Assignment of Gerwis Commissars, West Java (laporan CIA, 1953)

=== [PDF page 1] === Approved For Release 2003/08/07: CIA-RDP80-00810A001600470001-2 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY This Document contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States, within the meaning of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited. INFORMATION REPORT CONFIDENTIAL SECURITY INFORMATION 25X1A SUBJECT Assignment of GERWIS Commissars, West Java DATE DISTR. 6 July 1953 25X1 25X1X The Gerakan Wanita Indonesia Sedar (GERWIS) held a meeting [Unreadable] at which commissars were assigned to various areas in West Java. These commissars and the areas to which they were assigned are: Mrs. Bambang Surjanto: Djatinegara Mrs. Kartowijono: Sukabumi and Tjiandjur Mrs. Jusup Hadi: Bandung 25X1A Comments. 1. The Times of Indonesia reported that Miss Kartinah left for the Peiping Peace Conference on [Unreadable] September 1952. In early 1952 a Mrs. Kartinah was elected [Unreadable] the Middle Java branch of GERWIS for 1952, according to [Unreadable]. [Unreadable] reported that Mrs. Kartinah was a member of the Social Affairs Department of the Pegaden Baru branch of the Persatuan Marhaen Indonesia (PERMAI) in August 1950. 2. On 4 February 1953 an Indonesian broadcast reported that Mrs. Kartowijono was president of the new central [Unreadable] PERWARI. In March 1950 she was chairman of the Djakarta branch [Unreadable]. It is difficult to categorize PERWARI as right- or left-wing since [Unreadable] November 1950 conference of Kongres Wanita Indonesia, a federation of women's groups of which Mrs. Kartowijono was Secretary III, PERWARI was against joining the Women's International 25X1 Notes: Washington Distribution Indicated By "X"; Field Distribution By "#". [Unreadable] Approved For Release 2003/08/07: CIA-RDP80-00810A001600470001-2 === [PDF page 2] === Approved For Release 2003/08/07: CIA-RDP80-00810A001600470001-2 25X1A Democratic Federation (WIDF), but not opposed to membership in the Committee for World Peace. At the PERWARI congress in January 1953 it resolved to maintain itself as a nonpolitical social-economic organ, but on the other hand decided to try to obtain the largest possible representation in [Unreadable]. In addition to her PERWARI activities, Mrs. Kartowijono has been a supporter of world peace movements [Unreadable] the Committee [Unreadable] World Peace, the [Unreadable] Stockholm Peace Movement [Unreadable] and WIDF. As of 11 March 1953 [Unreadable] according [Unreadable] she was appointed a member of the West Java Legislative Assembly, according to an Indonesian broadcast. 3. A Mrs. B. Jusupadi (possibly the same as Mrs. Jusup Hadi) was reported to be the leader of the All-Indonesian Women's Conference in Djakarta in July [Unreadable] 1946, [Unreadable] on the Partai Nasional Indonesia (PNI) Governing Council in [Unreadable], and an important leader of PERWARI in November 1950. 25X1 Approved For Release 2003/08/07: CIA-RDP80-00810A001600470001-2