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Penerbitan Bersama SOBSI, 17 Agustus 1950 (Bangun, Tenaga, Pekerja, Buruh): CIA copy

CIA-held copy of the joint SOBSI publication, 17 August 1950 (Bangun, Tenaga, Pekerja, Buruh)

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CIA-held copy of a joint SOBSI publication of 17 August 1950 (Independence Day issue of the labour magazines Bangun, Tenaga, Pekerja and Buruh), in Indonesian, issued by the SOBSI Information Bureau. It contains union and anti-imperialist articles, an item on prostitution in Tanjung Priok, appeals for WFTU unity and reports on strike bans and colonial violence. Women's movement content is negligible: Setiati Surasto appears only in the editorial staff box for Pekerja (p. 28); Gerwis/Gerwani are not mentioned.

Salinan koleksi CIA dari penerbitan bersama SOBSI tertanggal 17 Agustus 1950 (edisi Hari Proklamasi majalah buruh Bangun, Tenaga, Pekerja dan Buruh), berbahasa Indonesia, diterbitkan Biro Penerangan SOBSI. Isinya artikel serikat buruh dan anti-imperialisme, tulisan tentang pelacuran di Tanjung Priok, seruan persatuan WFTU, serta laporan larangan mogok dan kekerasan kolonial. Muatan gerakan perempuan sangat sedikit: Setiati Surasto hanya tercantum dalam susunan redaksi Pekerja (hlm. 28); Gerwis/Gerwani tidak disebut.

“Editorial staff box for 'Pekerja' lists Setiati Surasto among its staff (p. 28); no text on Gerwis/Gerwani.”

People

Setiati Surasto

Organisations

All-Indonesia Central Labour OrganisationWorld Federation of Trade UnionsCommunist Party of IndonesiaPerhimpunan IndonesiaKaum Ibu Indonesia

Places

JakartaTanjung PriokIndonesiaAmsterdam

Topics

labour and workerspropaganda and mediapeace and anti-imperialismPKI

Tags

national day celebration

Details

Date
1950-08-17
Creator
CIA
Document type
government record (government / intelligence / diplomatic record)
Language
English
Perspective
Intelligence/diplomatic record
Source role
primary
Country
USA
Period
1950–1954
Source archive
CIA Reading Room (CREST) · source link
Access
open access (CIA) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records/CIA, FRUS, JPRS and US reports (1949-1978) - items on Gerwani and members (CIA CREST, HathiTrust, Gale, DTIC)/CIA (1950-08-17) - Untitled report listing Setiati Surasto [CIA-RDP82-00457R005800100007-4].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.901) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records › CIA, FRUS, JPRS and US reports (1949-1978) - items on Gerwani and members (CIA CREST, HathiTrust, Gale, DTIC)
Summary basis
structured reading (introduction, chapter openings, conclusion and all Gerwani/women's-movement passages)

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