INDONESIAN NEWSPAPER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T01049A000200020010-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 4, 2000
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: April 27, 1950
• Content Type: MEMO

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Date _...._28 ..AP1'il 1950
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iXTECT: Tranam anion of Drat Report
:L,Ctr#3 IP - 109 "Indonesian newspapers - Sin Po & Keng Po"
1. i rielosvrc is forwarded herewith for review and'. if recraired.
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v1rculation and i.nfluenoe, The oldest,, largest, most prosperou
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j-; ssdition amounted to 30,623 daily. the Chinese language edition, With
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984C PQ d by locally-born Chinese who do not read the Chinese 1a ace.. The
a M46Y la guage paper, represents the point of view of the Indiessa.
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local affai affairs th nto ~dev` lopmentss in hina. . This publication is generally
s94;% circulation was reported to be 12,500 daily,
me .t, Both theme Po and the re P
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owned aes htnea
Jong Kong* s;1~3 P extr~s I w e t y Tiddividuaal
din Pea. Ang J tcsan, man grog director of the paper, lhaa be en cons i dared
ao rvtive and now occupies positions in several of the more influential
and affluent looal Chinese organizations, In spite of this facto however,
his paper strongly urged recognition of the Peking regime and inveighs against
alleged American imperialistic machinations. It has be* reported, but not
substantiated, that Tan gah. Koe, wealthy pre-Cos anist Ringapore Chinese who
finances Chinese Corm unisst movements in Indonesia, has friends connected
with this and, several other Chinese papers in Indonesia,, Ina Sang Goat,
managing director of the Kez
Po, is a highly Intelligent intellectual s
something of an idealist itc spathies as expressed In his paper and as
revealed in private conversations are often leftist. The political influence
of Ane an Goan and Ingo Bang Goat on their respective papers, however, are
probably tempered by the fact that the hiuese in Indonesia are motivated
by considerations of profit rather than of ideology,.
3 Ascots and phys coal p1s r.t BY 1943 the Sin PC was considered to be
+nwrrtr~y ? sa u r ,e+.ew r s ? w w L-..w
one of the most speotaoular1rprofitable enterprises of post-war Batavia.
C3?r9 sw~ ?scs'E 9 v .Fa,.a t-..'t s a~,t .~ r. es ~ ,....., ? a._ _ _ _ _ ~ _
was va'ue at f.. 800"000 (304,0030) and its earl Ms were well over 500$000
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ss cart i ahsasest t rotary and eight flat bed presses it owned
00 in 1948), The Sin Pc like Other Chines papers, operates its - own
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until about two >ar
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local vernacular field and, according to the not unsupported claims of its
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editors? it played rather important part in the prewar Indonesian nati +
Chinese editors and sponsors, The Sin F"o, in fact,,, has been accused in the
of besi pro-indonea:ian nationalism, pro-Chinese nationalism, pr
rose to power; it supported Indonesian nationalist leaders in their aspirations
both before and after the war. The Sirs Po had already turned extremely
he war it adopted a t -- polio y of aEautioua neau oral regarding the
.o r.1ntan oM=nist oonfliot, Many Chinese regarded this attitude as
unbecomingly timorous. At the same ti ,, it abandoned any advooaoy of the
local nationalist use and merely mouthed virtuous prineip ea of human
conduct- By mid-1949, however, the Sin PO like other Chinese papers in
Indonesia displayed an Increased pro= niet attitude., Moreover, rote t
editorials and .n ari toleaa have expressed strong ex ti..Amerioan sentiment.
The Ke Po in its consideration of 1oor l probls: takes a clearer and
firmer sta to does the Sin Po* In the past the m has been critical
of the Republic for ncompete atTeadership and ill-consid.Lred policy but at
the savo time it favored Indonesian aspirations for self-rule and self-
determination* The quality of its coverage or Indonesian political events
has been excellent. Although the s 3 o has often been characterized as
tending to favor o niszt China on many occasions, a recent editorial stated
that the impending diplomatic relations between Co m nir t China and Indonesia.
will bring difrfiot lties rather than benefit to the Chinese population in
Southeast Asia and in Indonesia.
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