STATEMENT BY HIS HIGHNESS HAMENGKUBUWONO VIII, SULTAN OF JOGJAKARTA

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• Publication Date: March 31, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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Statement by His Highness I4amengkubuwono VIII,
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The following is an unedited statement by the sultan of Jogjakarta.
STAThIIENT IBC HIS ilIgHM4, EAMEN( l'SUL J:/ONO VIII.6ULTats OF JOGT..RANTA.I
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A: A letter. from the T-Brigade Coamrander which in courteous terms
informed me not to leave the palace, was received by me on
December 19, 19413, at 4.30 p.m. I have not received another one
which has declared the first one null and void, His Highness
the Pakualam has received a similar letter.
B, .Jalamun, who has just recently been killed in Jogjakarrta, is not
a civil servant, and also not the tf~,edana" (District (;hief) of
Jogjakarta. He was a police official. He did not r"ork in the
Republic and was well known as a Dutch secret police official.
C I have laid down the office of the Head of the Jogjakarta area,
because:
I. I cannot approve of the Dutch action towards Republic.
II. I cannot work to safeguard the peace and welfare of the
people of Jogjakarta, because:
l~ Brutal actions of the Dutch towards the people, male
and female, youth and the people in general. They
have been arrested without any form of process;
houses and villages have been burnt down until nothing
remains. This was not only done against the
Indonesian people, but against Chinese as well.,
This was reported by the Chinese themselves in
Jogjakarta Their protests have been ahawered with:.
Yes, we are at war. The people have to suffer,
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 2.. Nica money has been circulated. The consequences
thereof have caused the people to be in great need
as they only possessOHI noney, Our economy U in
disorder, the people are suffering.
3., As regards Woolf:
a. The Dutch have reported in their paper "Aneka Warta"
that I already cooperate with theo, That in a lie.
b. Officials of the special area of Jogjakarta have
been baited to work, and some have been forced thereto
without informing me.
c., In conversation with one of any Deputies, btolc# has
uttered a threat in covered up words, that people,
from outside will be imported.
AU these.factors have caused my resignation as Head
of the Jogjakarta area, which also counts for the
Paku-Alain and all officials and workers of the special
Jogjakarta area. The principal point is that before
December 19, 1948, the conditions in Jogjakarta were
peaceful, and after that, all was in disorder.
D., On January 18, 1949, starting at 7 in the morning until 4 in
the afternoon the Dutch have attacked fiercely the area of
Bantul, Imogiri, thereby aided with airplanes. They machine-
gunned and bombarded in the direction of afore-mentioned area.
They also used paratroopers.
Although we have met with a great many difficulties, but we will
fight on from here. I am prepared to face any action the Dutch
will use towards me, but it is for the Dutch to understand that
my attitude is the result of their actions.
In order that this explanation be used wherever needed, but
A and B, I wish to be used for publication.
Tetap merdeka, forever free,
HAMENGKUBlWONO VIII,
Jogjakarta, January 21, 191+9
* _ Comment. Stok is the Dutch Civilian Administrator,
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