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Berita Harian, 5 Ogos 1964: GERWANI mahu tutup pejabat USIS

Berita Harian, 5 Aug 1964: Gerwani wants USIS offices closed

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Berita Harian, 5 Aug 1964 (Reuters, lead only). Gerwani, a left-wing Indonesian women's movement, cabled President Sukarno demanding the government close the US Information Service (USIS) offices and send home Peace Corps volunteers, as reported by the PKI paper Harian Rakyat.

Berita Harian, 5 Agu 1964 (Reuters, hanya teks pembuka). Gerwani, gerakan wanita berhaluan kiri, mengirim kawat kepada Presiden Sukarno menuntut penutupan USIS dan pemulangan sukarelawan Peace Corps, menurut Harian Rakyat milik PKI.

“Gerwani... telah mengutus kawat kapada Presiden Sukarno, menuntut Kerajaan supaya menutup ... USIS”

People

Sukarno

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Communist Party of IndonesiaUnited States Information ServiceHarian Rakjat

Places

Jakarta

Topics

Gerwani organisationpeace and anti-imperialismUSA and UK

Tags

anti-americanismwire report

Details

Date
1964-08-05
Creator
Berita Harian
Publication
Berita Harian
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
Malay
Perspective
Western mainstream press
Source role
primary
Country
Singapore
Period
1960–1965
Source archive
NewspaperSG · source link
Access
open access (NewspaperSG) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Singapore and Malayan press (1949-2015) - articles on Gerwani (NewspaperSG)/Berita Harian (1964-08-05) - p. 3, GERWANI mahu tutup pejabat2 USIS [NewspaperSG beritaharian19640805-1.2.36].txt
OCR / text
Fair (0.755) · proof-reading: whole text (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: yes
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Singapore and Malayan press (1949-2015) - articles on Gerwani (NewspaperSG)
Summary basis
full text read; only the ~60-word lead text is archived

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