GA-03604 1955-05 relevance A public
The Communist Party of Indonesia (CIA survey, May 1955)
CIA intelligence survey of the PKI's history, structure and front organisations, May 1955, before the September 1955 elections. Section III.E (report pp. 49-50) profiles Gerwani: founded 1950 as Gerwis, renamed Gerwani at the March 1954 congress, 25,000+ members, S.K. Trimurti general chairman and Umi Sardjono chairman (May 1954), Suharti and Mrs Mudigdo prominent; WIDF-affiliated, runs PKI cadre courses, stands candidates under the PKI symbol, had funding difficulties 1953-54. Also lists Mrs Mudigdo, Suwarti (Gerwani sec-gen) and Salawati Daud.
Survei intelijen CIA tentang sejarah, struktur, dan organisasi front PKI, Mei 1955, menjelang pemilu September 1955. Bagian III.E (hlm. 49-50 laporan) membahas Gerwani: berdiri 1950 sebagai Gerwis, menjadi Gerwani pada kongres Maret 1954, anggota lebih dari 25.000, S.K. Trimurti ketua umum dan Umi Sardjono ketua (Mei 1954), Suharti dan Ny. Mudigdo tokoh penting; berafiliasi dengan WIDF, menjalankan kursus kader PKI, mencalonkan diri dengan lambang PKI, kesulitan dana 1953-54. Juga memuat Ny. Mudigdo, Suwarti (sekjen Gerwani), dan Salawati Daud.
“The leading pro-Communist women's organization in Indonesia was formed in 1950 as the Public-Spirited Indonesian Women's Movement (GERWIS)... Mrs. S.K. Trimurti was listed as general chairman in May of 1954, and Mrs. Umi Sardjono as chairman. (report p. 49)”
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- Date
- 1955-05
- Creator
- Central Intelligence Agency
- Publication
- CIA Reading Room, CIA-RDP78-02646R000300150001-8
- Document type
- government record
- Language
- English
- Perspective
- Intelligence/diplomatic record
- Source role
- primary
- Country
- USA
- Period
- 1955–1959
- Source archive
- CIA Reading Room (via archive.org full-text mirror, collection:ciareadingroom) · source link
- Access
- open access (CIA Reading Room, declassified; archive.org mirror) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
- File
- 01 Primary Sources/1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records/CIA, FRUS, JPRS and US reports (1949-1978) - items on Gerwani and members (CIA CREST, HathiTrust, Gale, DTIC)/CIA (1955-05) - The Communist Party of Indonesia (names Mrs Salawati Daud, Mrs Mudigdo, Mrs Suharti) [CIA-RDP78-02646R000300150001-8].pdf
- OCR / text
- Fair · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
- Collection
- 01 Primary Sources › 1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records › CIA, FRUS, JPRS and US reports (1949-1978) - items on Gerwani and members (CIA CREST, HathiTrust, Gale, DTIC)
- Summary basis
- OCR read: opening pages + all women/Gerwani passages
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