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Abstract / Summary

Extracts from a letter to the chairperson of the Indonesian Peace Committee, Aminah Hidajat, from Nina Popova, head of the Soviet Union’s Agency for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, and Hidajat’s response. Presumably, the letters were originally written in English. Popova’s letter included the following topics: Anti-war rhetoric, mothers of 
Soviet fighters grieved the loss of their children in the war against fascism; The warmongers were those who manufactured weapons; 
The USA and its allies were in 
the vanguard of the arms 
race; The “champions of peace” in 
Indonesia, the USSR and all over the world (read: women, mothers) must stand together and prevent anymore wars; Concerns about nuclear weapons testing, conducted
 by NATO members the Soviet Union. Hidajat’s response expressed support and understanding for the issues raised by Popova. KEYWORDS: Anti-fascism; Anti-imperialism ;Anti-war; Agency for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries; Aminah Hidajat; Disarmament;
Indonesia;
Indonesian Peace Committee; Indonesian-Soviet relations; Indonesian women; NATO;
Nina Popova;
Nuclear weapons testing; Soviet women;
Soviet Union; Transnational activism; Transnational solidarity; USA;
USSR

Field of Interest

Women and Social Movements

Collection

Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820

Content Type

Periodical article

Duration

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Format

Text

Original Publication Date

1961

Page Count

2

Publication Year

1961

Source Title

Api Kartini, 1961, p. NA

Subject

Women and Social Movements, History, Women and War, Women and Politics, Mujer y Guerra, Mulher e Guerra, Mujer y Política, Mulher e Política, Indonesia, Peace, International Governance, and International Law, Disarmament, International Peace, Indonesians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)

Topic

Disarmament, International Peace

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Mujer y Guerra, Mulher e Guerra, Mujer y Política, Mulher e Política