GA-02373 1961-06-15 relevance C public
The Afro-Asian Peoples Solidarity Organization, April 1960-April 1961
CIA study, 15 June 1961: The Afro-Asian Peoples Solidarity Organization, April 1960 - April 1961
CIA study of the Afro-Asian Peoples Solidarity Organization, Apr 1960-Apr 1961. Covers AAPSO factions (Soviet, Chinese, UAR), the Cairo Afro-Asian Women's Conference of January 1961 and its takeover by Communists, and the April 1961 Bandung meeting arranged by Indonesians, notably Bintang Suradi (head of the PKI international department). Notes Karam's women's tour was cold-shouldered by anti-Communist Indonesian women's organisations. Gerwani is not named.
Kajian CIA tentang Organisasi Solidaritas Rakyat Asia-Afrika (AAPSO), April 1960-April 1961. Membahas faksi AAPSO (Soviet, Tiongkok, RAU), Konferensi Perempuan Asia-Afrika Kairo Januari 1961 dan penguasaan komunis atasnya, serta pertemuan Bandung April 1961 yang disiapkan orang Indonesia, terutama Bintang Suradi (kepala departemen internasional PKI). Tur Karam ditolak organisasi perempuan anti-komunis Indonesia. Gerwani tidak disebut.
“The April 1961 meeting arrangements were in the hands of three officers of the Indonesian committee; most work was done by Suradi, head of the PKI international department (p.21).”
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- Date
- 1961-06-15
- Creator
- CIA
- Document type
- government record (government / intelligence / diplomatic record)
- Language
- English
- Perspective
- Intelligence/diplomatic record
- Source role
- primary
- Country
- USA
- Period
- 1960–1965
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- CIA Reading Room (via archive.org FTS) · source link
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- open access (archive.org) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
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- 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 (1961) - The Afro-Asian Peoples Solidarity Organization April 1960 to April 1961 [CIA-RDP78-00915R001300050001-1].pdf
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- Good (0.89) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
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- 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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