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Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (1956): Perluasan Gerwani, Umi Sardjono, Setiati Surasto

US Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (1956): Gerwani expansion, Umi Sardjono, Setiati Surasto

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US Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (1956) extracts. A list of PKI's 39 parliamentary seats includes Gerwani leaders (Umi Sardjono, Suharti Suwarto, Mudigdio, Sundari Abdurachman, Charlotte Salawati); notes the Central Sumatra Gerwani conference (Bukittinggi, Feb 1956; 14,000 members, 216 sections) and new branches in July 1956 across Java, Sumatra and Borneo.

Kutipan Monthly Indonesian Press Survey AS (1956). Daftar 39 kursi PKI di parlemen mencakup pemimpin Gerwani (Umi Sardjono, Suharti Suwarto, Mudigdio, Sundari Abdurachman, Charlotte Salawati); mencatat konferensi Gerwani Sumatra Tengah (Bukittinggi, Feb 1956; 14.000 anggota, 216 ranting) dan cabang baru Juli 1956 di Jawa, Sumatra, dan Kalimantan.

“Central Sumatra Gerwani conference, Bukittinggi, 4-7 Feb 1956: 'There are 14,000 members in the Central Sumatra Gerwani and 216 sections' (p. 102).”

People

Umi SardjonoSetiati SurastoSuharti SuwartoMudigdioSundari AbdulrachmanSalawati DaudMaemunahDjaliana ArsjadTjut FatimahUmi Kalsum

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Communist Party of IndonesiaIndonesian Peasants' FrontInstitute of People's CultureIndonesian Peace Committee

Places

BukittinggiCentral SumatraMuara EnimSouth SumatraKaliangetEast JavaWest AcehBanjarmasin

Topics

Gerwani organisationelections and parliamentcongresses and meetingspeace and anti-imperialism

Tags

press roundupregional conferencemembership figures

Details

Date
1956
Creator
Monthly Indonesian Press Survey
Publication
Document type
government record (government / intelligence / diplomatic record (text transcription/OCR))
Language
English
Perspective
Intelligence/diplomatic record
Source role
primary
Country
USA
Period
1955–1959
Source archive
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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)/Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (1956) - Enlargement of Gerwani, Umi Sardjono, Setiati Surasto [HathiTrust coo.31924079086488].txt
OCR / text
Good (0.925) · 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)
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