INDONESIAN YOUTH GROUPS

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 3, 2001
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: September 29, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. One of the most important youth organizers is Chairoel Saleh, trained by
SHIMITSU Hitoshi in 1943.44 in the Seinendan (Japanese fascist youth
organization). He became chief of. propaganda for the Seinendan and the Barisan
Pe'r in 1944-45. In 1945-46 he helped organize the youths of the
Indonesian Republic. In July 1946 he was arrested for participating in
the attempted coup d'etat and jailed for a short time. He was seen at
Kadipaten in Cheribon early in 1948.
2. Angkatan Pemoeda Indonesia (API) was organized by the Communist, D.N. Aidit?
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avia in October 1945. Aidit served as chariman and had an offensive force of
of 500 youths armed with pistols, carbines and hand grenades. They fought
against the Allied Forces in, 4 g ea.4i. id ow,o~aIrman,
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of the Gerakan Indonesia Raya Gi l ~rn~~heldisiy'~ k ~E'd% is ary
of the Partai Komunis Indonesia(PKI), with Trisoenoe as secretary at
Jogjakarta. The most important contact in Batavia is Samsoedin Sa'at,
a member of the political commission of the Indonesian Delegation. He
is a subordinate of All Boediardjo, also a member of the Indonesian
Delegation. As members of the Delegation these two travel 'etween
Batavia, and Jogjakarta mnhindered, carrying messages for the PKI, the 25X1A
API and the GIR. Comment.
reported that Ali 06 iardjo was one of the councillors of the Pesindo.)
An*.katan bomunis Moodak-frjet Youth Corps, is affiliated with the PKI.
This organization is oodp- Aldi"af about one thousand youthsand has its
the organization is to train Indonesian youths i ily and politicE.i..ly
for PKI cadres.
there h town are about five hundred members. The purpose of
ao ssary and at Solo where Trisoenoe is commissary. Comment. It is
whether this Trisoenoe is the same as the one noted in paragraph-
headquarters in Jogjakarta. The council consists of the following:
Chairman: Ibnoe Parma
Secretary: Mohammed Roesley
Treasurer: J. Jahja
The Angkatan Komunis Moeda has branches at Poerworedjo where Sardjono is 25X1A
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4, The Tentera Rakjat Indonesia Peladjar, Indonesian Students' Army, has
its headquarters at Madioen. The commissary of this organization at Batavia
is S. Roesiat Mangoenwigata. Commandant of the troop in rural Batavia
is Lt, colonel Soetan Akbar, In the territory of the Indonesian Republic
mere are still about 2,500 middle school and college students enrolled
in this organization, which is nationalistic.
The Pandoe Rakjat Indonesia, Indonesian Scouts, have five groups in
Batavia, ,ich are:
a, Djatinegara (Maester Cornelis)
Leaders: Siswantoro of the Taman
swa School
Soerkirno
B aahtiar Soarip
Sawahbesar and the downtown area
Leader: Martono
Tanah-Abang and Pendjaringan
Leaders: Saidal
Boediman
Anwar Roedin
Leaders: Radon Imam Soekhani
J.K. Hassan
Soemarso
00 Tandjong Prick
Leader: Ngadikoen
This nationalized scout movement consists of some 1,500 Indonesian boys
and girls in occupied Batavia, who are still subject to the supervision
of the Indonesian Republic's Ministry of Education. A branch of this
organization has been organized in Bogor by Roesdi, who is acting
chairman. Leaders are SoRikin and Doemadi.
The Polisie Angkatan Moeda, Police Youth dorps, of Jogjakarta was organized
by the Japanese lateiin 1944 in Batavia and at that time was called
Polisie Matjan, Police Tiger Corps. In august 1945 it was reorganized and
called Polisie Angkatan Moeda, with the members serving as a sort of
Gestapo in the rank$ and file# of the urban and rural police in Batavia.
In the fall of 1945 they served as Soekarno's body guard in Batavia.
Instructors at that time included M. Soetan Koko, deputy chief commissioner
of the city police of Batavia during the Japanese occupation, and Radon
Sosro Danoekoesoema, first class police commissioner during the same perioilt.
These men may still be acting as instructors.
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7. Angkatan Moeda Obat dan Tjandoe, Medicine and Opium Service Youth Corps,
is a Batavia organization. This organization looted all the available
medicine stooks of the Public General Hospital in Batavia in 1942. ZO,
SO Ping Lien was given practically all of the stocks of the PAPA by
Dr, I. van Beuren, who worked for Professor Sato from 1942 to 1944,
Professor Sato is SO Ping L.en's uncle. In 1945 SO Ping Lien looted
the medicine stocks of the factory at Manggarai, Meester Cornelis, The
loot was stored at Oude Tamarindelaan No. 40, where it was seized by
the Field Security Branch of the Allied Forces in 1946. 30 Ping Lien
was jailed but succeeded in bribing his way out with the aid of
ANG Tjin That'.
8. The Angkatan Moeda Post Telephone and Telegraph Youth Corps (AIPTT)
in Jogjakarta )his composed of men working for the PTT. Practically all
of the 2,500 employees are members. On the 1st of August,at a meeting of
the assembl of the 4' orking Committee of the Komite Nasional Indonesia
Poesat(KRIP), Soendjoto of the Badan Telpon Indonesia and K. Werdojo
of the Barisan Boeroeh Indonesia(Indonesian Labor Corps) demanded
that the proclamation No. 5 of the Dewan Pertahanan Daera (State Defense
Council), which deals with the postal, telegraph and telephone services,
be revised to improve conditions for the PTT men,
9. The,Angkatan Moeda Minjak, Oil Youths's Corps, is composed of some
550 youths who guard the oil field and plant of the Bataafsche Petroleum
Maatsohappij at Tjopoe. They are armed with rifles and pistols.
10. The Barisan Srikandi is a female espionage organization made up of Solo
girls. There are about 100 Srikandis operating in occupied areas of
Batavia, Bandoeng, Cheribon, Poerwokerto, Semarang, Soerabaya, Palembang,
Padang and Medan,
11. The Angkatan Moeda Katholik Repoeblik Indonesia (AMKRI), Catholic Youths'
Corps of the Indonesian Republic, is a Jogjakarta organization with a
membership of about 500. The ?fficers- of the organization are:
Chairman M.J. Soenardi
Deputtr Chairman B.B. Kwari
The Indonesian Catholic daily`Hidup{Life), published by the Unitas
publishing company in Jogjakarta, is the organ of the AMKRI. The
managing directors:a-rd.J?nhOhhnguanan and A. S, D jo josoepadmo. The
editor is A. Soeprijo Djojosoepadmo and the assistant editor is
R. Soekadjio. The AMKRI is affiliated with the Bandan Kongres Pemoedah
Indonesia, Indonesian Youths' Congress Organization, which is a central
organization of youth movements in the Indonesian Republic,
12. The Wanita Nasional Indonesia (WANI), j,,ddonesian Women Nationalists, is
composed of about 500 young girls,who are daughters of officers and officials
of the Indonesian Republic at Batavia. Miss Radio A.F.E. Djajadiningrat
is chairman.
13, Alim Soetan Maha Besar is chairman of the Badan Pessbantoe Peladjar
Indonesia, Indonesian Students' Scholarship Body, in Batavia. Besar
is from Minangkabau.
14. The Kebaktihan Rakjat Indonesia Soelawesi (KRIS) has a membership of
about 150 yout}who are under the command of A.E. Geroen an and are engaged
in subversive activities against the Dutch. Comment. For other
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15. The Pesindoo is the armed youth force of the Partai Sosialis Indonesia.
It consists of ten thousand. youths of both sexes at .Madioen, Kediri,
Toeloeng-agoeng, Solo, Jogjakarta in territory of the Indonesian Republic,
and in West Java in the environs of Soekaboemi, Batavia, Krawang rural
areas, Cheribon rural areas, and in Bantam and Semarang. It is estimated
that 60 percent of all available firearms in East Java are in the hands
of the Pesindo. Of the remaining 40 percent, the Tenter& Nasional Indonesia
probably has 25 percent and the Barisan Pemberontakan Rakjat Indonesia of Soetomo,
15 percent. The Marx House at Madioen is the central political training center of
the Indonesian socialists in the Republic. Amir Sjarifoedin is the leader,
Tjokronegoro the inspector general and Hindromahtono the trainer. The Pesindo
is part of the fighting forces of the People's Democratic Front,.
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