DARUL ISLAM ACTIVITY IN WEST JAVA

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 13, 2001
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• Publication Date: March 5, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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,CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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Indonesia
Darul Islam Activity in West Java
WEST JAVA
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DATE DISTR. 5 March 1953
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Garut Regency
1. In the Garut Regency ,:20 percent of the people believe in Islam and would like
to see an Islamic state.formed. However, the majority of the people are so
poorly, informed that they cannot tell the difference between Islam and Communism.
Cole Y IIXwilarang, comm-anding.officer of 3 Division' (Siliwangi) is using Kiais
(teachers of. Islam) to counter Communist propaganda.l
In Garut Regency the,arul,.IElam (DI) forces, the Tentera Islam Indonesia (TII),
are divided into three grouper
Leader Number Armament.
I(artosuwirjo2 60 Well-armed "elite guards"
Mohammed Enoch 400 300 well-armed;,arms include 6 Bren
guns, and 2 or 3 mortars
Atjim 300 Well-armed
These groups operate in north and. east Garut, specifically in the Districts of
WararadJa, Sukawening, Tjibatu, Malangbong, Tjiawi, Singaparna, the. mountains
of Telagabodas,. Galunggung, Bagendit, Sawal, and Tjakrabuana.
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3 October
3 October
7 October
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22 October
7 November
28 November
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Group Area of Activity
60 men Attacked area between Warungpeuteui
and Leuveungtiia in Leles District
(No Garut)
unkr wn m ber
Attacked Kampung Tj'ipatJing and Tjibunar
Desa Sindangsuka in 113inatu District
(Ee Garut)
unknon size, Attacked Desa Padasuka in TJibatu
District (E. Garut)
80
200
180
60
100
12 December 1
15 December 200
16 December 300
Attacked Kampung Nudjungdjaja, Tjibatu
District
Attacked Kampung Babakantjau, Tjibatu
District and Kampung Tjikaong, Wanakerta
District (E. Garut)
Attacked Kampung SukawaJana) Malangbong
Districts Army and police established
contact, lost 2'men; TII lost 74 men
and 24 weaponso3
A TII group of 200 led by Kartosuwirjo
were in Kampung Mnagkit, Desa Tjikidung
and Tjililin Bandung. Kartosuwirjo
plans to visit all DI" groups in Garut
Regency
Attacked: Kampung Lebakgede, Desa
Padasuka, and Desa Tjibunar in Tjibatu
District
Attacked Kampung Mandjaknangsi,
Malangbong District. Residents robbed;
1. house burned.
Exchanged shots with the Army on the
border between Warungbandrek and
Malangbong Districts
Stole Sten gun from police post in
Tjitjalengka District on border of
aarut and Bandung Regencies.
Attacked part of Garet City; 1 Army
killed, houses looted; people kidnapped;
10 homes burned.
Attacked Kampung Bentarhilir, Kampung
Bentargirang and Garet City; 2 Army
killed, 25 houses burned.
16 December 80 Attacked Kampung Tantjabango, Trogong
District, 3 residents killed.
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29 December
4 January
7 January
12 January
Tasik 1 ja and. Tjiai.is Regencies
1+., TII'Upt Leader Strength
1 Division
Danu
Mohamed Enoch, At jim and a gr up of
Angkatan Communist Mud.a (ACOMA)
attacked Sukawening District.
Enoch,: Atjim and a group of ACOMA
occupied; Tjibatu District for an hour
end Doted it.
Mohammed. Enoch and his men attacked an
Army post in Sanding.,, captured all the
weapons and killed all of the Army.
Mohamed Enoch and his men attacked
the. Army post at Trogong.
Area of Operation
2.5OO Tasikmalaja, Tjiamis, Manondjaja.
Outtkirts Bandung NE and NW Middle Priangan
TII Uzit.
Leaders, of Division.Brigades
Captains Bos., Smits, and Achmad Sungkawa.6
Bogor Residency,
6. In the Bogor area TII forces are led by Hadji Engkar.and Hadji Bakar. These two
men kidnapped the following officers of the Komite Rakjat (Peopieis Comitte) of
Djakarta.
Chairman Ali
Treasurer Kaman.
Secretary Tjetjep.
Agit-Prop Imun
These men were taken to Gunung Pant jar and it is. rumored that they were beheaded.
January 1953
7* There are 900 men concentrated at the foot of Mt. $ lak 2 km SW of Bogor. In
this group are Indians., Ambonese and some Dutch. Cpta W. Smits is reported
to be among the group. In addition to standard infantry equipment these men have
six 3 inch field pieces and ten 3 inch trench mortars,
8. 'ortifidations at the foot of Mt. Sanggabuana have been consolidated to such an
extent that when the Army 315 Infantry Battalion under Capt. Machfud attacked them,:
he was driven off, The TII used cartridges stamped with the date 1953.
On 15 January the TII 1. Battalion led by Had j i Engkar .and Had ji' Baker marched down
from Gunung Pantjaar and split into two columns at Tadjur. One column proceeded
in the direction of the sub-district of Tjiteureup which it attacked and burned,
killing three persons. The other column blocked the highway connecting Tjiteureup
with Tjibinong, This column was driven off by a chief constable and 8 men.
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100 On 19 January the TII.k Battalion burned the rubber?refinery on the Pasir bung
Estate near Gunung Hambalang 6 km E of Nenggewer on the Djakarta-Bogor highway.:
Djakarta. Area
11 . In the areas of Bekaa4 Tajika ,rang , Lema nhabaang and rural Djakarta TTI groups. are led
by Hadji Djolsh and.:Natjem bin ~fhnjard-
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om nt o. As of late, December 1952 the. DI had concentrated, its forces-
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0, O0 aenj in the area of Garut and Bandung in' West Java. The
DI had withdrawn their forces From all other areas in west Jaya,to effect
this build up.. However, the DI was not at this time planning to launch an
all out drive on Garet or Bandung.
ent. has reported that the main force of the
er the dire
:artos rirjo with HQ In the Djibatu areaa
Comment; The DI forces are obtaining Thompson and Vickers weapons
'aim a source in D ja rta
4. Comment, In late December Enoch was reparte
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a att&JtpA:w:itt HQ, in znung Eweranda, east of Garut Town.
be operating in. the areas; of Sal rant ja, Telagasari.# Kadungora and
Siinkawening
oTanee
o l3 ~wers*
reported that the main TIT forge in West
Java was under Capt. Bos (Van den,Bo.sch) and Zainal Abidin operating in the
Sindanglays area with H Q a ,t Ka ,ndangbadak,, near Ratu crater of Mt . Gefth.
W. Salts (also recd W. Smith) was reported to command 1,,750 men with HQ
10 km W of Gunung Masr operating SW of Bogor Town., Achmad Sungkawa was said
to have 2,500 men under him who were divided in five groups stationed at
Tjikalong Kulon, Tjikslong Wetan, Kandanghauer, and Haurgeulis in the hilly
ar;s of W Priangan Residency.
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