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Indonesia's new governmental bodies (OIR report, October 1959)

Indonesia's New Governmental Bodies (OIR report, Oct 1959)

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State Department intelligence report (13 Oct 1959) on Indonesia's new governmental bodies under Guided Democracy: Cabinet, National Advisory Council, National Planning Council. Appendices list members with functional-group labels, including S.K. Trimurti (teachers), Umi Sardjono (women), Rasuna Said and Emma Puradiredja (women). Little analysis of Gerwani itself.

Laporan intelijen Departemen Luar Negeri AS (13 Okt 1959) tentang lembaga pemerintahan baru Demokrasi Terpimpin: Kabinet, Dewan Pertimbangan Agung, Dewan Perancang Nasional. Lampiran memuat daftar anggota dengan golongan fungsional, termasuk S.K. Trimurti (guru), Umi Sardjono (wanita), Rasuna Said dan Emma Puradiredja (wanita). Hampir tidak membahas Gerwani sendiri.

“Appendix C/D (pp.17-19) lists Council members by functional group, e.g. 'Umi Sardjono - Women'; 'S.K. Trimurti - Teachers-educators'; 'Rasuna Said - Women'.”

People

SukarnoUmi SardjonoS.K. TrimurtiRasuna SaidEmma PuradiredjaUtami SuryadarmaSadjarwo

Organisations

Supreme Advisory CouncilNational Planning CouncilWorking CabinetCommunist Party of Indonesia

Places

IndonesiaJakarta

Topics

elections and parliamentwomen's rights and emancipationbiographyPKI

Tags

guided democracy

Details

Date
1959-10-13
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 (1959-10-13) - Indonesia's new governmental bodies [ProQuest 3042030147].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.905) · 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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