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Recent Communist Conciliatory Gestures and Exchanges between the Orbit and the Non-Communist World

CIA weekly, 9 August 1954: Recent communist conciliatory gestures and exchanges between the orbit and the non-communist

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CIA weekly 'Recent Communist Conciliatory Gestures...' (9 Aug 1954), a long chronology of Soviet-bloc exchanges. The only Gerwani item (p.24, 1 August 1954) says the Indonesian women's organisation GERWANI, labelled Communist-front, was reported planning to send ten women on a three-week tour of the USSR, reciprocating a Soviet women's visit in March. Other Indonesia entries concern trade and delegations.

Mingguan CIA 'Recent Communist Conciliatory Gestures...' (9 Agustus 1954), kronologi panjang pertukaran blok Soviet. Satu-satunya butir Gerwani (hlm. 24, 1 Agustus 1954): organisasi perempuan Indonesia GERWANI, dicap front komunis, dilaporkan berencana mengirim sepuluh perempuan tur tiga minggu ke Uni Soviet, membalas kunjungan perempuan Soviet bulan Maret. Butir Indonesia lain soal perdagangan dan delegasi.

“An Indonesian Women's organization (GERWANI = Communist-front) was reported planning to send ten women for a three-week tour of the Soviet Union (p.24).”

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Central Intelligence Agency

Places

Soviet UnionIndonesia

Topics

Gerwani organisationUSSR and Eastern EuropeWIDF and international women's movementUSA and UK

Tags

delegation abroaddiplomatic and intelligence report

Details

Date
1954-08-09
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 (1954-08-09) - Recent Communist Conciliatory Gestures and Exchanges between the Orbit and the Non-Communist [CIA-RDP91T01172R000300020005-3].pdf
OCR / text
Fair (0.877) · proof-reading: key passages (Claude, Oct 2026) · 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)
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