THE SITUATION IN INDONESIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002200270010-1
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 23, 1998
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: December 27, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. ttaden Abdoel 1adir, who has been invited by the Dutch to return to Batavia
from Somarang, has been co-imissioned to make preparations to effect a reconciliation
between personages of the Republic and the Dutch. These persons include
Soekarno, Hatta, Sjahrir and other high officials.
2. Dr. Soekiman, Minister of Interior of the Republic and chairman of the
central council of the Masjoemi, has decided to "fight to the last".
As a means of mitigating the high tension in oontinenta]. Asiatic countries,
at a conference held by the Dutch cabinet it was decided to befriend
Soekarno to the extent that the civil administration of the Republic win
be tolerated on certain conditions and top men of the Republic will be
reinstated in any positions that they can be. These persons will be referred
to as "nationalists" whereas other will be referred to as "irresponsible
extremists".
The first step in this plan was the release of Darmasetiawan and some of the
other members of the Republic who were detained in Batavia,
West Borneo is the only member constituent state that supports the Dutch
military action. Pasoenda, Madoera, and Last Indonesia completely diaapprnve
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"regret" the Dutch action. Comment. Another source has indicated
that the head of Ladoera had said that the Dutch acted from necessity and
called on the.people to support the, Dutch.) There. are indications that the
Republic is still considered the exponent of Indonesian independence and that
while the Tentera Naaiona-l Indonesia(TNI) may be crushed, the people's desire
for independence cannot be.
60 The resignations of the prime ministers and cabinets of the states of
Bast Indonesia and of Pasoenda may soon be followed by other such resignations.
7. The Dutch are planning to move Soekarno and the cabinet from Jogjakarta to
Batavia, This move is necessitated not only by the Dutch inducement policy,
but also by their fear that they will escape or be seized by Indonesian
guerrillas who are still active in southern Jogjakarta,
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8. The government of the Republic has been set up at Tjoeroep in southern
Sumatra and is headed by Sjaftoeddin Prawirane