LAW AND ORDER IN EAST JAVA

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007100280011-5
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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 3, 1999
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: March 29, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Tndones i.a
SUBJECT Law and Order 5n East Java
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1. The fo11 ow-t ng Communist le a.-ters have d rected the current wave of armed
}error,sm, looti.'gs, a rd rmrlers on estates in Nalrng and Besuki Residences;
Ruslan
Sugi.oro
Abid-;n Effendi.
C',airman of the Surabay section of
the Partai Kornunis Indonesia (PKT)
A leader in tho Iltatan Pemurla
Peladjar Indonesia (IPPI)
Connander of, the ierrila-a force
known as the Barisan Kut j ing Hit,sm,
rxow x egroupi-.:g aloe g the Irdian
Ocean coast of East Java
Subardi and "utorno Both Com:r_xssars of the SOBSI in
SS ,rahaye..
2, Chinese Conmu--! sts su-nrorti. n this _aw? essress are !BEN T'jhing Tiaui;; * a
Communist agitator who runs a bookstore at F;arsa ? Tor 16, Suraba;7a, and
077 7 Kwan Icuk, of the T?7a1 r' nn. Comr;unist Party but _ ronting as the x xn? facturers
of "Rex" 11mow .r1e at B.Temher in Resuk3.
3. The atta.cl s on the es+ates have been carried out . well-armed s7 gs, always
under 50 men an strength, we-iri.ng steel helmets and military clothes. Of
some 1.00 tobacco drying sheds in Besuki, over 75 percent have been burned
by the raiders. Ten Dutch!! and about 75 Indonesians heve been ?aurdered
on the estates after hav' nr beer robed by the attacking gangs. Losses
tire . estimated a over ) 0O million rupiahs,
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Field 'yea 1otaarters for 'nary of these gangs are near Pasirian, just south of
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. Snmeru It is rumored that these red fore:}s receiverl arms ari supnli.es
from nn obscure Fishing vil T a.ge near the mouth of the (11i.dik River, which
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eiipties into the Trdian Ocean, all sea-going native iresscis bring equip-
ment from Mal nva, via the S,,nda Straits and Indian Ocean, and unload their
cargoes at this point.
There are still mamr follovero of Colonel Sungkr c among the l.cwer ranlc?
of th; Anglmtan Perang Rapublik Indonesia (APRI) I Division in Est Java.
Their nurpcso seems to be one of novi-cooperation with the efforts of the
ca rr_-n 't and Vie army to restore law and order. When the Government's
ar is s-ir,prender order came out, there were nary guerrillas Who were anxious
to return to a peaceful civil _ nn life, 1:but `-ad been airnId of V e reprisals
tie Covrernme t, fight take against them. After the irre, u1ars made over-
tlires to the local military commanders, usually a meeting place was decided
upon where Vne gsaerrillas cou'i d turn in their arms to Government troo's ai d
stanuosedly bs assured of fair treatment. However, tuu:sually sane of Sung-
kono t s men warp among +he Fsoup sent ort to meet the i.rregu2ars . Just as
the two units were about to re t, the followers of Sungkono vo:4 .ci create
an incident, and slhooting would be yin on both side a . The guerrll -..as then
retreateecl +o their hideouts? and the Coverr rent forces wou d withclrati.
Tae irregulvrs were anger. d L r this breach, of faith on the part of the er 'q
any} felt the Government ,tms merely t, wing to trick thou into sine ender:.ng.
?.s a result, the er bitte:red irregulars rene red their lawless activity with
?ea+er force, and the present terrorism 3n Last Java is the outcome.
0 T Td king
x, tauw of Ka.cuWsan a nor, Surabaya, haal been enegotiating with lawless eler:ients
in Wapasann for their possible reorganization into a Co j3.anist--led terrorist
band. Op'.t'1 was said to received instr?uct{ons from 1? ^. TJOA Seik in. Stl-
4' 503, August 1950, retorted tha OI N's bookstore in Sari baya, served as a
neet4ng pln.ce for various CGom ist and subvorsive elerents, among r Itch
was a group oof agen+a imown as oscow 555, which hrad been special y trained
and sent out from Singarioro by the ???#].at=an Comm xr .,;t P ty to create distur--
hances In Fast Java.
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Ho doubt both factors noted in t:hi:; report contribute
to the di.sorders in East Ja .
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