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我全国妇联致电印度尼西亚妇运协会 支持收复西伊里安的斗争 (ACWF telegram to Gerwani supporting the West Irian struggle)

ACWF telegram to Gerwani supporting the West Irian struggle (Renmin Ribao, 24 December 1957)

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Renmin Ribao, 24 Dec 1957, p. 6 (Xinhua): the All-China Women's Federation telegraphs Gerwani on 21 Dec congratulating it on its national women's congress and pledging that Chinese women fully support Indonesia's struggle to recover West Irian. Short solidarity item.

Renmin Ribao, 24 Desember 1957, hlm. 6 (Xinhua): Federasi Wanita Seluruh Tiongkok mengirim telegram kepada Gerwani pada 21 Desember, mengucapkan selamat atas kongres wanita nasionalnya dan menyatakan perempuan Tiongkok sepenuhnya mendukung perjuangan Indonesia merebut kembali Irian Barat. Butir solidaritas singkat.

“'Chinese women fully support your just struggle to recover West Irian' - ACWF telegram to Gerwani's national congress (p. 6).”

Organisations

All-China Women's FederationIndonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)

Places

West New Guinea (Papua)ChinaIndonesia

Events

Third Gerwani Congress

Topics

West Irian campaignGerwani organisationcongresses and meetingsChinaAfro-Asian solidarity

Tags

wire reportsolidarity telegram

Details

Date
1957-12-24
Creator
Renmin Ribao
Publication
Renmin Ribao
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page)
Language
Chinese
Perspective
Socialist-bloc/solidarity press
Source role
primary
Country
China
Period
1955–1959
Source archive
People's Daily 人民日报图文数据库 (Columbia proxy) · source link
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library-licensed (Columbia University Libraries); personal research copy Library-licensed or subscription copy: show metadata and summary only; link to the source.
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OCR / text
Poor (0.386) · proof-reading: whole text (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: yes
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Renmin Ribao (1950-1966) - articles on Gerwani and Indonesian women (People's Daily database)
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