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Massademonstratie in Djakarta voor inlijving West-Irian (Mass demonstration in Jakarta for incorporation of West Irian)

Mass demonstration in Jakarta for incorporation of West Irian

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Java-Bode, 6 December 1954, p. 2: report on a mass rally at Merdeka Square, Jakarta, by the West Irian liberation committee with the women's associations' central body, drawing tens of thousands. Umi Sardjono of Gerwani read the resolution demanding unilateral incorporation of West Irian, breaking relations with the Netherlands, and action against Dutch collaborators; she was among the speakers.

Java-Bode, 6 Desember 1954, hlm. 2: laporan rapat raksasa di Lapangan Merdeka, Jakarta, oleh panitia pembebasan Irian Barat bersama badan pusat organisasi perempuan, dihadiri puluhan ribu orang. Umi Sardjono dari Gerwani membacakan resolusi yang menuntut penggabungan sepihak Irian Barat, pemutusan hubungan dengan Belanda, dan tindakan terhadap pendukung kolonialisme Belanda; ia termasuk pembicara.

“The resolution, read out by Mrs. Sardjono [Umi Sardjono], demands unilateral incorporation of West Irian and breaking relations with the Netherlands (p. 2).”

People

Umi SardjonoSudarman HadikusumoSujatin KartowijonoSutedjoAbdul MadjidSahetapy Engel

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Democratic Women (PNI women's wing)Indonesian Islamic Union PartyIndonesian National PartyCommunist Party of IndonesiaCommittee for the Liberation of West Irian

Places

JakartaMerdeka SquareWest New Guinea (Papua)Netherlands

Topics

West Irian campaignGerwani organisationpeace and anti-imperialismcongresses and meetings

Tags

mass rallyresolution

Details

Date
1954-12-06
Creator
Java-Bode
Publication
Java-Bode
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)/Java-Bode (1954-12-06) - Massademonstratie in Djakarta voor inlijving West-Irian Verbreking betrekkingen [Delpher ddd-010861965-a0037].txt
OCR / text
Good (0.918) · 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)
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