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Intervention Rally in Jakarta (FBIS, 14 May 1958)

FBIS, 14 May 1958: Intervention rally in Jakarta

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FBIS-monitored Xinhua item (14 May 1958): an 'anti-foreign intervention mass movement' of 27 Indonesian organisations planned a 16 May Jakarta rally. WIDF sent a message on behalf of 'hundreds of millions of women' supporting Indonesian women fighting for democracy and independence; Indonesian papers alleged US Ambassador Jones lobbied to soften or postpone the campaign. Gerwani not named.

Berita Xinhua yang dipantau FBIS (14 Mei 1958): 'gerakan massa anti-intervensi asing' yang dibentuk 27 organisasi Indonesia merencanakan rapat raksasa 16 Mei di Jakarta. WIDF mengirim pesan atas nama 'ratusan juta perempuan' mendukung perempuan Indonesia yang berjuang demi demokrasi dan kemerdekaan; koran Indonesia menuduh Dubes AS Jones melobi agar kampanye dilunakkan atau ditunda. Gerwani tidak disebut.

“WIDF message 'expressing on behalf of hundreds of millions of women support for Indonesian women who were fighting for democracy and independence.'”

People

Howard P. Jones

Organisations

Women's International Democratic FederationIndonesian Afro-Asian People's Solidarity OrganisationBintang TimurIndonesian National Press and Publicity Service

Places

Jakarta

Topics

WIDF and international women's movementpeace and anti-imperialismAfro-Asian solidaritypropaganda and media

Tags

mass rallysolidarity telegramwire report

Details

Date
1958-05-14
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 043099F0) · source link
Access
library-licensed (Columbia University Libraries); personal research copy Library-licensed or subscription copy: show metadata and summary only; link to the source.
File
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 (1958-05-14) - Intervention Rally in Jakarta, Peking, NCNA [Readex FBIS 043099F0].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.927) · 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)
Summary basis
full text read

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