EXTREMIST ACTIVITY IN BATAVIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002300370001-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 7, 1998
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 3, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. The Gagak Item, an armed group, has been discovered operating in the
Tanah.bang area of Batavia Centrum. Luny members of this organisation
were formerly members of the Partai R..kjat Djelata, which was led by Saerun
and Abdulrachman sungkar, This group is armed with pistols, automatic guns,
swords, knives, etc. Many of their leaders are police constables.
2. Sixty Indonesian constables of the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, and 7th sections of the
urban police, Batavia, have been put in detention pending investigation.
They are believed to be members of the subversive elements which have
infiltrated into Batavia,
3. Communist emblems have been found in villages east of Tjikampek, indicating
that Communist troops are operating there with the infiltrated Tentera
Nasional Indonesia(TNI) guerrillas.
4. Headquarters of the extremists who have infiltrated into Meester Cornelis
are believed to be in ICampong Pondok Bambu, 3 kilometers southwest of
Blender. In 1945 HadJi Dahrip of the Barisan Banteng Hitamhad his
headquarters there.
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