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US Embassy reports on women's organizations in Indonesia and friendship-society regulation, Oct 1961
US Embassy Reports on Women's Organizations and Friendship-Society Regulation, Oct 1961
US Embassy Djakarta despatches, Oct 1961: transmittal of the July 1961 war-administrator regulation on international friendship societies, and the report 'Role of Women in Indonesia: Women's Organizations' with a memorandum of conversation with Maria Ulfah Santoso (8 March 1961) and biographic notes. It describes Gerwani as the PKI women's organization, its opposition to Kongres Wanita statute revision, its president Mudigdo (Mrs. Mudigdo, married to Aidit) and Umi Sardjono's WIDF ties.
Surat dinas Kedubes AS Jakarta, Okt 1961: pengiriman peraturan penguasa perang tertinggi Juli 1961 tentang lembaga persahabatan internasional, serta laporan 'Peran Perempuan di Indonesia: Organisasi Perempuan' dengan memorandum percakapan dengan Maria Ulfah Santoso (8 Maret 1961) dan catatan biografi. Menguraikan Gerwani sebagai organisasi perempuan PKI, penolakannya terhadap revisi statuta Kongres Wanita, ketua Mudigdo (istri Aidit) dan hubungan WIDF Umi Sardjono.
“p.8: 'the chief opponent of such change was Gerwani, the communist women's organization' fearing the revision would dilute its influence in the Kongres Wanita (Maria Ulfah Santoso, 8 Mar 1961).”
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