FBIS-monitored VNA report (2 Apr 1965) on volunteers in socialist and other countries offering to fight in Vietnam, citing letters from the USSR, China, DPRK, Cuba and Hungary. The final sentence says workers', peasants' and women's organisations in Indonesia called on members to enrol as volunteers and the Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani) sent a message to the South Vietnam National Liberation Women's Union declaring readiness to send women volunteers.
Laporan VNA yang dipantau FBIS (2 Apr 1965) tentang sukarelawan di negara sosialis dan lainnya yang menawarkan diri berperang di Vietnam, mengutip surat dari Uni Soviet, Tiongkok, Korea Utara, Kuba, dan Hongaria. Kalimat akhir: organisasi buruh, tani, dan perempuan di Indonesia mengajak anggota mendaftar sebagai sukarelawan dan Gerakan Wanita Indonesia (Gerwani) mengirim pesan kepada Persatuan Wanita Pembebasan Nasional Vietnam Selatan menyatakan kesiapan mengirim sukarelawati.
“p.3: 'The Indonesian Women's Movement has sent a message to the South Vietnam National Liberation Women's Union declaring readiness to send Indonesian women volunteers to South Vietnam.'”
FBIS-monitored VNA report (16 Sep 1963): the Indonesian parliamentary delegation headed by Deputy Speaker M.H. Lukman (PKI) arrived in Hanoi to a welcome of nearly 3,000 people; DRV leaders spoke of solidarity; Vietnamese and Indonesian women presented bouquets. Gerwani not named; context for PKI-linked parliamentary d
shared: Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, vietnam solidarity, radio broadcast monitoring
FBIS-monitored VNA Domestic Service text (6 Apr 1965) on tens of thousands of Korean, Indonesian, Venezuelan, Indian and Japanese volunteers for South Vietnam. Key Indonesian item: on 4 April about 100 women volunteers led by Mrs Umi Sardjono, president of the Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani), went to the DRV Emba
shared: DRV Embassies, militia and volunteers, vietnam solidarity, solidarity
FBIS Daily Report page (8 Apr 1965; HathiTrust scan p.251, North Vietnam section): continuation of the VNA volunteer report. Contains the passage that about 100 women volunteers led by Mrs Umi Sardjono, president of the Indonesian Women's Movement, went to the DRV Embassy and NFLSV office on 4 April, including wives of
shared: DRV Embassies, Moscow, militia and volunteers, vietnam solidarity
Api Kartini (early 1961) article on Cuban women in the revolution: the women's fighting unit led by Isabel Rieg (named after Mariana Grajales), Vilma Espin's description of rural hunger under Batista, and the August 1960 founding of the Federation of Cuban Women under Espin. Page also carries a humorous 'Mak Ompreng' c
shared: Fidel Castro, Cuba, solidarity
Api Kartini (early 1963) article marking four years of the Cuban Revolution, stressing Cuban women's heroism (Federation of Cuban Women head Vilma Espin) and their gains in literacy and work, then turning to the revolutionary struggle in Venezuela against Betancourt, in which women are urged to take part. Solidarity pr
shared: Fidel Castro, Cuba, solidarity
Renmin Ribao/Xinhua report (21 July 1963, p. 3) on PKI chairman Aidit's delegation leaving Jakarta for Moscow, Beijing and Cuba, with his airport statements on the Sino-Soviet dispute, Nasakom and 'Malaysia'. Gerwani appears once, its head among mass-organisation leaders at the send-off. Useful for Gerwani's place in P
shared: Fidel Castro, Moscow, Cuba
Western Mail (Perth), 18 August 1949, p. 10, Denis Warner's anti-communist article 'Communist Blueprint for Asia'. It claims the February 1948 Calcutta Southeast Asia Youth and Students' Conference carried Moscow's instructions for revolt to Australia, Malaya, Burma, Korea, the Philippines and Vietnam. Indonesia's dele
shared: Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, North Korea
Renmin Ribao, 6 Mar 1952 (p. 4): All-China Democratic Women's Federation (Cai Chang) telegrams for International Women's Day to the WIDF, Soviet, Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese, Indian, German and Burmese women's bodies and to the Indonesian Gerwis. The Gerwis message praises Indonesian women's role in the independence s
shared: Ho Chi Minh, China, Vietnam