1. COMMUNISM IN EAST SUMATRA 2. LAW AND ORDER IN EAST SUMATRA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005800590006-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 29, 1999
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 27, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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4ftepr the ?all of Rukittinggi during the second police action, Abdul Larim
MS fled overland on the Ratak Kano route to Kota Radja. Hero he becene the
most ,i)rominant member in the National islamle Party, Because Sjafruddin
Prawi,:.anegara, a member of the Emergency Government was also in Kota Radja,
Xprim wss forced to move on, He was given the rank of Resident Ter Beschekling
and asked to rovern the Langsa area, wiiich proved fertile soil for his Commu-
nist doctrine. The Kota Padja Government very soon thereafter designc.led the
area from III to Langsa as red, with Langsa as the center.
2 iarim's newer fvew Jo such an extent that the Islamic Party felt compelled to
oppose him. No As-istant Resident could be persuaded by the Kota Radja Govern-
ment 'so .,zo to Ianpsa, except Tengku Naimun (Tengku Maimun ilabsjah). arim
stayed in Langsa untfl the trrnsfor of soverefgniy, then moved to Sumatra
Tit*Iur, tiis Ratak and relay followers went with him and, as a result Tarim's
Communist party is not considered a threat in Langsa today. Since his depart-
ure Communist influence has heen f?reatly reduced. There is a small amount
Of Commrist itotivi'v centered around a shop on Kamnong China No. 1 in
Inngsa.*
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Biphty percent of the youth in Atjeh, particularly in L7ngsaare pro-Commu-
Aist? Nevertheless, young-Communist Chinese forego badminton games and
other sports to listen to Voice of America broadcasts.
In Langsa the Assistant Resident, Tongku tlaimun, is honest and sincere and
consecuently, quite uoor. He cannot make !,7ri Chief.' of Police, Sauni, obey
his orde:rs.
Juauf 1-ho head of the firmA r'nds At difficrlt to control the Angkaton
Perang Rrnrblik Indonesia Serikat (APRTS) because his officers find it more
lucrative -oo collaborate with the snumTlers. The Angkatan Laut Reputlik
Indonesia Sorikat (ALRIS) (Indonesian Navy) runloats cannot enter tlme
barbers because thnv rear clashes with he local APRTS forces, which Aray be
working with the omugplers. This situaJien It pcx: chrncinp for the better
and tle roverment of Kota Padja is arrostinr s-ur-rYlers in Iang,sa and else-
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0, At nrr,sent, rovernment officials, olice not, and military road guards,
by exacting toll from travellers, merchants, and itinerant traders, are
helping to cause the exhorbitant nrices in Atjeh.
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Military Oleelc 7)o;nts are very c'requent on the roads. These are usually
passed 4-hro11gh by handing over a package of cigarettes or a ten grinder
note, Documents are often demsnded, but a tan guildnote clipped to the
papers will effectively substitute for a missing vaccination certificate
or ot er recuired rapers,
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Comment?, For further information on Abdul Xarim,
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