Rengasdengklok was a kidnapping of a number of young men including

Soekarni, Wikana, Aidit and Chaerul Saleh from the "Menteng thirty one"
association against Sukarno and Hatta. The incident occurred on sixteen
August nineteen forty five at three pm. Sukarno and Hatta were taken to
Rengasdengklok, Karawang, to be urged to accelerate the proclamation of
independence of the Republic of Indonesia, until an agreement was reached
between the old factions represented by Sukarno and Hatta and Mr. Achmad
Subardjo and the youth about when the proclamation would be held
especially after Japan suffered defeat in the Pacific War.

In the face of these urges, Sukarno and Hatta remained unchanged.

Meanwhile, in Jakarta, Chairul and friends have devised a plan to seize
power. But what had been planned was unsuccessful because not all PETA
members supported the plan.

The proclamation of independence of the Republic of Indonesia is planned to

be read by Bung Karno and Bung Hatta on Friday, August seventeen,
nineteenforty five in the field of IKADA (which has now become a Monas
field) or at Bung Karno's house on Jl.Pegangsaan Timur fifty six . Bung Karno's
house was chosen because in ikada field it was scattered that there was an
event to be held, so that the japanese soldiers were already on guard, to
avoid chaos, among the spectators during the reading of the proclamation
text, was chosen soekarno house on the street of East Pegangsaan
number .fifty six. The text of the Proclamation was composed in
Rengasdengklok, at the home of Djiaw Kie Siong. The Red and White Flag was
flown by fighters in Rengasdengklok on Thursday, August sixteen, in
preparation for indonesia's proclamation of independence.

Because he did not get news from Jakarta, Jusuf Kunto was sent to consult
with the young people in Jakarta. But upon arriving in Jakarta, Kunto only
met Wikana and Mr. Achmad Soebardjo, then Kunto and Achmad Soebardjo
to Rangasdengklok to pick up Soekarno, Hatta, Fatmawati and Guntur.
Achmad Soebardjo invited Bung Karno and Hatta to travel to Jakarta to read
the proclamation at Jalan Pegangsaan Timur fifty six. On sixteen midnight the
group arrived in Jakarta.
The next day, precisely on August seventeen nineteen forty five

, the proclamation statement was summarized with the text of the

proclamation of Indonesian Independence typed by Sayuti Melik using a
typewriter that was "borrowed" (precisely taken) from the office of the
German Chief of Naval Representative, Major (Laut) Dr. Hermann Kandeler.