MISSING INDONESIAN REPUBLIC PLANE R. I .- A.U. 002

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002100330004-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 15, 1998
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: December 3, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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D~~~ 01STR. 3 December 1948
couNrRY Indonesia
SUBJECT Dtissis~ Indonesian Bspabllc
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PLACE
ACQUIRED
25X1A6a
? A.II. 002 ND. OF PA(3E3
NwOg~OF ,
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT N?.
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1. The following pe.s~engere were carried by the Indonesian Rermblic~s plane R.I. ~-
A.U, 002 (8epublic of Indonesia - Ang~sa.tan Udsra No. 002), which Antares
(Indonssiaa news agency) reporttd had been missing since i October 194$. On this
date, the plane left the airfield at Tan$Joeng-Kairan~; (Iamnatt~;, Southern Sumatra)
at 2 p.m. enroute to Benlanelent
B, Freeberg {an American), Pilot
5oemadi, sa officer in the Antagtan Oedara Repoeblik Indonesia (AORI)
~ Bambang 3zptoadJi, an officer in the AORi
Santoso, a sergeant in the AORI
~Soeryatrran, sergeant-telegraphist of dORI
Sanaoen 8akrim Assistant Resident Commissioner of the Residency of Rant~e.r~.
2. It is believed that the plane encountered hear winds and crashed in the mountains
between Batoerad3a and kr. Demno (about 3,170 mr.ters above aPa level).
3? Sa~aoen Rt~kx?i naci iex't isantam secretxy, crossed the Sunda Str~.it at Tartd~oen~
25X1 X6 Itarang, and was intesnding to go from there to Auk~~ ~ing~;i.
'?'ht! Zn3onQS3aZ ~:enu'6lic -cit~ae R.I. -~ A.D. 002, t~hich according to Ra:-rntblic
sources is nissir-~; between TandJoeag-8arang and Benlo#e'fen, was carrying 14 bones.
treic~hi?ng 35 kilograr~s each, containing silver and. ~;d`id;~~the following
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Pilot R.^reeber~;
Co--Pi~,a t Santo sa
Crew Bambant
Saeriatno
.E'assengers
Soenadi
Sssaaoenl; 4~'
(Samaven) Plakri, b.saistant Resident of Atntam
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~~FFICLLIS OBLT
Siaswits A#aad,~a, hss~ o! tLe Partai Palitiet Ee~s~tlataa
mat (PPffit)
Yaeraiasastra, ooordipatos far ~aomio dttlsire
nsa~e aot 6tien# Co~endaat of the airbase a# t'~orea.
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Datch iatelligenae aliegsa the-t this Indonesisa Bep~ablio plane 8.i. - l.II. Oat
vac oarryiag loos caeca conta3aias gold bass obtaiaed t'rom the old mine at 3'~itoto~c
soatthern Bantam.
6. this Dacota Ras not bom~d for ?3enltoelen, where there is rxo airfield (aee pare-
graph lj, b'at for aome foreiga aistieid. Its dea.~:tadtioa m~q base bees either
Bax~balc or ae~- Delhi.
?? Source ham bad n~o reports of a plane crash is the area where it vas soppoeed
to ~e been lost, and no 8epnbllcan planes bare landed either at
Taiaadbetoetoe, Pal+enbaaa, or as0* other place 3n that area betwser~ 1 and ].~
October 1948. ~ '
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