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Communist campaign in Indonesia (OIR report, July 1956)

Communist Campaign in Indonesia (OIR report, July 1956)

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State Department intelligence report (17 July 1956) on the Soviet and Chinese communist campaign in Indonesia after the 1956 visits, with a chronology of Indonesia-China exchanges. Gerwani features only in the chronology: a May 1956 Gerwani protest against US H-bomb tests, plus Indonesian delegations to the WIDF meeting in Beijing and a women's delegation in Moscow.

Laporan intelijen Departemen Luar Negeri AS (17 Juli 1956) tentang kampanye komunis Soviet dan Tiongkok di Indonesia seusai kunjungan 1956, dengan kronologi hubungan Indonesia-Tiongkok. Gerwani hanya muncul dalam kronologi: protes Gerwani Mei 1956 terhadap uji bom-H AS, serta delegasi Indonesia ke pertemuan WIDF di Beijing dan delegasi perempuan di Moskow.

“p.17: 'May 13: ANTARA reports a protest by the Gerwani organization of Indonesian women against the continuation of US H-bomb tests in the Pacific.' (p.16 also: Indonesian delegation to the WIDF meeting in Peiping.)”

People

SartonoAli SastroamidjojoM.H. LukmanZhou Enlai

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Women's International Democratic FederationCommunist Party of IndonesiaPlantation Workers' Union of the Republic of IndonesiaGovernment of the Soviet UnionCommunist Party of China

Places

IndonesiaJakartaBeijingMoscow

Topics

ChinaUSSR and Eastern EuropeWIDF and international women's movementpeace and anti-imperialismGerwani organisation

Tags

chronologynuclear disarmamentdemonstration

Details

Date
1956-07-17
Creator
OSS-State Department Intelligence
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
ProQuest History Vault (Columbia) · 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/US State Department and White House files (1948-1965) - Indonesia files (ProQuest History Vault)/OSS-State Department Intelligence (1956-07-17) - Communist campaign in Indonesia [ProQuest 3042026296].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.936) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records › US State Department and White House files (1948-1965) - Indonesia files (ProQuest History Vault)
Summary basis
full text scanned (page-by-page headings and all keyword passages); not read line by line

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