CONDITIONS IN BANTAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007400070006-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 31, 1999
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: April 30, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
DATE DISTR 30 Apra 1951
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I.. " e flour most influential Political Parties in Bantam are the r'as jumi, the
Persatittrra ?ndonesia, Ray,ya (PIR), the Partai Sarekat Islam Indonesia (PSII),
and the Par-al Komunis Indonesia (PKI). Pennants of the nonteng ilerah
Korps (Red fctffalo Corps), active during the Revolution, are still found
In the area. It has 'become a left wirg irregular band.
An es! lr?atwi 1.,070 guerrilla troops are scattered around T,jiomas, S?t~,
Karang, and Yt,. Pulasari. Yost o'' then are discontente=l, denobilized
soldiers and errz, deser' ers, nary of whom have been able to keen their
veaDors. !i n,imber of guerrilla elements seem to be followers of T iaayi
Anhtnp "hatih, v' in is still confined in Jogjakarta by the Government.
3. Loftwi"-c sent!ent is strong 'n Raja and. in the coastal areas along the
rrrilan Oe?an. Poor econon4c conditions and the activ;ty of Communist
organryzers, sap' frori Serang to form Communist cells, probably account for
tl,e Communist strerptI~ here.
4. Th'ring the nest -Pew months abom, ? 2,500 tons of rubber htrve been stolen each
?onth r'ron Chinese a-.-1 Enronean-owned estates in Lobak in southern Bcntarn4
"s' a+a tanners an'? lawless elements have both enge"erl in this paractice
' 'e stolen rubber is transported to Djakarta under norm'ts issued by
corrupt loe'l o-'-" icials. "`uch of the rubber is remilled by the Java.
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