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Gerwani Message to UN Secretary General Protesting American Intervention (FBIS, 6 May 1958)

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Title: FBIS Daily Report (1958) - Gerwani message to UN Secretary General protesting American intervention [HathiTrust mdp.39015082389225] Source: HathiTrust Digital Library (full view, US government work), page OCR text via text-only view Volume: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015082389225 Date retrieved: 2026-10-17 Note: page-image PDFs could not be downloaded (HathiTrust temporarily blocked image downloads); OCR text only. Page #430 - AAA 4 COMMUNIST CHINA INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS May 6, 1958 BERITA INDONESIA held that President Sukarno's speech in Bandung condemning the United States reflected the unanimous determ nation of the entire Indonesian people in demanding that the independence of the state be protected. The Indonesian people had in the past resisted aggression by the Netherlands, Britain, and Australia. Now they were faced with new attacks. But Indonesia was not isolated in this struggle; Indonesia was supported by all the Asian countries, BERITA INDONESIA said. Protests by Mass Organizations Peking, NCNA, in English Hellschreiber to Europe and East Asia, May 5, 1958, 1320 GMTーム!! (Text) Jakarta, May 5--People's organizations throughout Indonesia have continued to issue statements endorsing Premier Djuanda's statement denouncing intervention by the United States and the Chiang Kai-shek clique. The Indonesian Feasant's Front protested to the U.S. Government in a statement issued yesterday. On behalf of its 3.5 million members it urged the U.S. Government to stop the hostile activities of Americans against Indonesia immediately. The front also urged the Indonesian Government to take clearcut action against the Chiang Kai-shek clique in Indonesia and demanded the expulsion of the Chiang Kai-shek "representative" from the United Nations. In a message to the Secretary General of the United Nations yesterday the Indonesian Women's Movement--Gerwani--strongly protested against American intervention in Indonesia and urged the United Nations to warn the U.S. Government and expel the Chiang Kai-shek "representative" from the United Nations. The Central Committee of the Film and Theater Worker's Trade Union-- Sarburis--said in a statement that it had directed branches of the union to be ready to boycott the showing of American films in Indonesian cinemas if the United States did not stop its intervention in Indonesia. Peace Committee Appeal Peking, NCNA, Radioteletype in English to Vest and North Europe, May 5, 1958, 1911 GMT-1/ (Text) Jakarta, May 5--The Indonesian Peace Committee today appealed to peace-loving people throughout the world to strive to stop foreign intervention and aggression against Indonesia.