GA-03607 1960-11-02 relevance B public
Communist Revisionism and Dissidence, Summary No. 2846 (CIA Foreign Documents Division, 2 November 1960)
CIA, Communist Revisionism and Dissidence, Summary No. 2846 (2 Nov 1960)
CIA Foreign Documents Division summary no. 2846 (2 November 1960) on communist revisionism and dissidence. Its Indonesia section reports that Kartinah Kurdi, in a long article in Harian Rakjat of 10 August 1960, developed the theme that women are lovers of world peace, stressing the horrors of atomic warfare, which the CIA reads as indirectly implying another war would be unthinkable. Gerwani is not named in the passage.
Ringkasan no. 2846 Divisi Dokumen Asing CIA (2 November 1960) tentang revisionisme dan perbedaan pendapat komunis. Bagian Indonesia melaporkan bahwa Kartinah Kurdi, dalam artikel panjang di Harian Rakjat 10 Agustus 1960, mengembangkan tema bahwa perempuan pencinta perdamaian dunia dengan menekankan kengerian perang atom, yang oleh CIA ditafsirkan secara tidak langsung berarti perang baru tak terbayangkan. Gerwani tidak disebut.
“Kartinah Kurdi developed the theme that women are lovers of world peace by stressing the horrors of atomic warfare (10 August 1960 Harian Rakjat)”
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