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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002400500004-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 22, 1999
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: March 4, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

CLASSIFICATION
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COUNTRY Afghanistan/Republic
of Indonesia
SUBJECT 1- .jor feral Abdul Kadir. Re raeentetive
Republic of Indonre,a tr. Af~>Fn3.e#an
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DATE OF IN NET11111 TO CIA LIBRARY
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DATE DISTR. 4 r 1949
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Major General Abdul Kadir'arrived in Kabul, September 1918, to open a
legation and to serve as Mein ,seer from the Indonesian Republic to Afghan-
istan. Although Kadir in accredited to the Afghanistan Government and
the Indonesian Republio is tech^n:tzed by the latter government, Kadir
has refrained from rffic i.ally presenting himself to the other diplomatic
missions at Kabul.
~. Kadir claims to be in constant co nntmication with his Mvemment and also
claims that this corn Iccation with his ?ovprmmnt comes from somewhere
in the mountains of Java., via a British possession. He has made several
trips to New Delhi in order to supervise the training of twenty air cadets
who are at two different civill aviation schools in India.
3. Kadir seems to be well disposed toward Americans and claims that the main
hope of the Indonesians is for'American intervention on their behalf.
Though he feels closely akin to the Dutch people, Kadir states that he
cannot Justify the stand of the Netherlands Government. He further states
that the only hope for Indonesia is a strong independent Moslem state.
11. Abdul Kadir, who is 43 years old, was born in central Java. Upon completion
of primary and secondary schools in Java; Kadir went to Zeyden, Holland,
to study for the Dutch fo:reirn ':service, After five gears of study there,
he spent a year at the University of Lausanne concentrating upon French.
ITO then took and passed the Dutch forei.T1 service examinations. He speaks
almost perfect "nglish, excellent French and C]erman, perfect Dutch, fair
Arabic, native Lalay, and serer l other Indonesian lanp
uance.
`. After completion of his foreitr service -examinations, Kadir was stationed at
Jiddah, Saudi Ar&,ia, in 1934, and served there until 19131, at which time he
was the Charge d'Affaires., Wher war broke out he returned to Java and served
as an artillery officer, having obtained a reserve commission while at school.
Kadir claims to have helped organize the National Indonesian army under the
patronage of the Japanese and to have been in charge of the evacuation of
Japanese troops after V.-J day. He became a %jor General in the Indonesian
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arur upon the fcundati> of tl Re ublic. lair has a wife and four
ti-tilefren still,. in Jnn~i* its 41,d hn foam that, they mi: ht suffer
?: 'Pr isels from the Uutch. iiis ws.ze is "itindenese.
c:es who s-rwvd in Aostra":._ia t tdpr Van kink, and who was appointed
"=)v'rnor of the eastern is nnd: when they were first liberated.
-C mm-nt- ts r ;tee,