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印度尼西亚妇女运动协会举行代表大会 苏加诺号召加强团结收复西伊里安 (Gerwani holds congress; Sukarno calls for unity to recover West Irian)

Gerwani holds congress; Sukarno calls for unity to recover West Irian (Renmin Ribao, 16 December 1961)

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Renmin Ribao, 16 Dec 1961, p. 3 (Xinhua, Jakarta): Gerwani's Fourth National Congress opens on 14 Dec with over 400 delegates; Umi Sardjono's opening address stresses the 1945 revolution's aims and West Irian. Guests include Chinese, Soviet and East German delegations, Aidit and PNI's Sidik. Sukarno speaks, rejecting 'self-determination' for West Irian and noting socialist-bloc support.

Renmin Ribao, 16 Desember 1961, hlm. 3 (Xinhua, Jakarta): Kongres Nasional Keempat Gerwani dibuka 14 Desember dengan lebih dari 400 delegasi; pidato pembukaan Umi Sardjono menekankan tujuan Revolusi 1945 dan Irian Barat. Tamu termasuk delegasi Tiongkok, Soviet dan Jerman Timur, Aidit dan Sidik (PNI). Sukarno berpidato, menolak 'penentuan nasib sendiri' untuk Irian Barat dan menyebut dukungan blok sosialis.

“Umi Sardjono's opening address: the congress would discuss how to encourage women 'to take part in the struggle to realise the aims of the 1945 revolution' and 'to liberate West Irian'; over 400 delegates attended (p. 3).”

People

Umi SardjonoSukarnoGuo JianD.N. AiditSidik DjojosukartoSubandrio

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Communist Party of IndonesiaIndonesian National PartyAll-China Women's FederationUnited Nations

Places

JakartaWest New Guinea (Papua)NetherlandsIndonesiaChinaSoviet UnionEast Germany

Events

Fourth Gerwani Congress

Topics

congresses and meetingsGerwani organisationWest Irian campaignUSSR and Eastern EuropeChinapeace and anti-imperialism

Tags

wire reportspeech textcongress report

Details

Date
1961-12-16
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
1960–1965
Source archive
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OCR / text
Poor (0.443) · proof-reading: whole text (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: yes
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