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Pertahanan Indonesia: profil biografis anggota DPR-GR, Agustus 1960 (Indonesia defense affairs: biographical profiles)

Biographical Profiles of DPR-GR Members, Aug 1960

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Compilation of US embassy Djakarta biographical despatches (2 Aug 1960) on members of the new Gotong Royong parliament. Contains profiles of Gerwani figures: Umi Sardjono (Gerwis then Gerwani chairwoman, WIDF delegate 1960), Francisca Fanggidaej (PKI women's group Gerwani board), Setiati Surasto (SARBUPRI, Gerwani link), Kartinah Kurdi (BTI, Gerwis chair Jakarta), plus women's group deputies.

Kumpulan despatch biografis Kedubes AS Jakarta (2 Agustus 1960) tentang anggota DPR Gotong Royong. Memuat profil tokoh Gerwani: Umi Sardjono (ketua Gerwis lalu Gerwani, delegasi WIDF 1960), Francisca Fanggidaej (pengurus Gerwani), Setiati Surasto (SARBUPRI, terkait Gerwani), Kartinah Kurdi (BTI, ketua Gerwis Jakarta), serta wakil golongan wanita lain.

“p.17, Umi Sardjono: 'In 1950 she was elected chairman of Gerwis and became chairman of Gerwani when the two organizations amalgamated'; Feb 1960 she was Indonesian representative at the WIDF annual meeting.”

People

Umi SardjonoFrancisca FanggidaejSetiati SurastoKartinah KurdiS. SardjonoLastari SutrasnoS.K. Trimurti

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis)Communist Party of IndonesiaWomen's International Democratic FederationIndonesian Peasants' FrontPlantation Workers' Union of the Republic of IndonesiaAll-Indonesia Central Labour OrganisationIndonesian National PartyDemocratic Women (PNI women's wing)Muslimat NU

Places

JakartaSalatigaBeijingPragueIndiaBucharestBanyuwangi

Topics

biographyGerwani organisationGerwiselections and parliamentWIDF and international women's movement

Details

Date
1960-08
Creator
US State Department Central Files
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
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)/US State Department Central Files (1960-08) - Indonesia defense affairs biographical profiles of military and political [ProQuest 3041683256].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.901) · 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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