNI, Partai Buruh, NU, Perbepsi, Gerwani and SOBSI, urges the government to declare Dutch High Commissioner Count Van Bylandt persona non grata after his statement, and to recall t
shared: Indonesian National Party, Van Bylandt, kmb abrogation, Netherlands
Nieuw Utrechtsch Dagblad, 2 July 1954, p. 3: a committee of 31 cooperating Indonesian parties and organisations, including PKI, PNI, Partai Buruh, NU, Sobsi and Gerwani, urges the government to declare Dutch High Commissioner Count Van Bylandt persona non grata over his statement, and to recall the Indonesian delegatio
shared: Indonesian National Party, Van Bylandt, kmb abrogation, Netherlands
Ons Noorden (3 Jul 1954): a committee of 31 cooperating parties and organisations, Gerwani among them with PKI, PNI, NU and SOBSI, urges the government to declare Netherlands High Commissioner Count van Bylandt persona non grata, recall the delegation from The Hague, end the Netherlands–Indonesia Union and form a West
shared: Indonesian National Party, Van Bylandt, kmb abrogation, Netherlands
Overijsselsch Dagblad (3 Jul 1954), truncated version of the Reuter/ANP item: a committee of 31 cooperating parties including Gerwani, PKI, PNI and SOBSI asks that Netherlands High Commissioner van Bylandt be declared persona non grata and the delegation recalled from The Hague. Text breaks off.
shared: Indonesian National Party, Van Bylandt, kmb abrogation, Netherlands
Twentsch Dagblad Tubantia (2 Jul 1954): a committee of cooperating parties and organisations, including Gerwani with PKI, PNI, NU and SOBSI, urges the government to declare Netherlands High Commissioner Count van Bylandt persona non grata, recall the delegation from The Hague, end the Union and form a West Irian admini
shared: Indonesian National Party, Van Bylandt, kmb abrogation, Netherlands