GA-02404 1963 relevance B public
World Strength of the Communist Party Organizations (State Department INR Report, January 1963)
US State Department INR Report no. 4489, January 1963: World strength of the communist party organizations
US State Department Bureau of Intelligence and Research report no. 4489 (January 1963), an annual tabulation of Communist party strength worldwide for 1962, with country-by-country entries on membership, parliamentary status and front organisations. The Indonesia entry (about p. 98) gives the PKI more than 2,000,000 members and lists Gerwani as a front with an estimated 800,000 members, alongside SOBSI, BTI and Pemuda Rakyat. Gerwani is not otherwise discussed.
Laporan Biro Intelijen dan Riset Departemen Luar Negeri AS no. 4489 (Januari 1963), tabulasi tahunan kekuatan partai komunis dunia untuk 1962, dengan entri per negara tentang keanggotaan, status parlementer dan organisasi front. Entri Indonesia (sekitar hlm. 98) menyebut PKI lebih dari 2.000.000 anggota dan mencantumkan Gerwani sebagai organisasi front dengan perkiraan 800.000 anggota, bersama SOBSI, BTI dan Pemuda Rakyat. Gerwani tidak dibahas lebih jauh.
“Other communist front organizations of numerical importance include the Peasants' Front (BTI) 3,700,000; the People's Youth (Pemuda Rakjat) 1,000,000; and the Women's Movement (Gerwani) 800,000 (Indonesia entry, c. p. 98).”
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- State Dept INR
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- 1960–1965
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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)/State Dept INR (1963) - World Strength of the Communist Party Organizations (GERWANI) [CIA-RDP65-00756R000300100001-6].pdf
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- Fair (0.871) · proof-reading: key passages (Claude, Oct 2026) · 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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- structured reading (introduction, chapter openings, conclusion and all Gerwani/women's-movement passages)
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