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Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (1956): SOBSI national council, women delegates Sri Ambar and Setiati Surasto

Monthly Indonesian Press Survey, 1956: SOBSI national council, women delegates Sri Ambar and Setiati Surasto

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US State Department Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (nos. 11-21, 1956), p. 457: an item on the second session of the SOBSI national council, opened in Jakarta on 21 February 1956. It lists women present, including Setiati Surasto of Sarbupri and Sri Ambar of the labour-ministry union SB Kemperbu, with Tuti, Rantijem and Emmy Purwati. Preceded by an excerpt on union cooperation from Suara Masjumi.

Monthly Indonesian Press Survey Departemen Luar Negeri AS (no. 11-21, 1956), hlm. 457: berita sidang kedua dewan nasional SOBSI yang dibuka di Jakarta 21 Februari 1956. Disebut perempuan yang hadir, antara lain Setiati Surasto dari Sarbupri dan Sri Ambar dari serikat buruh Kementerian Perburuhan (SB Kemperbu), bersama Tuti, Rantijem, dan Emmy Purwati. Didahului kutipan Suara Masjumi tentang kerja sama serikat buruh.

“Setiati Surasto from Sarbupri, Sri Ambar from the SB Kemperbu (Serikat Buruh Kementerian Perburuhan, Ministry of Labor Union) (p. 457)”

People

Setiati SurastoSri Ambar RukmiatiMohammad MunirTutiRantiyemEmmy Purwati

Organisations

All-Indonesia Central Labour OrganisationPlantation Workers' Union of the Republic of IndonesiaKemperbuSarbuksiMasyumi

Places

JakartaSurakarta

Topics

labour and workerswomen's rights and emancipation

Tags

translationnews brief

Details

Date
1956
Creator
US Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research
Publication
Monthly Indonesian Press Survey, nos. 11-21 (1956), p. 457
Document type
government record
Language
English
Perspective
Intelligence/diplomatic record
Source role
primary
Country
USA
Period
1955–1959
Source archive
HathiTrust Digital Library · source link
Access
open access (HathiTrust full view, public domain; page images blocked, OCR text only) Freely viewable at source but reuse terms apply or are unrecorded: link to the source; host the file only after checking rights.
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)/Monthly Indonesian Press Survey (1956) - Sobsi national council, women delegates Sri Ambar and Setiati Sur [HathiTrust coo.31924079086488 seq 457].txt
OCR / text
Good · 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
full text read (one page); 'Sri Ambar' identified as Sri Ambar Rukmiati per sweep log, no surname in text

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