GUERRILLA ACTIVITIES IN SUMATRA AND JAVA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002600010005-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 23, 1999
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: April 13, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

rKU -- 13 25X1A2
Sanitized - Appr(3.d } &IRMt is aamalAeR 2-0045
OUNTRV Indonesia
25X1A6a
rk A-11
UlI CT) No.
Qnniwncni-rin~
UBJECT Guerrilla Activities in Sumatra and Java
`-'U CE
A )QUIRED
PATE OF INF
NO. OF PAGES 3
f',10. OF ENCLS.
GUSTED sELcw)
SUPPLEMENT TO
25X1X1X6
}ATE DISTRJ.3 .APR 1949
The defense of Java, as a whole, by the Tentera Nasional Indonesia (TNI) is
becoming better organized, The backbone of this defense- i.s formed by the
territorial military units, In the terri'l,ories not occupied by the Dutch
the people feel the Republican authority,, Moretary problems are solved by the
r it l_ngnes s of the, people to guarantee the living of the , T?1I ?
The :gut ;h have been acting as terrorists against the people in the same
manner as the Japanese. A central information s ervic a has been formed to
connect the various regions in Java,
In a cablegram to the Republic's representative in Flores., Colonel Nasution
said that he is responsible for all military activities in Java, The
ziepublican Central Government runs smoothly in Java; except in the largo
t:.oi~ns
Attacks on Dutch defenses, convoys, and tot-ins such as Lagelang Jogjakarta,
Solo, INadiun and ~ediri take place more often, and are better organized
Vlany districts have been recaptured, such as the environs of Surabaya.,
x+ialang and ; ~adur~
A proclamation from guerrilla headquarters in L3.iddle Java said.- 11 If the Dutch
do not withdraw all of their army from Indonesia directly, we shall continue
our guerrilla warfare until victory is ours' I The non-cooperative principle
should be followed by the Indonesian Army and the Indonesian people."
6? It was reported that for the period from 1 February to 5 February 1949,
the .cdoyal Netherlands Army (LtNNA) lost eighteen soldiers and officers killed.,
while the Royal Netherlands Indonesian Army (RNl6) suffered casualties of
thirteen officers and soldiers killed, and six officers and men missing.,
Sumatra
NAVY eaSR3 L1 DISTRIDUTlOl~ T
3,_
.~t:lY ~IFiR IX1 o
.+E=4 }---I--
I T
It was reported from Central Sumatra, that Pasir Pafarajan* was attacked
from the air by the Dutch, on 12 February. A hospital and many schools were
CI_A`iiSIFICATION CONFIUliNTl.AL/CONTROL ti Ua OFFICIALS 0
s document Is hereby regraded to
NFIDENT4AL In acMdaiMCe with the
4- 1079 fM 1
-_er of 16 Oct
ector of coni l we"Jligenco uth :
zhivist Of tt,e th 3 ed Slats ` BY. d
xt Review Sanitize - Approved For Release CIA-l D 02600010005-1
 Sanitized - Approved For Ndleasd : CIA- tf g2= J4v` 1 0026086 d 1
ESL
& inc.-,g,Iunncd. Some houses of the inhabitants were fired.,
-it was reported from. 13uki.ttinggiy that because of tension between the
ItNTA and the Royal Nether lands i rmy 21.3 PKIR' members, including one
captain?wer e s hots at the time General: Spoor was in" Buki ttirggi.a From
reliable sources it was learned that the thatch no lorrger trust their
soldiers because of the rebellion, Dutch soldiers in this area are nc
-'_a~n ter armed with automatic w3eaports,
it was reported from South Sumatra on 7.L. February., that several lndonesa.dn.,.a,,
who had been evacuated from occupied territory to Republican territory,,
wore fired on and imprisoned.,, Four Indonesians vere killed,, Sira .sar action
has also taken place in Tjurup, The Dutch in South Sumatra cons de Arabs
1-ndonesians, and Pakistanis their enerny,
tt),:; According to reports from Sumatra, seven Dut(:*ffm3n in an auta,,ob .1o ?Ha re
attacked by the TNI, on 15 February, at 5 p.m..,. Java time.
eat Java
Military residents and a military governor of `asst Java have been a?-pol-Vit
t
rad installed,.. Dr. Ukar was appointed High Ccm missioner of West Java., =)jokomursaid, Secretary of the 6u.nan,, was killed by the Dutch, and L) ..
!iohai ate i Yawmin was imprisoned, on or about 11. February 1919:
s_:= It was reported on 17 Februar r from Buitenzorg,, that at some prior -date,
the r~ailt yr yard of "Cjuning Wolat" estate, rear Tjiladak, was attacked
:.rt two successive nights, The firs., night the aitackers wer?e d.rwa;='nded
by a military patrol which had been v, rned by phone, The socond the attackers fired from a distance? Before they reached the estate in
t: ate early morning, the e s e;a to guard had been alarmedc,with the result
that the attackers ,,a e disbanded H thin three-quarters of .?.n hour,,
1'3 about the same time. the jeep of the "Linden Agung" estate, south of
tikabrzm.4iwas shot at on the road between Bodjondjengkol and t bong
tram the teak forests on both sides of the road. The jeep tirh .ch be-
ca,ic a ut of control, turned four times and fell itfto a ravine 15
teter?s deep?
On 2 December 19AA at about 3 prim,,, three mer were killed and five injured
;_n an attack on a Union Trading Company (UTD) truck, The truck, which
contained. individuals who had been trading in the Bandjarsoni. Pasar, trr^:s
ra topped at T jikokol on the way to Band jar. by an armed gang, .#ccording to
?Lx ilable information? the truck was not appointed for private transport,.
i-5 About the same twine, it was reported that the Chinese diffuculties in
Jogjakarta were increasing. Apparently the hutch did not practice their
"We have co 1e to secure peace and order". for no action was taken
to remedy the situation,
16, Kotagede, Pllered*and their environs were attacked by the Dutch with heavy
w eapons,Hon 3 February 1_9L9, 5 a,m.. Java time., After seven hours fighting,
against the TNI,, ten soldiers were killed and trienty wounded,, Twenty
three inhabitants were wounded..
~.s~a i''Tl l `f11T Ojj~T
CONFIDENTIAL
Sanitized - Approved For Release : CIA-RDP82-00457R002600010005-1
 ![ `IB ;NTrn :t,/ '9'%16b AEFY6~'' 1 ?'457R0022m 05-1
Sanitized - Approveor a
c""'(0 N FIDE NT-IA-.L--"
17~ On 4 February, at 12 p.m, Java time, the TNI attacked Dutch y litany
headquarters in the town of Jogjakarta. The TNI withdrew after 3i,,
hours fighting with four injuries, Ten Dutch were. killed and semen
injured,
18,. On 8 February, at 5 p.m. Java time, clashes occurred at Bentul?
Kc rangcmut (unlocated) and Kotagede, lasting thirteen hours. Thirty
Dutch were injured, while no Republican casualties were mentioned, Some
;'capons were captured by the TNI,
19? On 9 February,, Madiun was attacked by the TNI from all directions,, .1,
part of the town was burned, One hundred Dutchmen were killed and
wounded,
20,, On 11 February, the Dutch attacked V,ionogiri from two directions;
specifically, from Klaten and Solo, With two battalions of infantry and
paratroops o A.L. this action transpired after the Dutch had given a
cease-fire order. On the same day, the mayor of Solo was imprisoned,
because he was not willing to cooperate with the Dutch.
21, Pangeran Sur jonuhardjo, son of Pakubucconpas shot by the Dutch because
he would not take down the Indonesian flag, The Sunan and the Mang.
kunegap a in Wonogiri claim that they did not cooperate with the Butch
On 13 February,, from midnight until three in the morning, terrorists
looted and burned between seventy and eighty homes in Maos, R.NIA
troops stationed at Kesugihan did nothing., On the night of 9 February
an armed pane kidnapped nine p ersons,including a market suporintendant,
teachers and village officials, from the town Df Maos0
2 Because of the preseance of the Purwokerto Kid..Lllurah (official) behind
the Hotel Besar, on the nights of 13 and 14 :re,3ruary, the hotel., in baos, was
not looted.. The Legava bridge near Karungluwas was destroyed, as well.
as the Karanggandul automobile and railway brifiges, Monday morning,
the first train from Purwokerto to Cheribon wwa.a compelled to return
to Purpokerto?
On 1 February, at 7 a.,m? Java time , fighting occurred between the Dutch
Army and the T!' I at Worzokromo, After a two haul= fight the Dutch withdrew
with two killed and one wounded. There were no Republican losses t,
25? A clash between the Dutch Army and the TIE at falony (probably Balong),
on 2 February, at 9:30 a00m,, Java time , resulted in two Dutch casualties
and one 2111 casualty,, Many weapons were captured by the TNIQ,
:226, On the morning of 17 February the Surabaya-4 atang railway was blocked
by piles of stones at the Bangi3.=-Wonoberto junction, and the rails
near 14'o noberto were torn apart A Even though the rails were repaired that
day, trains could not run because of Dutch activity in the are,a. The
trains ran again on Friday, 18 February,,
*Towns unlocated
;ONFIDTNTIAL/CONTROL s U-9 OFFICIALS OMI
r
Sanitized - Approved For Release : CIA-RDP82-00457R002600010005-1