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Inter r ogation Reports . 1941+-· .
NOV 14 19441
Compilation of NEFIS Int er r ocat i on Reports
Nos . 366 - 378 , 404 - 407 and 410 - 417 (Not
Se par a t e ly).

1. · ·Attuched is Compi lati on of NEFIS Interr ogation Reports

Nos. 366 -378 , 404-407 and 410 - 417 (Not Issued Separate l y) .
2 . lnformation contained in this re p ort is based solely on
inte rr ogation of evacuees and should be evaluated a cc or dingly .
3. It is requested that care be t alrnn in the dist ri bution of
the informa ti on conta:l..ned t herein . If ' the whole or any part
of this report is reproduced , no indication may be c;iven of
names and l ocalities concerned , to avoid compromisinc; relatives
of evacuees nnd expos inc; them to enemy reprisals , and to prevent
closure of important sources of information . Copy No . 41

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Deputy Direc t or-N'EFIS .

Distribution :
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Ex. H. van Mook. Lt. Gov. Gen. 1 1
B.s.o. through O.B.s.o. 2 2 - 3
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Economic· Int. Se ction GHQ. New De lhi
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via B.S.O. - Colombo 1
C.L.G. 1 ~
M.C. A.
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Voorz. N.I. Comm. 5 - 12
Min . v. Kol., Att. Col. de Blieck. 1 13
Ministry of Economic Warfare For e i gn Office
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C.G.S., K.N.I.L. 1 15
Contr. A.I.B. 1 lb
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A.C. of S ., G.2. USAFFE 1 19
Director· of Intelli gence, Allied Ai r Forces
S.W.P. A., A.P.O. 923. 5 20 - 24
Assistant Director of Int e lli ge ncB", Advanced
Eche l on, ~ lli ed·~i r: ~o rces S. N . F .~~'
A. P . O. 925 . 4 25 - 28
D. M.I. 1 29
A.D. M.I. 1 30
D.N.I. 1 31
COISEF through D. N.I. 1 32
Seventh Fl eet Intelli ge nc e Center 1
Chief of Air Staff RAAF Hq. 1 §R
Director A.G. S . 1
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FELO, Hq . 1
FELO, Me l bo urne 1
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N. F.L.O. Darwin 1 44
N.F .L. O. Perth 1 1~5
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S.R .D. Brisbane , (Maj. Wi gan) 1
S.I.A. 1
Dir. Gen . of Se curity 1 49
CSONICA Kandy 1 50
HQ. 6th Army, through NEIIOS IX 2 51 - 52
Mr. W. R. de Ro os 1
NEFIS Officer A.I.B. 1 §R
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Rear Echelon NEFIS 1 tS8
Ne therlands Staff Officer, G3., APO 500 1 69
Dutch Liaison Offic er, A.3. Hq., 13th Air
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NOTE.

The above reports r e f er to one Ternatese , two Me na d

tw o Timorese and t went y J :; vanese :infor man ts , released by ~
Forces on Biak Isl and , Noe1:ifoe r Isl and and on Dutch New Guinea ,
during May - Aue; ' 4.l~. . All had been forced to join I-lei - Ho units ,
with the exception of the Te rnatese informant , who l ived on
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Dutch New Guinea .
The two Menadonese informants are ex PW , whi l e the two
Timorese, b o th former so l diers , were o ric in a l l y int e rned by
the Japanese but released in May 1 )+2 . ·
Of the t we nty J av2.ne se informants , 5 former soldiers had
been r e l e ase d after i nte rnment , while 2 had managed to r emain a t
l a r ge . One forl"ler soldier escaped from a n internment camp 2t
Bandoen3 , while two f ormer members of the Le g ion ·of the Man g koo
Negor o h ad n o t been interned . Ten were civilians .
To facilitate re fere nce the p laces c over ed in this r e p ort
are listed h ereunde r, by sections :-

III . TACTIC AL DA'r A ON ENEMY MI LIT AFtY FORCES .

East J a va : Mid-J a v a : We st Java: D . N. G :
Madioe n Mage lang Cheribo n Manokwari
Probolinggo Solo Waren
Soeraba ja Babo
Ma lang Sarong
D jember Sjeri ·
Amboeloe Karoeani Bay
Wate s .

IV. SUMi',.1ARY OF' NAVAL I NFOBMJ.1.TION .

East J ava: Mid- J ava: Wes t Jav a. : D . N. G:
Pr obo linggo Cheribon Manokw ari
V. BAS IC AI R I NFORMNI' ION .
East Java: Mi d -Java: West J a va: D . N. G:
Mao spa ti Tidar Manokwari
( Madioen) (Magelang)
Ken t j on g
(Djember)
Boegi s
(Ma l a n g )

VI . I NFORMATIO N REG /illD I NG GUERRILLA FORCES .

Eas t Java: Mid - J ava : West J a va : D . N. G:
Sjeri
Manokwari
VII. GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION .
East Java: Mid - J a va: West Java: D . N. G :
Amboeloe Pono rog o

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VIII. PO LITIC AL AND SOCIAL INFORMATION.
East Java: Mid -Java: We st J a va: D . N. G:
Mal apg Teman gGoeng Cheribon IVIan okwar i
Sin.=:;osari J\!Iage lane Soekaboemi Bi ak
Probo l inggo Moon tilan
Soeraba j a So l o
Djember Karang Anj a r
Amboe l oe Djebres
l(adipo l o
Djoemapo l o

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East Java : IVIi.d - J ava: Wes t J a v a : D . N. G:

Amboe l oe Mag2 l ang Cheribon Rans iki
r1Ia l an3 Temanc;coeng Mano kw a ri
Probo ling30 Parakan
Oemboe l Pekalongan
Kediri So l o
Ngand j oek VJonogiri
Kertosono Semarang
Toe ban Djok j a
Soeraba j a .

x. PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOG I CAL WARFARE I NFORMATION .

East Java: Mid - Java: ·nes t J ava : D . N. G:
Malang Parak an Cher ibon Noemf oe r.

XI. ATROCIT I ES .
East Java: Mid -J ava: Wes t J a va: D . N. G:
Ma lang Solo Djatinanggoe r Noemfo e r
Manokw a ri
Windhesi
Roo n Island .

XII . PERSONAL ITIES .

East Java: Mid -Java: Wes t J ava : D . N. G:
Probolinggo Temanggoeng Cheribon Manokwari
Malan g Mage l an2; Moemi
Amboe l oe So l o Ransiki

XIII . GENERAL.
East J ava : Mid - J a va: Wes t Java: D . N. G:
Soerabaj a Mag e l ang Se rang Noemfoer> Is .
Amboe l oe Poerworedjo Pandeg lang KD' . Baroe
'·(v ogelkop)
Banjoewangi Ambarawa Batavia
Pasoe roean Semarang
IVladioen So l o
Ngandjoek .

III . TACTICAL .DATA ON ENEMY

. MIL ITARY FORCES .

. and I?_~!.:_~ngth of Or g anisa.tions and Un.its:

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a . Ll-'1arse l ang J ( lVlid -J.:iva ) : IQ Jun 1 43 , there ~e ab01-lt_ 500
Japaneso l:r;;ifauWy quar·~ e red in the former Kade r S choo l (N. C . 0 ' s
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Schoo l) . They were o.rmed with lon g type rifles , both J apanese
and Du~tch , and in ad§.ition had machine c; uns Model 96 , a n d 6.6 mm .
L. M. G. .,,,.
Another inforMant from this dis tri ct states that in Sept
1 43 ,~ the 'above 1'T . C . 0 1 s Schoo l had been converted int o s t ab l es .
mis informant estimated that there were abou t 600 Japanese -
t):•oops , a r med with 5o · machine g uns, Dut ch rifles Mode l 95 , and
possessing three medium tsnks , qu arte re d i n the former 1 st Bn
barracks... About 40 N .c . O' s were - quart e r ed in the f orme r N . E :-I.
N.c . ors houses at Toe ;~ oe ran villa;e .
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In Sept 43 , the farmer Fiel.d Police barracks at Gant en/
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b .Giad i o;n>(East Java): In F'eb 1 11-3, there were only about
0 Japanese tr oops , armed with carbines and bayonets , quart ered
f ~> n Hotel Bandoeng and in a former Japanese shop .
- There were estimated to be in Jun 1 43 , abou t 2,000 Japan-
ese 1\ir Force personne l a t Maospa ti a irfiel d (Mo.dioen); they
were quarte r ed in the forme r Dutch Ai r Force barracks .

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- -C. ~( Mid - Java)., 1 43: Abou t 200 Japane se Infantr y
vere qu~~ in the for me r Left Half 21st Bn barracks , and
a~out. 30 Kempei personn~· in
Pasar pon S tr aat .
d. ProbolinG~o . (East J ava ), 143 : Japanese tr oop s u p to
200 men occasional l y arrived for 8. for tn ie;ht ,' s training.
At the end of 143 , about 30 Kempel personne l had t heir
office in the former house of tho Ass ist on t Resident , in Groote
Postweg . They wore quartered in the best houses in Hee ren
Straa.t .
e. Soerabaja (East J a va), May 14.3 : An informant give s
the following information: -
1. Abou t 400 Japanese Infantry , with 11 anti -t ank guns bode l
97 , and abou~ 8 heavy M. G . Mode l 92 , were quartered in
former 3r d Bn barracks .
2. Four hundred armoured Corps personnel , with 12 light t anks
and 8 medium te-nks occupied the f orme r N. E ..-I. Anti-Aireraf t
barracks . 'rho troo ps were armed with c a rbines o.nd pisto l s,
3. About 500 Infantr y , a rmed with rifl e and bayonet , and having
about 1 0 L . IVI . G . rfode l 99 , were accomrnods.ted in the forme1~
N.•E . I . Coast Artil l ery barracks .
f. Cheribon (•!fest J ava) , Oct 143: About l+OO Jap 2:nese Army

E onne. w-::-qua-rte red in tne-ror-mer N . "2 . I . Barracks behind

Field Police bar:r·acks at Kosrunbi (Ch0ribon) . Every six
hours , a guard of twenty men would march to Tandjoe n g Mas fo 1
sentry duty alonp tho coast . ( See ·atta c hed Town Plan Cher·ibon).
In Oct 143 , the Headquar t ers of the Eempo i were l ocated
in two houses in Tjankoel Weg . Total personne l were estima t ed
at 40 officers and men .
In Oct 1 43, the open g r ass -c overed a r ea between Djalan
Koen ingan and the sea was used as a parade &nd training g round.
g-;IvI;l (East Java) , Jul 1 l13 - Jan 11-ili: About 300 Japan -
ese Inf an ry were quartered - in th~ former bfh Regt . anti - tank
corps barracks , adjacent to the former 8th Bn barracks . They
W8r"e armed with Japanese long rifles .
Another informant who was in the Mal ang area at the end
of 1 4·3 , estimates the total number of tr oops in Ma l ang a t about
8,ooo . · From time to timo there were extensive movemen t s of
troops . One Japax1eso Genera l lived in a house at Blirnbing , duo
north of the town of ~alang , on the main road to Soe rabaja.
This house was formerly occupied by a Notary Public from MalanJ .
The house can be easily identif ie d by the numerous t~l l t j emara
trees around it .
Another informant estimates t he total strength of the
Japanese garrison at Ma lang at the end of '43 a t only 2 , 000.
-nC. Djemb§.FJ)E~s_1 _Jnv~a) , 1)+3; Approximately 3)0 J apanese
-r·> (j; antry , armed ~ith D~~ch carb ines and bayonets, we re quartered
the former Chinese 1Jong Hoa Schoo l at Amboe l oe (south of
mber) .
About 200 Japanese Infantry, armed with Duteh carbines
and bayonets and ,tiaving six medium tank s , was stationed at
Poege r (south of LJ j ember) . /.,,n informant states that p art of
the villaBO on the seashore had been destroyed . This a r ea was
strictly g~ded , anCl. no - on e was a ll owed n ear .
- --irt yt8}i> (about 3 ~- ki l ometres south of Djembe r) there
w. ere in 1l~3 many Japanese so l diers . These troops were quartered
"? in one of three warehouses about 250 feet in l ength , which had
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Lp_reviously been used for stor ing corrugo.ted iron .

Indications of Enemy Intentions and Mo v ements : An informant

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a steady reduction in the Ja:r=anese forces , and \lllhen the I-lei - Ho
were to l eave in Jul 1 ~- they were accompanied by a company of
Japa.i."1ese Infantry , overland to Sorong .
An informant who was at Waren and Roemberpon Is l and (Vof~el ­
kop , D . N. G ), f r om Apr to J',uG 144, states t hat afte r War e n Had bee n
strafed and practicall y destroyed by Al lied air c r aft , the natives
and the Japo.nese f l ed to the forest a r ea around Bad i r i, where
they ccnst r ucted small huts .
1\nbth er informan t 3i ve s the f o ll ow i ng estimates of the re-
mainder of the Hei - Ho units who were to leave Manokwari about 7
Jul t L~, by l and r oute to Sor on.e; :-
Soerabaja Butai 10446 hoo
~110.lo.ng 3utai bOO
Bandoenc; Butai l~_oo
They were to take a month 1 s food with them , anc1 were promised by
the J apanese shipment from 3orong to Ce l ebes and Java if they
survived the journey . Only tho s e un ab l e to trave l by f oo t f rom
l\'Ianokwari were evacuated by l aunc h by way of Babo . Al l o t hers
took the overland route to Sor on g .

SupI,)ly Arranr~ements 8.nd Installati on s :

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;'. ~ib"S?j1';l~vest Java ), Oct 43 : J apanese Ar my food
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sto r ed in , and dis tr ibu t ed fr om war ehouses a t

Cher i bon , situated between tho f or me r Brit i sh- J\rnerican tobacco
facto r y and Kali Tjikr oetoe3 . Supp l ies were sen t by rai l t o
dif fe;rent par ts o f J ava . ( Seo a t tached Town Pl an Che ri bon ) .
Probo l ing(""~( ECJ,st _J-:::i..va ), 1943 : The r oad l eadins; to the
:;"'t-m e-a !:1:-a"'t!_4)8en wired off and J apanese sentr ies posted day
and ni0ht . Thore wore at l enst te n warehouses in t h e har bour
are a , and sever a l sr:ialler ones . Motor trucks arrived da i ly ,
laden with ba3s , probab l y contai n ing r ice , ma iz e and beans , etc ,
which were stored in the warehouses . On infrequ e n t occasions ,
informarit saw trucks goinz in l and l aden wi t h su;::ip l ies .
-. ~~(Mid - Java) , J u l 1 43: A pe tr o l sto r e·was located

r in a larc;e bui l ding formGr l y used o.s a bakery , oppo sit e t he

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forme r Dutch Enginee r s ' barracks •
illanokwari (Vo;:_i;elkop) , May 1 41~ : Th e J apan ese h ad begun
mixing maize with their rice , to conse r ve supp l ies o f the l atte r.
'rhe Jar:;anese Gener"a l was s.cien by membe r s of the Hoi - Ho to have
this mixture served in his mess . The mai z e is report ed t o have
arrived in a convoy f rom Taiwan , car r y i ng For mosan labourers .
This informant estimates tbat the r educ ed garI' ison a t Ii/Ianokwar i
has sufficient food for six mon t hs .
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town railway station , on the eas t s i d e of Kot t a L ama~eg , was
used as a food store for th2, ,Japanese gar rison . Ammun ition was
~ stor ed in the Dut ch- Chinese schoo l a t Kidoe l Pasar s tr aa t .

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An infor mant f rom the
Sje r i - Waren-_·(i , i area (Dutch"-New Gu j_nea) ob ser v ed a regul ar
t-raffic by Japanese a l ong a foot track which eme r ged on the
coastline o.t Sjeri , c r ossed the footb r idge and passed t hroue;h
Sjeri villase . It then continued alon g a sandy spit for- about 1
km . , to a coastal che c king pos t, manned by four J a panese . It
then contin u ed a l ong the foo t of the r m r.:es which ab ut t on the
coas t, northeas t of IVIawi Bay . I nfor mant '-'s t ates that a t high
tide , when it is impossib l e to pass a l ong the sandy sp it, an
alternate i n l and track is used which f o l lows t h e edge of a man -
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grove swamp . '1 he fol l owing section of the track , southwest
around Mawi Bay , a l ong the foo t of the c l iffs , howeve r, c an also
only be used at l ow tide .
About the midd l @ of 1 L~ the same informant ot s e rv ed that when
aircraft were overhead a ll smal l prahoes entered a sma ll stream
in Karoean i Bay . The stream c l ose l y f o ll ows t h e base of a high
hill in rear of t he v i llage , and i s n a v igab l e by t hese sr1al l
craft fo r ~bout 2 k il ometres . ·

Location of PW Camps: In Oct 1 43 , on l y 8.bout 25 Lustralian

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Pekoetoekemwe 5 at Cher ibon (West J ava ) . It wa s said that a ll ~~ \Y~
others had be2n moved to Ban doe ne; . \rir
~adar and Rad i o Stations: The following have been r epor t ed
by informants :-
a. Ma~e l ang ( Mid - J a v a ) , Jul 1 43: There was a listening post
on Goenoen ~ T ido.r manned by members of the SookRre l a . j
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--ffi~ l;ng'
(East J ava) , J an '1~_L~ :
Two radio masts nb out 40 metres high were seen in the
f or me r 1 3 th Bn barracks .
2 . A radio stati on with abou t five masts vvas se en neaI' the V'
main ro ad to SoeI'aba j a .
3. b new r adio station had been ere c t ed with one tal l mast
at the former Girls ' Boar C: inc; Schoo l in Be tekwec;, Oro
Or o Dowo dis t rict .
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E '~ad i oe (E ast J &va) , Jun ' 43: A radio station was l oc a ted
a , .- shed in t he centre of the Maospati airfield . The
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\ ]eld was still in use •
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) The former
( Mid - Java) , 1 4_3: j,_ radio stat i on was situat ed to the
so~ of the racecours3, with two masts abou t 50 netros his h •
b r oadcastln~ station situated ~bo ut 100 metres s ou t h
of the r a ilway st a tion vvas b c inb us e d by the J aiJanese for broa.Q -
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c as tins l ocal and overseas news . (The wavelength was 96 metres .
T-+-""was guar ded by Town Po lice .
In 1 43 Java time was a l tered to conform with Tokio time,
which r esult ed in clocks being advanced 90 minut e s.
IV . SUMM:'i.RY OF NAV 1-i.L I NFORrvt\1 IO N.1

Ship Movem0nts and 3hi:rs in Port: i\n informant who made

fortnigh tl y visits to Chcribon ( Mi d -Java) during May - Jun 1 42 ,
and :) ep t 1 42 - Oc t 1 43 , sts.tes th a t no se2-1:;oinc; vesse ls were
s e en in the Cheribon anchorav e . All c oastal tr affic was effect-
ed by native sailinc :;::r 2_hoe . -
It was obser v ed in 1 43 that a l arge J apru1ese vessel arrived
once monthly at Probolinc go (Eas t J ava ) , to l ond and dis charg e
curg o . The re was a c onstant traffic by motor boats , some of
which carrie d as much as 300 baBS of rice . They oft en towed
large li gh te rs . The destination of these small craft was not
known , but the y sailed in the di rect ion of Soerabaja .
II.8.rbour Defences: ,- r - • I
a . Cher ibon (Mid - J ava ) , Oc t 14 3 : It was obser ve d that the
former Dutch coastal artil l ery g un mount ed. at Ked jaksan had been
remounted by the Japa ne se at Kosambi , about 1 00 me tres distant
fr om the for mer N. B. I. Barracks . In or de r to provide a field of
fire for this pi0ce , the en t ire village of Fekal ipp an h a d been
levelled to tho ground, and th e vill age r s moved t o ChBribon town .
1 (See attached Town Pl an Che r ibon ) .
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Probo l ing;,--;o (Eas t J_:cw a) , end 1 43:
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No harbour de fenc es
were ~een in the f ormer forts in this area .
c . Manokwari (Vog elk op ): A piece of c oas t a l a rt i llery with
concrete foun dations was :i:n oun ted on the poin t opposite Manokwari
town, and was stil l in u s e when informant l eft in Jul i L0-~ . Four
pieces of dual purpose ar ti l l ery were mounte d on a grassy patch
east of the hos p ital area (see mosaic of Manokwari Town , .NEFIS
1fo·. FY 5296 , att a ched to extract of Inte rr ogat i on Re por t NEFIS
No . 206 , is sued on 2L~th Aug u st t 44.

Naviga t io n al Ai ds: In Frobo lincg o (Eas t J ava ) at the end of

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43 , th0 liehthouse f unctioned as in former times .
V. BASIC J,.IR INFORMA'I'ION .
Location of Ai r Installations:
a. Maospa ti, Madioon (:~ast Java) , Jun 1 L~3: In orde r t o
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of the airf i e l d had b8en demo lis hed , a n d t he s it e l e v e lled .
b , _T i d9-r, Mage l anc; (M i d -Ja v a) , Ju l '43 : Two i nformants
report that the airf1-e l d is no- l onger in use , bu t ha s been c on -
verted into a stadium ca1)c..ble of a c commodnt i ng ov e r 1 , 0 0 0
spectator s . On the to p of T i dar Hil l , a post ha s been estab -
lished manned by Soekare l a and prov ided with te l ephones , No
A/A or sear c hlight s were seen .
c. Kentjong , 45 kilometres southwest of Djember (East
Java ) : An informant ha.d hear d that about the end of 1 1+3 an
airfield was in course of const r uction n ear this town .

Airfie l d Activity:

a. Manokwar i ("'il..oze lko.P) , J u l 1 44 : An informant states

that the ai r fie l d about 2 km from the town was being kept servi c e -
ab l e in spite of r.:?.ids . This work was done b y F~..s , who
bought material from n ear the coast to fil l in theffomb - craters .
b , Boegis airfie l d , Malang (Bast J ava ), Lu g' 1 43 : lrn. in -
formant who visi t ed this airfie l d s aw t en air craf t on t ho east
side of the field , d is pe rsed among the t eak t r ees , about 500
me t res from the edge of the ai r f i e l d . As man y as f ifteen twin. -
e ngined bombe r s and 35 fit;hte r s have been seen at one time; a l so
two trans p or t p l anes .
· Four hea1.·y A/A were l oca t ed on the east s i de of t he air -
field .•
c. Ma~s pat i, Mudioen (East Java ) , J un 1 43: Four dummy
aircraft we r e seen on the fie l d , const r ucted of bamboo and
p ainted to res emb le new machines . As many as seven twin - engined
bombers and 23 fi :;hters have been seen at one time on this ai r-
field .
Three heavy A/A and two ma c hine guns were l ocated to the
east of the airfie l d .

VI . INF0=1MATION REG,iliDING GUERHIILA FORCES .

In May '4h, at S jeri (Vo ce l kop , D. N. G. ) , an informant me~

a Papuan named Samuel , who W8.S for'mer l y a member o f the police
force at Anjei Lakes , (Vogelkop , D. N. G. ) . This Pa1rnan to l d
informant and another man named J osef (Ambonese) , that he hnd
just returned from a patro l with t h e Japanese , and had assisted
in the c apture a t Kebar (Voge l kop , D. N. G. ) of the Dutch Captain
of the gue r ri l la force wh i c h had been ?Peru.ting in that area .
At Manokwari , (Vogelkop) i n Mar 1 44 , an informant saw
fifteen Ambonese and I:lenadonese be i ng transpo r ted in o. t r uck
under strong 1:;uard . They wore torn 13reen uniforms o f the type
previous l y worn by the N. E . I . Army , and had shaven heads .
Informant is unab l e to ~i ve any f urther information .

VII . GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMAT I ON .

Roads , Tracks and Trai l s: ' An informant states that in ' 43

at Amboe l oe 1south of Djember , East J ava) , Japanese were making
o. new deviation to the orig inal road f r om Sabrang to Batoeoe l o , ~
ten km south of A.rnboo l oe . There were 2.bout 400 coolies working ~
on this road , and stronc; tlmber bridses had been constructed .
The deviation was comp l eted by Sept 1 43 .
Another informs.nt states t hat in 1 43 a large new road was
being c ons tr ucted about one chain i n wi dth , .from Toegoe t o
Ponorogo (Mid - Java) . :Vhe n informant l eft the . dist r ict in Sept
1 43 , about 2 km . had baen con~p l eted . About QOO\coolies were ·
working on this road under Japanese supe r vis~iv.

VIII . POLITICAL AND SOCIAL I UFORrn.ATION .

Security Regulations and Censor ship : During ' 43 an informant

was able to proceed fr om Tji l imoes to Cheribon ( ~ est Jav& )
without a permit . He c ou ld a l so vis i t Semarang or Batavia if he
so desired . Discrimination wa s shown , however , towards Chinese ,
Arabs and Eurasians 9 who had to ob t ain a permit for each j ourney .
If , for som~ le g itimate reason , frequent journeys were necess a ry,
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Dist ri ct Officer) at Batavia , which c o st /5 .-- per annum.

Relat i on be t ween Japanese and Local Popul ation: At

T jilimoes , Cheribon (West Java ), resentment was f elt towards the
Js.1xmese on ace oun t of dep riv at i ons suffe r ed unde r their rule,
and the impressment of their menfo lk for forced lab our.

Civil Government of Oc cufied Ar eas : Up to Jul 1 43 , the

Rezent and Nedana had rerr1<J.ined in office at Temanggoeng , ( Mid - ~
Java) . The Assistent Wedana c omm.anded the field police, under Q..J
the su~ervision of the civi l head of Temanggoeng , a Japanese
named Yamahawa, who was tho on l y Japanese at Temanggoeng ;
Accor ding · to another i n formant , Yarn ahawa was ac t ually in c ommand
of the field po lice, who abused their powe r , kicking and beating
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the people at the sliehtest p rovocati on .
At Malang (:East J a v :c;. ) in J an 1 41~ , the Regent Boepati Ario
Sam. , w·as st ill in off ic e , o. l so the Wedana of Singosari , named
? oerbo . The Assistent Wedana of Kar ang Pl oso named Soedari o had
b een dismi ss ed .
In Sept 1 43 , the fi e l d po lic e had been r emoved from Ganten
villa~e , Mage lang ( Mi d - J av a) , to Uoenti l an . The popu lati on
was very hostile towards t his fo rc e , on account of their brutal
~ b3haviour , which was in marked con trast to that p r eva iling
be f ore th e war .
In J an 1 4L~ , the fi3ld po lic e at Ma lan g (Eas t J ava ), numbered
a ::> p roximately 200 . They wore their p r e - war unifo r ms , and were
quartered in the former Dutch- Ma l ay s cho ol and Kart ini s cho o l,
Ee l oe t S traat . Pay on en listment was 22 gui l de rs a month , ris -
ing · to 35 g uil de rs on promo tion t o firs t class p o lic eman . Thes e
po lice were very overbearin3 , a nd were disliked by the pop ul ation.
An informant fr om f.,,,mb oe lo e (s outh of Djember , East Jc.va) .9
states that in Sept 1 43 , fi e l d po lic e had been es t ablis hed
there . Befor e the war ther e was none .
At the end o f 1 43 a t Probolin ggo (East Jav a ) both the town
po li ce and the fie l d po l ice numbered ab o u t 200 men; tlrnir
bar::.."acks we r e in the s ame loca l ity as before the war .
There was a schoo l of instruction for fi e l d police r e cruits
at Soekaboemi Cfost J 2.va) . It was rumour ed in 1 42 that the
\. Ja~~ ne s~ "'had dem~n~ed. ,400 r e cr uits fr om Bandoe n g , D j okj a , Madio en ,
r ab aJ cc and Se1.1a~ anc, .

Taxes: The ri ce l and tax ( pad jek sawah) at Tjilimoes ,

Cheribon ( ~ est J ava) was increased after the Ja panese occupation
from /8 . 50 per bouw (1. 75 acres) to / 15.--.

Civil Service , Courts , e tc:

a . 11 Malang (East J ava ), 1 42 - 1 43: The J a v a nese President

of the Lan dr aadn (District Cour t) a l vm:Ts sat with a J apanese
official in civilian cl o thes . The court s a t dai l y duri nc the
woek , and as far as is kn own sent ences were muc h the same as
before .
An inf orman t s tates that if a thief was caus ht in the
act by a Kempei official , one of his fingers was amp utated .
Informant witnessed one such case at Pasar IHdoe l , ( Ma l ang) .
The victim ' s hand was afterwards bandaged , and he was t hen
taken to the Kempei of fice in Smeroe Str aat . Informant added
that i f the de linquent was caught by th e fi e l d po li ce, he was
dea lt. with by the law courts .
b. Solo ( Mid -Java), Se p t 1 43: An i n sicht into the working
of the lawcour ts is g _iv en in the fo ll owing narrative: -
An informan t fr om Keprahon villa;::;e, So l o , bought a c oat
from a Javanese for 'the p rice of / 3. 50 . Informant was lat e r
approached by a man v.rho claimed that the coat be lonGed to him and
had been stolen . The ma t ter was repo rte d t o the Indonesian t own
po l ice , who arres t ed in for'ma nt . After being detained f or three
days , he was taken before t he nLandge r echtn (Po l i c e :3 ench) fo r
trial. The · bench was c o,rrpo sed of two Javanese , one boinc the
President , and the other clerk o f th e Court . A J apanese in a
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O r ,~ anisations : (Formed , sponsored or encouraged by Ja panese ) .

a. Ma lang , (East Java) : In AUG 1 43, inf orman t saw about

50 J avan ese gir ls, a::;ed abou t 1 8 to 20 years, m::irching throw;h
Kajoetangan Stre e t in white u niforms , and ca ps similar to those
worn by Ar:lerican naval r a ting s . They were pr e c eded by mi. l e
druramers and a trumpe t er , and were singins in Japane se . These
pro cessions wer e a daily event , a nd a l so included over 100
Jav i nese you ths in unif orn , a nd wearin3 military caps similar
to tho se wo rn by N. E . I . 1-1.rmy N. C . 0 1 s, except tbat the band was
eit her white or re d . They ~a rched in colurn..Ds of four .
/fm i n formant who was in NI.a.1.a-ri.s in Jan 1 41+ , states tha t @
approxima tel y 3 , 000 Soeko.re l a were quarte~ed in barr acks a t the \
former 1 0th Dep ot Bn . They wore ~ r ee n unif orms and g r een
fora3e caps with a red stripe, and we r e a rmed wi th c a rb i n es and \
bayon e ts . They we r e o f ficered by J avane se , who carried Japanese
swor d s . Duties o f Soeifo.re la ~ Le:r co- operate with the ~
Japanese 1~rmy . Pay on enlistment was /20 . 00 per month .
Ano the r informant J;iv,ss the numbe r of the Sookarela as abo ut
1,000 with fifteen J a vm1ese off ic e~ The senior of f ic e r was
Iskan de r bin Soe l o i man , living at lendem, Karane; p lo so , we st o f
S ing osari. He was for mer l y princi pa l teacher of a Mohammed a n
se ct known as 11 Nahdotoe1 Oe lamah 11 •
There we r e a ls o about 100 Kaibodan, wh o wore g r een uniforms
with Japm1ese cap s, b ut we r 3 n o t armed . They carried out i~ . R . P .
duties . Pay on enlistment was / 1 5 . 00 per month .
In addition there wert:; ab out 300 Seinendan, consistiEg of
youths of about 15 to 20 year s . The y wore yellow shirts and
shorts , and J apanese caps , and we r e armed with c a rbin es . This
organ.i sat i on ac t ed as a h one guard , and received no pay .
b. Soe rabaja (Eas t J e..va) / Dec 1 43: .n.bout 200 - 300
schoolgirls, es t imated be t ween the as es of 12 and 17 were seen
on on e occasion marching behind a drum and fife band , p lo.ye d bs
men anc1- you ths . They wore dark b l ouses wi th wh ite skirts , and
caps simi lar to N. E . I . ).r rny N. C . O' s, with b la ck ban ds . · 'l'he
o l de r .:': irls c a rrie d either wood en rifles or bamboo po l es .
c. Fr obo linc;go (Ea s t J a va) at the end of 1 1.1-3 , onl y the
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they numbered about 100 yo uths and boys . In a dd iti on to this ,
there was a body c a ll ed nMihari;r , who acted as watchers 8r ound
the pie r and warehouse a reas . Their uniform consisted of a
g reen tunic , s horts and boo ts; c aps werE}iriode l l ed on Ja;Jane se
lines , with a badge in t he f orm of a star . They c a r ried long
sticks , and dri lle d dai l y oppo site the former MTJLO Schoo l .
Thei r le ade r was Sal eh , d irector o f the Municipal Offices . They
r e ceive d wases , but the amount is n o t known .
d. So lo (Mid -Java) : At the end of 1 43 , there was a s o ~iety
formed byrrhi nese born i n J a.v a , ca l led 11 c . B . O. 11 • 'r hey · numbe r e d
about 100, and were a rmed only wi th klewangs (native swords) .
They wore either l ong or short trou se rs, with shirts a n d JapanA se
ty,e caps . Their d uti es were t o g u ard warehouses whe r e petre l,
etc . was stor ed .

Education: An informc..nt fr om Ma3e l t.mg ( Mi d - Jav a ) st e tes

t hat in .::iept 1 L~3 a ll inhabi t an ts of Gant en villag e (Magelang )
inc ludin9 women , had to ut tend gymnastic cl a sses ('l' e is o ) e v ery
day at lbOO hrs .
In Jan '44 , the Japanese instituted classes f or te aching the
J apa n ese languase a t the for mer R . C . schoo l in Tjeleket Straat ,
Malan3 (East J a v a ). There were five classes, with a to t a l of
a bo ut 500 studen t s , ,ag ed fr om 20 to 30 y ears . The cl asses were
held from 1700 to 1 900 hr s , under J apan ese t eache rs; there was no
c har ge . Informant states tha t on l y those who p rofesse d to be
pro -J apanese we!"e ol:tc;ib l e . The student s we r e all Javanese with
t he exception of three Eur a sians . Native schools around Malang
were sti ll functioning , fees beinG from 60 ce nt s to / 1 . 5 0 pe r
month , a cc or din3 to the par e nts' means .

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Baloeng (Dj embe r); both I(atako_na and Hiragana were taught and if
st ud ents showed suffici e nt proc r ess th ey were also tauzht Kanji .
Sc hool te a chers a n d vill a[Se heads were umo n g st those attending .
f-.n informant 1 s brother , who was a villa ge scho o l te a che r,
had to attend cl asses in Temang : oens (Mid -J2va ), tw o afternoons
week l y f or instructi o.n in Ja:rnne se . The village school h ours
were from 0830 h rs to 1 300 hrs , and 1400 t o 1600 hrs .

Heli1,_.;ious Se r vic •,) S: An informunt fr om Malang (East J av a )

states that u p to Jan ' ~-4 servic e s in the Mo sque continued as
usual. The Protestan t c h urch was a ls o open e v e ry Sund a y, and
many peop l e were seen attending . The Roman Catho lic churc h was
not open, owinc to there bein~ no priest availab l e .
1-m informant fro m Arnbo eloe (Djember , East J c.vaj states tho.t
~os l em s employed b y the Jap anese we r e not pe r n itted t o a ttend
the Mosque _on Fridays .

Health and Sanitation: In Sept 1 43 , a t Magelang (I:lid - Java )

ma larra-and dy sent e ry we re ver y preva l ent .
In Jul 1 43 at Ka rr.mg Anj&r (Mid -J ava) , the re was much b eri --
be ri, and some mort a l i t y from this disease .

r.1ed ical Treatment and Sur,:p li es : An informant from

Pr obo l ing3 0 tEas t Jav a ) stc. te s that in ,J a_n. 'W+ the hospital in
Heeren Straat had been converted into a c omme rcial schoo l. The
po lyclinic in Bromo S tr aa t had been converted into a hos pital
under a J a vane se d oct o r Sardad i. ( NOTE Jl..TEFIS: Doctor Sardad i
practised in ProbolingJo be f ore the war) . There were about 14
Ind on es ian nur se s. The charge for out - patients was 1 0 cent s pe r
visit, and in - pati ents 75 cents p er vveek . Medical sup p l ies
were short , and substitute bandages. we r e made from the pi th of
banana st ems. Al l c hemist sho p s had been clos ed .
In J a n '44, the mi lit r:i r y hospital at Ma lane; was being us ed by
the J ai::anese . The Mission hosp ital at Soekoen (Malang ) was
still functionin0 , f ees r an3 ing fro m 1 0 cents to /1 . 50 accor d ing
t o the patient 's fin anci a l means . A private hos p ital in Java
S tr aa t, previous l y owned by a German who was a specialist in
T . B ., was occupied by J apanese pG tients . Owin e; to the shortac;e
of med ical sup,:; l ies , the inhabitants collected herbs as sub~-; t -1 _ tute
medi cines .
An informant fro m IVIagc3 lang ( Mid - J a v a) sta t es that in Sept
'43, med ical supp li es were v e ry scarce, a nd kapo k was being used
inste ad of cotton woo l. The mental a s y lum at Kramat was still
i n use . The military hospita l had been taken over b y the Ja pGn -
ese . In Sep t 1 43 , t he p o lyclinic at Amboe lo e (Djember , East
J a va), was stil l open , with & dresser in charge . It was vi si t ed
once a week by a J a v 2n e se doc tor, who travelled from D j eF1ber by
c ar . Fees wer e, in a ccordance with financial me3Ds , up to 10
c e nts per week; injecti on s cost /2 . 00 .
An informan t fr om the Solo d i stri ct states tha t in Jul 1 43
the hospita l s a t Dj eb r es (Mid - Jav a) and Kadipo lo (Mi d - Jav a) and
the po l yclinic at Djoemapolo ( Mi d - Java) we r e still open , but
med ic a l supp li es were short .

Treatment of Pris oners of War and Internees: An inf o:rmant

fr om Malsmg (East J avaTState s that at the end of 1L1-3 Eur opean
F'IN were tr ea te d ver y hars hly . They we r e made to collect fir ewood
from the railway st ation d8-i l y , a nd hau l it themse lves in co.rts
to various dest in ations . If they did n o t move s martly , t hey
were p rodd ed with rifle butts . ·
A J av.::me se mem'Jer o f Rei - Ho , former PW , who was trans porte d
from Man okw a ri to Noemf ·oe r I s lan d in J an ' ~- , accompan ied by 23
othe r J avan ese , stat es that a ll but threo pe rished , mostly from
starvation, between ~an and Jun 144 .
Anot her J a v a nes e membe r o f Hei - Ho , former PW, was so bad l y
beate n in Jun 1 L~)+ at Biak ' by e. J apanese ac ting - Corporal named
Sus uki , that the sight of his rig ht eye has been badly affect ed .
He was also beaten by a J apa nes e Ser3eant named Hijo.si until the
wooden stick used was shattered .

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Agricultural Commodi ties: An informant fr om Amboe loe ·

(Djember , East Java) st'a"'t'GSthat in 1 43 paddy was bein,'.~ p l an t ed
once a year as formerly . Paddy was p lant ed in straight r ow s
in order to use th e ric e fi e l ds t o th e full . · As between cr ops ,
d j a rak ( c as t or) , a t h r ee months cr op , and c o t ton , a l so a three
months cr op were p l an t ed . The cl ean c astor beans wer·o bought
by the J apanese a t / 5 . 00 pe r hun dred kilos . Unc l eaned c otton
was boush t a t /3 . 00 pe r hundred kilos . Two t hi r ds of the paddy
crop was taken by the Japanese , aza i n st paymen t of /3 . 00 p er
hundr ed k il o s, deliv er3d by the g r owe r at Arnboe l oe . The c r op
was sma ll er than f ori113r l y ov1 i nQ; to water sho rt age and bad
conditions of the irrig at ion channels .
There was a c on si de r ab l e amount o f tob ac c o under cultivation ,
the cr ops beins purc hased by th e Japane se at on e third of tho
pr e - war pri ce, The tobacco was t ak e n t o Amboe l oe f or fur the r
....... tr eatmen t •
An inf orman t fr om tho Ma lang distr ict (Eas t J a va) states
that Djarak and c otton c ove red a g r 2a ter area a r ound Mal ang tha n
rr! the area under rice . Cott on was ex t e nsive l y p l anted , the rice -
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fie lds being uti lis ed f or this p ur pose . Djarak was a ls o p l anted
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aroun d the rice fields, a l ong the roads i des , and in gardens
a r oun d the houses . Rami (China grass) was a l so p lan ted in the

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ric ef i e l ds .
An informant from Mag elang (Mid - J ava) states t hat one third

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of the paddy cr op f r om his father ' s ricefi e l d was t ake n by the
Jap2.ne se , for which payment was p ro mised but n o t r e ceiv ed . On e
third was stored in the VJedana ' s war eho us e under orde rs fr om
~ that of fic ial; this was suppo s ed t o ba availab l e to l ocal inhab -
itants in the event o f a s u bseq u en t cr op fai lur e . One thi r d was
r etained by the g r owers . Co c onut s we r e a ls o bei n g g r own on in -
formant's f am il y l and , the r e tail p rices t o th e inhab it an ts being
l i cents per s ma ll nut and 2 cents for a large on e .
Ano the r informant fr om Cheribon d istrict states t hat in 1 l~3
the one c rop o f p a ddy harv ested by his f ami l y was 5! pi culs
(1 p ic u l is 136 lb s) ~ Of thi s , the! were allowed t o r eta in 2
p iculs for their own consumption , 1 2 p icul ·s was delivered t o t he
village warehouse wi t hout paymen t , and 2 pi culs were h anded t o
the J apan ese ·,vithout payme nt , who c o l l e cted this quantity in a
mi lit ary truck when the harvest was finished . _
An infor man t fr om 'reman seo eng ( Mid - J a va) states that in Jul
1 43 the vanilla es t ate nDadarredjo 11 was be ing ope r ated by
J avane se under J apanese c ontro l .
An inf ormant who l oft the Probo l inggo di'Strict (East Java)
in J an 1 44, states that t he l o c a l f arme rs had been in structed
to p l an t their ricefi e lds wi th djarak and c o tt o n~
1m i nfo rmant fr om Rans iki (near lVlanokwari , Vogelkop) , be -
lieved th at in May 'L+Li. , the rubb er plantation in this area had
J ~~;dbeen de str oyed by the J ai:;anese , 8Ild that the tr ees were
(______? fo r tapp ing .
Food : In Oc t '42 at Tiilimoes (Cher ib on , 1Nest J a va) , a l -
though there was no actua l starvation , the re was much hs.rcship
owing to the c onfiscation of a la~ ge part of the paddy c r ops ,
which had to be r eplaced by swee t pot at oes , t ap ioca and Ylilms .

Industri es and ifanufacturing: The f o ll owing ind ustries

were obse rv ed in the Ma l ang a rea: -
a. Sep t 1J+3: A cl ot h weav ing f actory at Oemboel. .
,. b. Jun 144: The J apanese had set up a wi re and nail industry
0) in a. small warehous e n ear the r adio Btat i on in
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Be t ekweg , employing about 20 workmen . ·Wage s
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) ware 2.bout 27 cents a day , wi thou t fo od .
,.... c. Jun ' 41~.: A t a nning factory f or buff a l o and c ow hides was
~ seen in the village o f Me rgosonos , abou t 1 mi l e
south of Ma l a n g . , Up to 60 hi d es we re seen being
fleshed . ( NorrE NEFIS : Pr obab l y only a hide and
skin drying establishment) .
~ a. 1943 : A gun ny bag f a ct ory had been s t a rted next to the
Faroka cigar e tte factory •.
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The following industries were observed in 1 43, in the
Amboe loe district (Djember, East Java):
a. The three existinc ricemi l ls were operating as before under
Chin2se supervision, with Japanese inspectors .
b. A small loom was makinG cloth , but only the poorest of the
inhabitants were permitted to buy this c l'oth, the price of
which was 3 to 4
gui l ders for a length sufficient to make
one coat . The material was coarse but serviceable . About
30 women were employed on this loom .
c. The former sisal factory at Kotta Elater was still operating ,
but the output had decre2sed considerab l y . Only about 20
workers were employed , as aijo.inst 50 in pre - war times . This
factory was still managed by a Dutch Euras ian named Landegard .
d. The tapioca factory 2.t Kotta Blater had been c l osed .
An informant from the Xed iri (East J a va) district states
that in 1 43 the sugar mills Bogokidoe l, Minggir an , Poerwosari
and Mritjan had been closed down.
Th~ Chinese owned coconut oil f 2ctory and rice mill at Papar
(Kertosono , East Java) was still functioning , but the portion of
the factory which formerly milled rice had been closed .
An informant from the Salamo.n ( Mat,e lane;, Mid - J o.va) district
states that the tapioca f t: ~cto ry at Kg . Plempoengan, which was
formerly Chinese managed , has been taken over by the Japanes e
for the manufacture of starch and soap .
An informant from the Cheri bon ( Nest J a va) district states
that the sugar mills Sindanglaoet arid Nieuw Tersana had not
been operating since the Japanese occupation .
An informant had a carpenter friend who had accepted work
bui l ding wooden ships at feka l ongan (Mid - Java) and Toeban
(East Java) - no dates g ivon .
An :lnforrn.2.nt from the Solo distri c t (Mid-Java) confirms the
existence of a g lass factory at Poerwosari on the site of the
former fo otba ll field . The main building is about 150 metres
long and is built in the shape of a crescent . Glassware was pu t
on sale in Nov '1+3 · Tumblers cost from 15 to 20 cents each,
but were of poor quality; nevertheless , the produc t s were in
great demand .
An informant fro m Soerabaja (East Java) states that the
Arnbonese and Menadonese -women interned at Tambaksari were forcib l y
emp loyed in spinni.ng rs.mi for ricebag s . For one kg . of twine
ten cents was paid . Onlj a very hard worker could make this
quantity per day .
The pape r factory at Kg . Letjes (Probo l inggo , East Java) was
still functioning and employing many hands at the end of 143 .
Wages had been reduced from 20 cents per day to 15 cents , without
food . 'rhe same informant states that a new rope factory has been
bui lt on the site of the former Pasar ( Marke t) at Spoor Straat ,
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Probo ling go . Th.3 · outpv.t is unknown . A rice bag factory was seen
in Zeestraat behind the railway station, where in ear l y 143 about
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200 employees of both sexes were working . The output was abou t
" 100 bags daily . Two other ricebag facto r ies were situated in
Groote Postweg and Djati villa~e, where there were also two rice
mil ls. ~

Minerals and Meta ls:

Mining Activities: In '43 at Tirtomojo , Won og iri, Solo

(Mid-Java) it was observed that the go l d mining areas had been
extended, and the output grea tly increased since the Japanese
occupat ion . About 5 , 000 - 6 , 000 impressed coolies were emp loyed
there . The ore was transported in small sacks to Semarang . •
Considerable quantities _of gold were reported to be extracted . . ~

Transportation: , . f ~
Inland Rail: It is stated that formerly the tracks be-
tween Solo and Semarang (Mid - J ava ) , were laid to take both the
N.I.S. (Netherlands Indies Railw&y Company) and S . S . (.State
Hai lw ay ) rollinc; stock. 'I'here were three rails to take the t wo
differen t gaug es of rolling stock . An outer rail (N . I.S . ) had
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The broad gauge l ocomotives (N . I . S . ) are said to have been trans -
ferred to Bur ma , and apprenti c es o f the Solo l ocomotive work -
shops with them , each apprentice receiving /360 . 00 before depart -
ure . This information was given to an informant by his brother
who was previously emiJloye·d by the H. I . S . and is now employed as
a fitter with the S . S .
An informant from Malang (East Java) states that in 1 43 the
steam- tramline fr om Kediri to Paree had been taken up , and the
who l e of the former permanent way p l anted with castor p lants .
An informant fr o re Temanggoeng ( Mid - Java) had heard from
several s ources that the railway from Djokja to Parakan was to
be pulled up . 'JV ork en this, however , had not been c ornmenced
when informant left Te ;nangzoeng in J·un 1 !+3 .
An informant from 3c.j oene; ( 10 km east of Semarang , Mid - Java)
confirms that the S . C . S . ( Semarang - Cheribon Rnilw ay C omiJany) and
S . J . s . (Senarang - Joana Railway Company) are linked up at Semara.rig ,
as he was ab l e to alight at Iontjol station (S . C . S . ) , when
travelling from Sajoeng (S . J . S . ). .
In Oct 1 43 , the S.c . s . l ine between Paboear ang - Djatip iring -
Sindang Laoet (east of Cheri bon) had been taken up by the Japan -
ese .

Motor: During Jul 1 43 , it was observed that motor b uses

which former l y operated between Temangg oenr; and Ma2~e l ang ( I'1Iid -
J ava) had been taken off by the Japanese. Tr a vel between these
points was by rai l, on which , however , there had been no i ncreas e
in fares .
An informant who left Choribon (Res t Java) in Oct 1 43,
states that the auto - bus line s operating fro m Choribon had been
seized by the Japan e se . Tickets could be bought at a new bus
station or t arm inal erected a l ongside the Kedjaksaan rail
station (S . S . ) , where passenge rs mounted or dismounted in an
enclosure; tickets were taken on entering or leaving the stati on .
Each bus had a J apanese soldier guard , and a Japanese chauffeur .
No dismounting was permitted en route . The fare f r om Tji l imoes
to Cheribon, which former ly was ten cents , had been increased
to 1,+.8 cents .

Utilities:

Power: Up to Oct ' 43 , a t Chsribon (West Java) electric

power was only suprlied from 1830 hrs to 2400 hrs ( l ocal time),
whe n a ll power was shut off . No power was supplied in the day-
ti me . The power station in Oct 143 was still operating on the
accumulated coal stocks 1 8ft by ths Dutch nanac;ement , but at
this date ther e was very little remaining .

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Telephone: In Cct 1 43, at Cherib on (Wes t Java) use of
telephones was confined to works such as utilities and to
Government offices; the service could not be used domestically
by any of the Indonesian pop ulation .

Telegraph: Nhen an informant living at Tjilimoes tried

to telegraph to a relati on at Cheribon in Oct 143 , he f ound that
the service had been discontinued .

Shortages in Equioment and Materia l: An informant from

Ma lang (East--rB:vaf-:s-~ates tTiat li114:~ 1 1~4- the Japanese were
buying up al l the available iron and lead; villagers dug up
the s pe nt bullets from -the butts at the rifle range, m0lted them
down and sold them t o the Jap a nese .

Finance:

Currency: In Oct 1 43 at Cheribon (Wes t Java) it was ob -

served that all Dutch silver coinage other than 10 cent and 5
cent p ieces had disappeared from currency, but /5 . 00 , /2 . 50 and
/1 . 00 notes of Dutch issue still circulat e d . Civilians in Java
hesitated to hold Japanese issue paper money , as it was ma de of
such poo r paper that if wet or folded to any extent it became
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sodden and fr ayed and was r e fuse d everywhere .
An :informant who liv ed at Talog oredj o , Temanggoe n g (Mid-
Java) during May ' 42 - Jul 1 43, stat es that many villace folk
had hidde n or bur i ed a ll the silve r c oi ns in their po ssessi on .
Immediate l y J apane se pape r curr e ncy c ame in t o their hands the
village folk spen t it if poss ibl e , as the no t es we r e s o p o or
that a ll col our ran off them when we t, while the fact that
there were n o signa tur es , or note numb e rs, was r egarded by the m
with misg iving .

Labour: In Jul 'W+ , at IV,anokwari (V oge lkop ) the r e were

es t imat ed t o be thr ee or f our ba tt a li ons of Fukien labourers
from Formosa . ------
An :in f orman t states th at in _A.inboe l oe ( south of D j embe r, East
Java), in 1 43, much l abour was i mpr esse d in t he district .

Cl oth i ng : ~t the end of 1 43 a t Probo l inggo (East J ava ) any

c oo lie who wo rke d f or the J apanese c ou l d p urchas e cloth at f or m-
e r p ric es on p r oducti on of a pe r mi t, which was not difficult t o
obta in. A co o li e not work i ng for the Jap anese f ound it extreme ly
diff icult to obtain such a p ermit .
In the mark e t s a t Ma lang (East Java) and Mage lang ( Mi d - Jav a )
in '43, informant saw several articles o f clothinc on sa l e , made
of rub b er , such as sarong s , keba j as ( b lous es) and trousers .
The p ric e o f the saron3s was /4 . 25 each .

X. PROPAGAND A AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE INFORMATION .

E nemy:

Rad i o Pro pa.c;and a: The Japan e se insta ll ed louds peake r s in

Cheribon (Wes t J ava ) f or a short per i od aft e r the occupation ,
b ut removed them a g ain in Oct 1 43 .

Non - Radio Propaganda:

Posters: Up to Aug ' 43 , the on l y poster s ee n in

PGrB.kan ( Mid-Jav a ) was one showing t he c orr e ct manner o.f bowing
to Jap s nese when passing or arriving at a sentry post, b cith for
men and wcr'ne n.

Speeches: I n Aug 1 !+3, an informant heard Ir . Soekarno

( President of the J a v a Cent ral Council) addr ess a l a r ge audience
at the Malang stadium (Eas t Jav a ). The main purport o f his
speech was that J a va shou l d be maintained f or the J avanese .
Hi s wor d s we r e rec e iv ed with en t h us ias tic app l a use . There were
a l so f our Japanese o ffic e rs on the pla tf orm •

.Mor a l e o f Enemy F~rc es : Dur int; J an - Jun 11+1.i- , at

Noemf oe r--rsland , D . N. G., it was obs e rv ed t ha t durinc; a ir r aids
t he J ap cnese invari ab l y ran for the slit tr e nches at the first
sound of an a p proaching p l ane , and s t ayed the re until the air -
cr af t we r e wel l away .

XI . ATROCI TIES . -

A. Factual :

1. Fus . Rasid bin Djopaw iro Samid jan, No . 43751 , Jav anese ,
states that at Djat inang3 oer , Pr eanGer Pfos t Jav a ) in May 142 ,
whi l e he was a PW on t he tea estate , he and the o ther PW were
assemb l ed to witness the exe cuti on of one Neth e rlander , one
Ambonese and on e J avanese , who were dressed in civilian cl o the s .
They we r e shot dead , by t hree Japane se so l die rs and buried at the
p l ace where t hey were executed, in graves about o ne met re deep .
Informant does not know the names of the victims n or their
mur de r e rs.

2. Fus . K. V . Soe g anda bin Sas tr omad j a , , No . 2605 , J a van ese ,

s t ates that one morning in Feb - Mar 144 in fr on t o f the Christian
church a t Jenmanoe , Noemfoe r Islan d , to ge ther with many of his
comrades . he witnessed the beheadin g o.f a J av anese c oo l ie by a
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Jap anese officer, using his ceremonial sword. The victim wa s
alleged to have stolen a tin of fish.

3. The same informant states that durinc Feb-Mar 1 4.4, at

Jenmanoe, Noemfoer Island, about two days after the above de-
cap itation, ano ther J a vanese name d Hadi was made to kneel bef o re
th e assembled Javanese co o lies, and was then b ayonetted to
death by a Jap anese Private, named J\foertar . Hadi' s offence
had been to light a cooki n0 fire during an air raid alarm.

4. The same informa nt states that sometime after the t wo

executions at Jenmanoe, Noemfoer Island, he saw the torture and
d eath of a sick J o.v c., nes e , a t the hands of two J·apanese; Mioto, a
Private 1st class, and Moertar, Private. The Javanese victim
was held by one Japanese whi l e the other forced him to swallow
salt water for a b out tw o h ours, during which time the contents
of three 4-gallon kerosene tins were forced into the sick man .
~t last his intestines were ruptured and water exuded as he died
in agony. (Mioto was later killed in a foxho l e; Moertar is
thoug ht to be a PW in Allied hands).

5. Soebowo bin Sagoeng , civilian, Javanese, states that

a bout Jun 1 42, he saw tied to a tree in the market square a t
Malang , the body of a Ma doerese who had been bayonetted to
death. A few field police were still in attendance, and a
notice in Malay displayed above the victim stated that the man
was a thief, and had be en caught in the act of entering a ware-
house.

6. Soaper bin Karsonadi , civilian, Javanese , states that in

Jan '43, he saw the Japanese making a round of the Dutch houses
at Pasar Kliwon in Solo (Mid-Java). They were arresting Dutch-
men, who were pushed into pig baskets and loaded on trucks, one
on tor of the other, in the same manner as pigs are carted .
In one of the trucks near informant, he saw fifteen Dutch s o
tr e ated. When a truck was filled the Jap anese trampled on the
cr a ted men. At one of the houses the wife of one of the Dutch
victims, weepin~, attemp ted to prevent the Jap anese from taking
her husband)iway, and was immediately bayonetted to death; her
child was left unharmed.

7. The same informant states that at Ifanokwari (Vog elkop)

in Jan 1 44, he witnessed the beheading of two Javanese who had
attempted to escape . Informant and his friends were roused at
n i g ht and comp elled to witness the execution. The c;raves were
first dug by co o lies, and the two victims made to squat at tho
edge. A Japanese soldier beheaded the first victim with a sword;
another Japanese soldier then came forw a rd and struck the other
victim with a sword. The bodies fell into the graves, but the
second man was not dead. He rose up in the g rave and cried out,
whereur:on the J ap anese soldier completed the execution .

8. The same informant states that on Noemfoer Island, a b out

May 1 44, he saw two Javanese beheaded . Many coolies were
assembled and forced to witness the execution. A Japanese
Cap tain drew his sword to carry out the execution, when a
Soendanese called Darma, who was chief foreman at Noemfoer, came
forwar d and asked the permission of the Japanese officer to
execute the victims himself, which request wa,s g ranted. The
victims had already been severely beaten by Darma with sticks.
(See also Comp ilation of NEFIS Interrog ation Re p orts Nos. 200,
202, 204-214, 229 - 245).

9. On Noemfoer Island , about Jun '44, the same informant

saw a Batak foreman 'named Dalim beat a sick .Javanese v e ry badly
with his fists, then throw him into a well, after which Dalim
threw in large clods of earth and stones. Later, informant saw
the well half filled with earth.

B. Hearsay:

Achmad bin Abas, civilian, Ternatese, who was in the

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was t o l d by a Bos n ik Papuan named Sahbandar that , after th e
Japan ese o ccu pation, the l a tt e r had accom ranie~ tw o J apane s e
named Hori and I watoe fro m the c otton p lant ation a t War en , and
had hunted dovm an J-urrbonese named Manup utt y , who was district
offic er at Moemi unde r Dutch rule, but who l e ft Moemi abou t
three days be fore the Japanese a rriv ed . Sahban d ar stated
that Manuputty was captured at Windhe si, S . E . Vogelkop , D . N. G. ,
and executed on Roon Island in Gae lvink Bay , D . N. G. Informant
was t ol d that Manuputty 1s son , aged about 16 , was a ls o executed
at the same time as his father .

XII. PERSO NALITIES.

Ar my Personne l~ The of f ic e rs of Hei -H o , But ai OKA No .

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144 , we r e :
Commandant
Commander 1st Coy
Commander 3rd Coy
Arije (Tjo e i)
Komadjawa (Sjo i)
Koebota (Sj o i)
'rhe above named office rs were killed early in Jul 11J-i_ .
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Komadjawa killed Arije with his sw ord and Koebo ta with his p is -
tol. I\omadjo.wa Wt-.s afterwo.r c s executed by Kempe i f or these
murders .
,"i.n infor mo.nt states t ha t during Nov 143 - Jul 144, Hei - Ho
at Man okwa:".'i (Vo 0"3 lkop~ D , N. G . ), were fr equently in spe cte d by
what the Japanese descr'ibecl as ;1 the two Generals" . One known
as General JI.To, 1,. was a tall man who wore spectacles and had a
moustache. The General No . 2 wa s a short man . These t wo
Generals a l ways made inspections together . They were s till at
Manokwari ear l y in Jul ' l~l~ .

Mi litary Po lice (Kempe i): In Jul 143 the head of Kempe i

at Tomangg-oeng- \ htl.Cf:."J RV"aT- and the only J apanese in the p l a c e
was named Yamagawa .
During Ju~. 1 42 - Oct 143 , a t Mage l a n e; (Mid - J a va) a Japanese
Shot j o name~ Obata, was stationed at Kempe i Headquarters at
lvla3e l an,s; ObatG. 2.J.so made o ccasional visits of ins pe cti on t o
Parakan (Mid-Java) .
In Oct 1 43 , at Che ribon (Wes t J sva ) it was observed that a
Chinese (a ta ll, thin , clean- shaven man ) was a cting_gs inter -~
pr e ter f01' Kem}2Bi. He wo r e a Japanese offi c e r's uniform a n d a
ceremoniar-sword .
Informa nt , Cpl. Soewar t o bin Martosoewi to , No . 5572, states
tha t Corporal Soe r e_ tman and Fus ili er Wijadi , f orme r members of
the Legi on of the l'.'fa~c;koe Negor o , are spie s in the pay of' the
Kempei at Solo (Mld - Sava) .
Soed2rto bin Soemokari a , (Javanese) states that a Javanese
named B_gQ.jc:mg ~-3 r;e~_}o--+:er" -,~o be a spy f or the J apanese at
iilllboe loe (south of Djember , Ea st J ava ) . Age 35, married and has
one chi l d. Bodjong inf ormed the Japa n ese abou t hiding p l a ces
of Dutch cit iz ens before int ernment was comp l eted , and a lso dis -
c l osed to the Japanese where the Dutch had hidden r ad i os, p~t r o l,
et c. Bodjong lives i n Kaoeman village .
See a l so Section III , Disposi ti ons and Streng th of
Or ,; anisations and Units .

Civil Officials: An informan t from Probo ling30 (East Java)

s tu tes· · that t~:le- forme r Hec..:,ent had been interned . A J avan ese
Mayor (a native of Probo l inggo ) was appointed by th e Japnnese
and lived in the former residen c e of the Contr o leur in Gr oote
Fos twe g . H5s offi u e was in the Re ge ncy building .
In Jul 1 L3, the Lce rah (vill age head) of Tal ogoredj o ,
Tenanggoeng (Mid - Java) was named Pawi ro dihar d jo .
The follow ins were membe r s of the Town Po lice, Pro bo ling:~o ,
at the end of '~j: -
Inspector - Mar d joeki (h arsh)
Sub - Inspector - Soebandi (h arsh)
Head Detective - No l o (v ery b rutal)·

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. In May i4J+ at Moemi (Vo g e1 kop , D . N. G. ), the district officer
was a n ;~mbone se named Na ndesa . This man as ·f ar as inf ornan t is
aware did n o t worsen the l ot o f l oca l peop l e .
During 1 43 at So l o ( Mid-Java) the former J-~ssiste nt Wedana
(Po li ce division) , n a me d Raden Soeka t mo , had been p r omoted by
the Jo.i:::anese to b e We d ana (Police d ivi sion) .
At Probo li ngg o (East J a ve) a Ja p ane s e named Sug in omi was in
char g e of youth or g anis a tions in 1 43 . ~
An informant who left Malang (East Java) in J an 1 Lµ+. , st ate s
that the name of the Japanese Reside nt a t Malane; was Tanaka , who
lived, in a house on the corner of Idjen Bou l evard a n a -smer0 e
Straa t.
A Japanese named Tjukimoto , who was i n cha r ge of trade and
industries in Ma l a n c; di~str i ct , lived at No . 2 Slamet Park.
Tjukimoto lived a t Ma l ang befor e the war; he is married t o a
Javanese woman named Soe pinah and has 3 children who were sent
to Japan in 137. oefor e the war , Tjukimoto was a small dealer in
produce , and ha d tw o shop s , on e in Bot j ek v illa~~e ancl one ne c..r
Kar a n c;p l oso . At the out b r e ak of war , Tjuk i moto was :i. n terne d b y
the Dutch; he is a violent ha t er of the whi te r a ce .

Civi lian s: fill inf ormant states that in Jun 1 43 , he saw the
wife a n d children of Dr. ~oes..man at their house in Bromo StraCJ. t ,
Ma l ang (East Java), but di d not see the cl oc tor . According· t o
informant , Dr . Soesman had a very good reputation in Mal ang .
Accor d ing t o an inform:-::.nt who 1-eft 1VIag elang (Mid - Java) in
Sep t 1 L~3 , Pa _v.a.n-d.er Steur (of the boys orphanage) had been
int e rRed by the Japru1es e .
Up to Jul 1 43, a Ge r man believed t o be a railway official
employed by the Japanes e was frequently to be seen on ins pe cti on
t ours at Teman3go eng st a tion (Mid -Java) . He wore a b r assar d
with a red ba ll; his name is unknown.
An informant wh o was in the Vogelkop ar a a of New Guinea fr cm
142 to Aug 1 44, states t hat he hear d that the manage r of the
Governm ent rubber p lant a tion at Ransik i,named van der Kr a p , was
t a ken from internment at Mo e mi to Manokwari . -
) . ccordinc to a Bo snik Papuan named Sahb a ndar, a collaborat or
nrune d Laurens Te l ossah (h.mbonese) helpe d the ,J o.p anese t o hunt
Manupu~aY11::mbonese District Officer) in Mo emi. This re-
sulte d in the captur e a nd executi on of Manuputty , on Ro on Isl and ,
Geelvink Bay , D.N.G. in r42 . (S ee Se cti on Atrocities) .
It is stated that a d octor Meyer , an e l der l y man wh o live d
in Prob olinggo (East J ava ) f or many years , and whose h ouse and
clinic were in Zeestraa t , where he had a priv ate p ractice, was
a t liberty until the end of 142,
when he 1 eft Frobo lingg o for
an unknown destination . Hls house was occupied i n 143 by ab ou t
seven e l d er l y Dutch women , who a p peared to b e a t liberty .

XIII . GENERAL .

Civilian Int e rnment Canp s: All the Dutch women an d child ren
from Mage l an12: (Mid - J ava ) we r e interned in the Banjoebiroe prison
at .Ambarawa 1r1Iid -J av a ) in 1 L~2 , and wer e stil l there in Jul 143 .
The g uards wer e Fiel d Po lice from Arnb arawa .
An o the r informant st a tes that the former in t e rnment camp fo r
Dutch women an d chi l dren at Groo t e Weg in Mag e l ant; (Mid-Java)
was vacated some t :Lme in ' 43 .
At Handoe Tig a vil l a g e , Bl ondo , IJiag e l ang (Mid - J ava) up to
Jul 1 L~3 , the re was a n internment c amp for Arnbonese and Menaclonese
women . Tha forme r villag ers had been r e moved to make r oom
f or these i n t e rnees. Ra tions we re su pp lied by the Japane s e .
Up to Dec 1}_~3 , a t r mnbaksari, S oerab c. jo. (East Java) there
was an internment camp \vh er e many Amb on e se an d lVIenaci onese women
were int e rned . Seen d uring s. visit in Dec 1 43 , the int e rnees
l o oke d shabby and thin , a n d were in d istress . Many ch'il c~ ren h a d
died . All were mad e to d ig their own air rald she lter s . Once a
wee k a p a rty was all owe d to visit the city, another party the
following week, and so on .
An informant heard that in '43 t here were many Dutch male
int e rne e s at Te g a l sang 3ar in Banjoewang i d istrict (East J av a ).

Prostitution: It is stated that in 1 43 , a Javanese named

Amat , who lived in Gelang an villag e , Mag e l ang (Mid - J ava )
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selected young g irls from the villages of Gelangan , Begeman and
Toekangan for use of the Japanese . These girls were taken to
farmer 7th Bn barracks in Mage lang , where Arna t lived and acted
as guard over them .
During ' 43 at Solo (Mid - Java) , it was observed that many
improssed vi l lage Girls were at the Russche Hotel, for the use
of Ja panes e;6fficers . It is state.d that a Chinese in So l o (Mid -
Java) was issued with a per'mi t fro m Kempei , authorising him to
select gir l s fro m the villages through the Assistant Wedanas .
The Girls were enticed by offering them work at / 1 . 00 per day in
So lo; once there they did not return .
An informant from Amboe l oe (Djember , East Java) states
that in '43, villa r.:; e g irls were se l ected and taken to r es taur -
anteyand hotels for the purpose of p r os t itution , after first
bein g medical ly examined . These 13irls did no t return to their
villages .

Looting: In Mar '42 , many peop le from Bantam, Seranc; and

Pandeglang followed the Japanese troops into Batavia to l oot ,
the shc~ s . Inf ormant saw many Chinese shops which so l d cloth
and sar ongs with their doo rs and wa l ls smashed in . The Japanese
made n o attempt to stop the l oo t ing , which l asted fr om 0300 to
1000 hrs; many Japanese so l diers took part in the loo t ing .
Simi l ar stories o f l ootin3 by villacers and Japanese soldiers
were r eported on the a rrival of the Japanese at Pasoeroean ,
Madioen and Ngo.ndj oek (Eas t J a va) .

N . E . I. Personne l at Lar ge : An informant was told ear l y in

'43 that a Timorese Serc eant named Tisdoen had escaped f r om the
Japanese in 1 42, near Poerworedjo (Mid - Java) and had taken to
the hills . He was later arrBsted , togethe r with an An0onese
Lieut . (name unknown) , a 3c;t . VJ elk i es ('rimor ese) , Sgt . ~a
(Timorese) and Sgt . Mohar:i.ad Noer ( Atjehnese ). Wh i le being
taken b y motor truck , rrowe ver , three of them , Sg t . Tisdoen, the
Ambone se Lieut . and Sc; t . Mohamad Noer , es c aped . Ear l y in 1 4_3
informant hear d tha t s9t . Tisdoen had been arrested by Kempei -~
near Tjandi , SemaranJ l Mid - Java) and executed . At that time,
the Ambonese Lieut . and Mohamad Noer were supp osed to be still
at l a r g e in the hills of Goenoeng Mendj::mgan, ne a r l\foc;elr.ng
(Mid - Java) .

Misuse of Red Cross : In '42 the Jap anese tr 2nspori> 1~huk2.­

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Mc.ruir wo.s n l ongside a t randjoeng Perak , Soe r c.ba ja (East J e_vo_) .
An informru1t states that with about 300 other PW he worked day
o.nd ni0 ht lo adi nc; this vesse l with rai l s , scrap - i r on , 7. 5 cm.
guns, ammunition, t a nks , t r ucks , A/A guns , lo.rc;e quantities
of cement in paper b3gs , d iverse mat e rial from demolished h ouse s,
such a·s window and door fr ames , p l anks , etc . P i g s were a lso
lo aded .
Before lo ad in6 , a l~r g e Red Cr oss painted on cloth was
str e tched across the sup erstructure , about the level of the
Captain ' s bridse .

Initiative in Disposing of Japanese Cap t o r s: Pte . 1st class_

S ilas_ S_iwa Woonoe , No . 3~-802 , Timorese , o.ppGrently used c ons id-
e rable initiative when he kille d his- two Japanese guards with a
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par a ng 11 (mach e tte) in Aug 144 at Kg . · Be.roe (Voge l kop, D. N. G. ) ,
and cap tur e d the ir arms and equipmen t.

/r0!_- -
Lt . Cdr . J . C. Smit .
De puty Director NEFIS .

Camp Co l umb i a, 29th October ,1 944 .

Enclosure:
Ske tch NEFIS No . FY 5 334 Town Flan C heribon .
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