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Potentials of world communism: Women's International Democratic Federation (OIR report, 1949)
Potentials of World Communism: Women's International Democratic Federation (OIR report, 1949)
OSS/State Department intelligence report (1 Aug 1949) on the Women's International Democratic Federation as a communist front: origins in the Soviet Anti-Fascist Committee of Women, 1945 Paris founding, leaders (Cotton, Popova, Ibarruri, Cai Chang), membership claims and Asia activities. Indonesia is mentioned only in a WIDF resolution on armed struggle in Southeast Asia; no Gerwis or Gerwani content.
Laporan intelijen OSS/Departemen Luar Negeri AS (1 Agustus 1949) tentang Federasi Wanita Demokratik Internasional (WIDF) sebagai organisasi front komunis: asal-usul dari Komite Anti-Fasis Perempuan Soviet, pendirian Paris 1945, para pimpinan, klaim keanggotaan dan kegiatan di Asia. Indonesia hanya muncul dalam resolusi WIDF soal perjuangan bersenjata; tidak ada isi tentang Gerwis atau Gerwani.
“p.8-9: WIDF's second congress (Budapest, Dec 1948) resolution praising women in 'Viet-Nam, Indonesia, Malaya and Burma' who 'have taken up arms'; chief area of WIDF concentration is the Far East.”
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