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Sovetskaya Kirgiziya, 16 Maret 1965, hlm. 3: protes dunia atas perang Vietnam (pernyataan Gerwani)

Sovetskaya Kirgiziya, 16 Mar 1965: world protest over the Vietnam war (Gerwani statement)

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Sovetskaia Kirgiziia, 16 Mar 1965, p. 3: page of TASS items on Vietnam war protests. Quotes a Gerwani statement, said to speak for over 2 million members, condemning US bombing of the DRV as 'a crime against humanity'. Also reports Indonesia withdrawing from the New York World's Fair over US support for Malaysia. Other items unrelated.

Sovetskaia Kirgiziia, 16 Mar 1965, hlm. 3: halaman berita TASS tentang protes perang Vietnam. Mengutip pernyataan Gerwani, disebut mewakili lebih dari 2 juta anggota, yang mengecam pengeboman AS atas DRV sebagai 'kejahatan terhadap kemanusiaan'. Juga Indonesia menarik diri dari Pameran Dunia New York karena dukungan AS pada Malaysia.

“p.3: 'The bombing ... is a crime against humanity,' says the statement of the women's organisation Gerwani, which unites more than 2 million people.”

People

Eugénie CottonColette AudrySimone de BeauvoirJeannette Vermeersch

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Union of French WomenIndonesian Buddhists' AssociationTASS

Places

IndonesiaVietnamNew YorkParis

Topics

peace and anti-imperialismGerwani organisationUSSR and Eastern Europepropaganda and media

Tags

demonstrationnational liberation strugglesorganisational statementvictimhoodwire report

Details

Date
1965-03-16
Creator
Sovetskaia Kirgiziia
Publication
Sovetskaia Kirgiziia
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page)
Language
Russian
Perspective
Socialist-bloc/solidarity press
Source role
primary
Country
USSR
Period
1960–1965
Source archive
East View / Infoteka (Columbia): Sovetskaia Kirgiziia · source link
Access
library-licensed (Columbia University Libraries); personal research copy Library-licensed or subscription copy: show metadata and summary only; link to the source.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Soviet and East European press (1946-1990) - Pravda, Izvestiia, Soviet Woman, Hungarian papers (East View, archive.org, Hungaricana)/Sovetskaia Kirgiziia (1965-03-16) - p. 3 [East View 56454225].pdf
OCR / text
Poor (0.595) · proof-reading: whole text (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: yes
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Soviet and East European press (1946-1990) - Pravda, Izvestiia, Soviet Woman, Hungarian papers (East View, archive.org, Hungaricana)
Summary basis
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