POLITICAL FACTIONS IN EAST INDONESIA AND THEIR LEADERS

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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 11, 1998
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: December 13, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Indonesia DATE DISTR. 13 December 1948
Political Factions in Fast Indonesia and
Their Leaders
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The left wing opposition group is composed of the following factions and leaders:
Progressives : A. Mononutu - 25X1 X6
National Faction: Andi l ar rrapi
Territorial Potentates : iJmbu Tungga i3i11i, "raja" of iiiaiboro, on the
island of Soemba,}L inor boenda Islands
2 The center group is composed of the following faction and leaders:
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Moderate Nationalists: Dr. A. C. ;4anoppo
A., asartabone
Comment. It was reported on 26 December 1947 that A. +tartabone
was a member of the Good ~,ill Mission from Last Indonesia to the Republic
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3. The right wing group supporting the Cabinet is compo:sed o!.' the following
faction and leaders:
Federalists: Anak Agoeng Gde Agoeng, of Bali, with
Dr, Soumoukil as the most reactionary mt:mber
of his cabinet.
4. A. C. .anoppo and A., ,artabone are making preparations for the
formation of a new State of North Celebes, 6hich is to be made up of }3oeol,
Gorontalo, and.1 olaang Mongondow, with Manado as the center of govern .ent.,
Johannes Latuharhary, East Indonesian nationalist leader appointed by the
Republic of Indonesia as "Governor of Greater East", is now in Jogjakarta
and'is taking charge of the following armed political bodies:
Gerakan Rakjat Indonesia boenda Ketjil (Ghlo.) (iwinor Soonda #xLdoniesian
People's Movement), commanded by A. S. Pello;
Kebaktihan Rakjat Indonesia 5oelawesi (KRIb) (Celebes Indonesian People's
Loyalty), commanded by Kindangan;
Ikatan Perdjuangan Kalimantan (IPK) (Borneo's Fighters' Association),
commanded by G. M. Ibrahim of i3andjarmasin;
Pemoeda Indonesia i.Aloekoe (PI:~) (i..oluccas Indonesian Youths' Party),
consisting of pro-Republic Armbonese.extremists.
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Contact is to be kept in Batavia with Ali Boed iardjo, member of S3ahrir'a
Partai Sosialis Indonesia (PSI), and of the Indonesian delegation. i3oe-
diardjo makes contact with A. Mononutu, Progressive leader at Makassar,
through PIN's local commissary, E. R. Sumampouw, who was,in 1946, special
area Indonesian civil police inspector, now living at Oud GondarAgdia No. 2b
Batavia Centrum, Dr, J. Ratoelangi, another important East ian nat-
ionalist leader,is persona non grata with the Dutch (3-2).
~-~Woxment. Latuharhary was appointed Governor of the Moluccas by
the Republic of Indonesia in September 1945. This position was abolished
by Soekarno in July 1947.)
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