Japan's Confiscation Memory: Soekarno Was Evacuated To Padang By The Dutch

JAKARTA - The war that was launched by Japan brought a tense atmosphere in the Dutch East Indies (now: Indonesia). The nuances of the archipelago panicked were no joke. The colonial government of the Dutch East Indies, let alone. The power of power tried to keep a series of freedom fighters away from being used by the Japanese.

Bung Karno, for example. He wanted to be rushed to Australia via Padang. This intention in fact failed completely. Bung Karno remains at his halfway house in Padang. Meanwhile, the Dutch themselves were involved in saving their power.

The Japanese Nyali control the Dutch East Indies is second to none. The advantages of the fleet and troops are behind it. Japan wants to act like an Asian savior. The intention was realized with the courage of Japan to paralyze various regions of the archipelago with measured measure in 1942. From Tarakan to Palembang.

The dynamics of the power struggle has made the whole archipelago tense. No one is worried about the conditions of war that can be raging at any time. Instead of just Dutch colonialists, the risk of the Dutch East Indies losing their property and their families rising.

News of the Japanese attack reached Bengkulu. The Bengkulu narrative will be bombarded Japan everywhere. The entire Bengkulu was asked to immediately evacuate or dig the ground as a shelter, if at any time Japan attacked.

Soekarno and Fatmawati (later became Soekarno's wife) felt panicked at that time. Both witnessed for themselves how the war made Bengkulu like a sea of fire. Sirene commemorates airstrikes.

Everyone in Bengkulu was asked to save themselves. Sukarno and Fatmawati let alone. The two of them separated. Soekarno was taken away by the police to Padang. Meanwhile Fatmawati remains in Bengkulu.

I pray that Bung Karno will be given strength and safety. Bung Karno's passing in the dark night was a worrying puzzle for me. And later on a new day I learned that that that night Bung Karno was taken away to Padang by the Dutch, with the aim that Bung Karno would not meet with Japan or get out of their hands.

"And don't let Japan take advantage of it. Whether as a prisoner he was given permission by the Dutch authorities to visit my family and other friends, I don't know. But at that critical moment Bung Karno deliberately came to see me to say goodbye," Fatmawati said in the book A small note with Bung Karno (2016).

The raging war made the Dutch try to secure Bung Karno to Australia via Padang. This option was taken by the Dutch so that Bung Karno was not invited to cooperate with Japan. Moreover, Bung Karno is known as an accomplished orator who has a big influence.

Bung Karno and his family did not have much time to pack. He was only allowed to bring two troops. They were immediately taken to Padang by six armed police officers. Malang cannot be rejected. The trip to Padang is not easy. The threat of attack from Japanese soldiers is everywhere.

The police who brought Bung Karno chose to continue the journey on foot. Entering the forest is the only reasonable option to be safe from the Japanese army. However, the travel time is delayed for days.

Bung Karno felt that the journey was quite difficult. He was worried about the health of his wife, Inggit Garnasih. However, he also strengthened his wife. Enter the forest, cross the river, and eat modestly. This condition lasted for several days.

Finally they arrived in Padang. However, the Dutch plan to bring Soekarno to Australia was closed. Japan actually controlled Padang first. The Dutch then preferred to save themselves rather than busy bringing Soekarno.

This fact forced Soekarno to stay in a halfway house in Padang for months. A house sought by his best friend, Waworuntu. Bung Karno occupied the house until the Dutch was officially taken by the Japanese. After that, Bung Karno was taken by Japan to Batavia to collaborate.

Woworuntu welcomes me with open arms. He greets me: Soekarno, my brother. He screams and tears flow into his cheeks. I got a nice house here and lots of rooms, but I was alone. My children and I were evacuated and no one lives with me. Tell Bung Karno's family to come here. Let's come here and think of this as Bung's own house.

This kind person with his own will moved from his large bedroom in front of the living room, and vacated him for Inggit and me. This happened a few days before the Dai Nippon Royal reinforcements occupied Padang. "When I walked along the way I realized that my neglected, weak, protective brothers did not receive protection needed to be collected," Bung Karno's story needs to be collected, as written by Cindy Adams in the book Bung Karno: Connecting the Indonesian People's cellphone (2016).