Asian opinion widely opposes the US Seventh Fleet: press and organisation reactions
Xinhua roundup in Renmin Ribao (29 Dec 1963, p. 4) of Asian press and organisational reactions against the US Seventh Fleet entering the Indian Ocean. For Indonesia, Gerwani issued a statement backing Sukarno's refusal to bow to intimidation; dockers' unions, Harian Rakjat and Bintang Timur also quoted. Other items cover Japanese, Cambodian, Burmese, Nepali and Indian press; only one sentence concerns Gerwani.
Rangkuman Xinhua di Renmin Ribao (29 Desember 1963, hlm. 4) tentang reaksi pers dan organisasi Asia terhadap masuknya Armada Ketujuh AS ke Samudra Hindia. Di Indonesia, Gerwani mengeluarkan pernyataan mendukung penolakan Sukarno tunduk pada intimidasi; serikat buruh pelabuhan, Harian Rakjat dan Bintang Timur juga dikutip. Butir lain soal pers Jepang, Kamboja, Burma, Nepal, India; hanya satu kalimat tentang Gerwani.
“[Gerwani] recently issued a statement expressing its complete support for the position stated by President Sukarno that the Indonesian people are not afraid of any threat and will not bow to imperialist intimidation (p. 4).”
Snippet-only Renmin Ribao extract (29 Dec 1963, p. 4) on Asian opinion against the US Seventh Fleet entering the Indian Ocean. It reports that Gerwani issued a statement backing Sukarno's stance that Indonesians will not bow to imperialist intimidation. Full text is GA-01922.
shared: US Seventh Fleet, India, Indian Ocean, seato and military pacts
Nijmeegsch Dagblad (13 Mar 1956) on John Foster Dulles's brief Jakarta visit and offer of economic aid. A young woman belonging to Gerwani, among about two dozen demonstrators shouting 'Abolish SEATO', threw a piece of paper at his car and was detained for questioning.
shared: Jawaharlal Nehru, seato and military pacts, USA and UK
Xinhua note in Renmin Ribao (19 Jan 1964, p. 5): on 17 January the All-China Women's Federation cabled Gerwani and Kowani, backing Indonesian women's struggle against US Seventh Fleet deployment in the Indian Ocean, said to obstruct Indonesia's confrontation with 'Malaysia'. It expresses confidence in the 'bull-like sp
shared: US Seventh Fleet, Indian Ocean, seato and military pacts, USA and UK
Renmin Ribao, 15 Sep 1962, p. 4: round-up of world solidarity with Cuba against threatened US intervention (Albania, WFDY, US Fair Play for Cuba, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico). The Jakarta item says Gerwani, in the name of over one million members, telegraphed the US government protesting aggression on Cuba, and c
shared: Bintang Timur, organisational statement, press roundup, USA and UK
Renmin Ribao, 15 Sep 1962, p. 4: round-up of world solidarity with Cuba against threatened US intervention (Albania, WFDY, US Fair Play for Cuba, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico). The Jakarta item says Gerwani, in the name of over one million members, telegraphed the US government protesting aggression on Cuba, and c
shared: Bintang Timur, organisational statement, press roundup, USA and UK
Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (12 Jan 1964, p. 4) on Indonesian responses to US pressure: a Harian Rakjat editorial calling for 'confrontation' of Malaysia, the Seventh Fleet and SEATO, and New Year messages from SOBSI, BTI, Pemuda Rakyat and the Peace Committee. The Gerwani Central Committee pledges support for the go
shared: Harian Rakjat, US Seventh Fleet, seato and military pacts, USA and UK
Renmin Ribao, 9 Nov 1959, p. 6: multi-item foreign-news column. The Indonesia item says the Gerwani Central Committee condemned an invitation from Jakarta's American Women's Association to Indonesian women students for a dance with US Seventh Fleet sailors as leading to moral corruption and sullying national dignity; t
shared: US Seventh Fleet, seato and military pacts, USA and UK
Renmin Ribao, 9 Nov 1959, p. 6: multi-item foreign-news column. The Indonesia item says the Gerwani Central Committee condemned an invitation from Jakarta's American Women's Association to Indonesian women students for a dance with US Seventh Fleet sailors as leading to moral corruption and sullying national dignity; t
shared: US Seventh Fleet, seato and military pacts, USA and UK