1. ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF E BATTALION 2. TRIS UNITS IN THE CELEBES AND IN CHERIBON RESIDENCY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005000460011-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 23, 2000
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: June 15, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECT 1. Annual Celebration of E Battalion
2. TRIS Units in the Celebes and in
Cheribon Residency
PLACE 25X1A6a
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
11 April 1950
Lt. Col. Suharto
Maj. Worang Worang Battalion kassar
Maj. Dullah
Garuda Mataram
(Matarana Eagle
Brigade)
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DATE DISTR. 3,5 JM 50
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SUPPLEMENT TO
25X1X6 REPORT NO.
1. The F (11 April) Battalion of the Tentera Republik Indonesia Serikaat (TRIS))
which was organized on 11. April 1949 by the late Maj. Abdulraaohmany held
its first annual celebration on 11 April 1950 in Sumcdaang. Among those
present at the celebration were:
Lt. Col. Erie Sudewo Chief of Staff and second in command of the
Siliwangi Division,
Resident of Friaangaan
Chief of Police of Priaangaan
2. The following units of the TRIS are stationed in the Celebesa
Commandant Unit Location
Capt. do 'Calnter Commandant of the Royal Netherlands Indonesian
Army (RPIIA) battalion at Suanedaang.
TRIS battalion com-
ms,ndant at Suanedang
Radon Saarausi
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3. The extremist battalion of Major Bedjo of.Centrel Sumatra and the Malaoh
Battalion are being transferred from kedan to Cheribon Residency to take
over from the 4 Brigade of Lt. Col. Rukman. The 4 Brigade is being
transferred to the Celebes.
4. The 4 Brigade wc.a originally a group of Murba irreguL:rs called the Kesatuan
Perdjoangan Rakjrit Murba (Proletarian Fighting Unit). This unit was joined
by more irregul:.rs and eventually organized into the 4 Brigade by the Ten-
tera Nasional Indonesia (now the TRIS).
5. In addition to the Bedjo and Malaoh Battalions, three other battalions of
the Siliwangi Division have been transferred to Cheribon Residency to
help cope with the activities of the Tentera Islam Indonesia. (TTI). The
latter three battalions came from Bantam, Bogor and Purwakarta. In all
there are approximately 4,750 members of the TRIS in Cheribon Residency.
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