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Greetings Messages (FBIS, 7 Mar 1956)

FBIS, 7 March 1956: Greetings messages (International Women's Day, Peking)

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FBIS-monitored Xinhua report (7 Mar 1956): a Peking women's rally on the eve of International Women's Day sent greetings to WIDF; the All-China Democratic Women's Federation sent messages to women's groups across Asia and Africa. Includes a message to Wanita Indonesia (Indonesian Women's Congress and the Indonesian Women's Rally for IWD) wishing success in maintaining peace and opposing colonialism. Gerwani not named.

Laporan Xinhua yang dipantau FBIS (7 Mar 1956): rapat perempuan Peking menjelang Hari Perempuan Internasional mengirim salam ke WIDF; Federasi Wanita Demokratik Seluruh Tiongkok mengirim pesan ke organisasi perempuan Asia dan Afrika. Termasuk pesan untuk Wanita Indonesia (Kongres Wanita Indonesia dan Rapat Perempuan Indonesia Hari Perempuan Internasional) agar sukses menjaga perdamaian dan menentang kolonialisme. Gerwani tidak disebut.

“p.2: Message 'to Wanita Indonesia, the Indonesian Women's Congress and the Indonesian Women's Rally for International Women's Day wishes the Indonesian women greater success in their efforts to maintain Asian and world peace and oppose colonialism.'”

People

Ra'ana Liaquat Ali KhanEugénie Cotton

Organisations

Women's International Democratic FederationAll-China Women's FederationIndonesian Women's CongressPakistan Women's AssociationUnion of Egyptian Women

Places

BeijingIndonesiaPakistanIndiaJapanMyanmarEgypt

Topics

WIDF and international women's movementChinapeace and anti-imperialismAfro-Asian solidarity

Tags

international women's daysolidarity telegramwire report

Details

Date
1956-03-07
Creator
FBIS Daily Report
Publication
Document type
government record (government / intelligence / diplomatic record)
Language
English
Perspective
Intelligence/diplomatic record
Source role
primary
Country
USA
Period
1955–1959
Source archive
Readex: FBIS Daily Reports 1941-1996 (Columbia) | (Readex id C1365938) · source link
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01 Primary Sources/1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records/FBIS Daily Reports (1949-1996) - items on Gerwani and members (Readex, HathiTrust)/FBIS Daily Report (1956-03-07) - Greetings Messages, Peking, NCNA [Readex FBIS C1365938].pdf
OCR / text
Fair (0.802) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records › FBIS Daily Reports (1949-1996) - items on Gerwani and members (Readex, HathiTrust)
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