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Masjoemi-leider waarschuwt tegen "spelen met vuur" (Masyumi leader warns against 'playing with fire')

Masyumi leader warns against 'playing with fire'

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Winschoter Courant (30 Mar 1957), news round-up. Relevant: Fatmawati Sukarno writes asking why a woman cannot form a cabinet, with a note that women's organisations took Sukarno's second marriage badly. Also Masyumi's Isa Anshary on cabinet formation, searches of Jakarta banks, and Aidit threatening a general strike unless communists enter the government.

Winschoter Courant (30 Mar 1957), ringkasan berita. Relevan: Fatmawati Sukarno menulis menanyakan mengapa perempuan tak boleh membentuk kabinet, dengan catatan bahwa organisasi perempuan sangat menyesalkan pernikahan kedua Sukarno. Juga Isa Anshary (Masyumi) soal pembentukan kabinet, penggeledahan bank di Jakarta, dan Aidit mengancam mogok umum bila komunis tak masuk pemerintah.

“p.1: Fatmawati asks 'why a woman could not be charged with the formation of a new Indonesian cabinet.'”

People

FatmawatiSukarnoMohammad HattaD.N. AiditIsa AnsharySuwirjo

Organisations

MasyumiCommunist Party of Indonesia

Places

Jakarta

Events

Sukarno–Hartini marriage controversy

Topics

women's rights and emancipationmarriage law and polygamyelections and parliamentPKI

Tags

letterhartini marriagecabinet politicsstrikes

Details

Date
1957-03-30
Creator
Winschoter Courant
Publication
Winschoter Courant
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
Dutch
Perspective
Western mainstream press
Source role
primary
Country
Netherlands
Period
1955–1959
Source archive
Delpher (KB, Netherlands) · source link
Access
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File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)/Winschoter Courant (1957-03-30) - Masjoemi-leider waarschuwt tegen spelen met vuur [Delpher MMRHCG03-163574026-a00011].txt
OCR / text
Good (0.916) · 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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