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Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (1958): Cabang Gerwani, Sekretariat Kowani, Sulami

US Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (1958): Gerwani branches, Kowani secretariat, Sulami

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US Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (1958) extracts: Kowani secretariat (Maria Ulfah Santoso chair, Mudigdio of Gerwani treasurer); Harian Rakjat's 30 Dec 1957 list of Gerwani's working council (Umi Sardjono chair; Mudigdio, Suharti, S.K. Trimurti deputies; Kartinah secretary-general; Sulami deputy; Suwati Sutrimo Sudjinah); membership of 600,000; new branches; Sulami named permanent Gerwani representative at the WIDF secretariat (May 1958).

Kutipan Monthly Indonesian Press Survey AS (1958): sekretariat Kowani (Maria Ulfah Santoso ketua, Mudigdio dari Gerwani bendahara); daftar dewan kerja Gerwani Harian Rakjat 30 Des 1957 (ketua Umi Sardjono; wakil Mudigdio, Suharti, S.K. Trimurti; sekjen Kartinah; wakil sekjen Sulami; Suwati Sutrimo Sudjinah); anggota 600.000; cabang baru; Sulami wakil tetap Gerwani di sekretariat WIDF (Mei 1958).

“Gerwani working council (Harian Rakjat, 30 Dec 1957): 'general chairman, Umi Sardjono... deputy secretary general, Sulami' (p. 24); 'Sulami to be permanent Gerwani representative in the GWDS secretariat' (p. 57).”

People

Umi SardjonoMudigdioSuharti SuwartoS.K. TrimurtiKartinah KurdiSulamiSuwati SutrimoSudjinahMaria Ullfah SantosoSri Utarjo

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Indonesian Women's CongressWomen's International Democratic FederationCommunist Party of IndonesiaMuslimat (unspecified)People's Youth

Places

JakartaSalemba PrisonTasikmalayaTakengonPekalonganTegalSukabumiAmuntai

Topics

Gerwani organisationWIDF and international women's movementcongresses and meetingsbiography

Tags

organisational structurepress roundup

Details

Date
1958
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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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 (1958) - Gerwani branches, Kowani secretariat, Sulami [HathiTrust coo.31924079086504].txt
OCR / text
Good (0.889) · 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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