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Women's TU Meet Debates 'No Struggle' Line: Secretary General's Report (FBIS, 15 May 1964)

Women's Trade Union Meeting Debates 'No Struggle' Line (FBIS, 15 May 1964)

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FBIS-monitored Xinhua report (15 May 1964) on the Bucharest women workers' trade union conference: WFTU Secretary General Louis Saillant's report praising the Moscow test-ban treaty and peaceful coexistence is attacked as a 'capitulationist' line. Chi Yuan-te (China) and Sri Ambar, head of the Indonesian delegation, argue unity must rest on anti-imperialism; Sri Ambar proposes solidarity resolutions for Vietnam, North Kalimantan, Angola/Congo, Brazil and Panama. Setiati Surasto of Indonesia, a WFTU secretary, reported on agenda item three.

Laporan Xinhua yang dipantau FBIS (15 Mei 1964) tentang konferensi serikat buruh perempuan di Bukares: laporan Sekjen WFTU Louis Saillant yang memuji perjanjian larangan uji coba Moskow dan koeksistensi damai diserang sebagai garis 'kapitulasionis'. Chi Yuan-te (Tiongkok) dan Sri Ambar, ketua delegasi Indonesia, menegaskan persatuan harus berdasar antiimperialisme; Sri Ambar mengusulkan resolusi solidaritas untuk Vietnam, Kalimantan Utara, Angola/Kongo, Brasil, dan Panama. Setiati Surasto dari Indonesia, sekretaris WFTU, melapor pada agenda ketiga.

“p.4: 'Hali Menendez of Cuba and Setiati Surasto of Indonesia, secretaries of the World Federation of Trade Unions, made reports on the second and third items of the agenda.'”

People

Setiati SurastoSri Ambar RukmiatiLouis SaillantChi Yuan-teRenato BitossiHali Menendez

Organisations

World Federation of Trade Unions

Places

BucharestIndonesiaChinaCubaSoviet Union

Topics

labour and workersWIDF and international women's movementChinaUSSR and Eastern Europepeace and anti-imperialismcongresses and meetings

Tags

sino-soviet splitcold war

Details

Date
1964-05-15
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
1960–1965
Source archive
Readex: FBIS Daily Reports 1941-1996 (Columbia) | (Readex id 9D3AE130) · source link
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library-licensed (Columbia University Libraries); personal research copy Library-licensed or subscription copy: show metadata and summary only; link to the source.
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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 (1964-05-15) - Secretary General's Report, Peking NCNA International Service [Readex FBIS 9D3AE130].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.942) · 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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