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VIII. PO LITIC AL AND SOCIAL INFORMATION.
East Java: Mid -Java: We st J a va: D . N. G:
Mal apg Teman gGoeng Cheribon IVIan okwar i
Sin.=:;osari J\!Iage lane Soekaboemi Bi ak
Probo l inggo Moon tilan
Soeraba j a So l o
Djember Karang Anj a r
Amboe l oe Djebres
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XI. ATROCIT I ES .
East Java: Mid -J ava: Wes t J a va: D . N. G:
Ma lang Solo Djatinanggoe r Noemfo e r
Manokw a ri
Windhesi
Roo n Island .
XIII . GENERAL.
East J ava : Mid - J a va: Wes t Java: D . N. G:
Soerabaj a Mag e l ang Se rang Noemfoer> Is .
Amboe l oe Poerworedjo Pandeg lang KD' . Baroe
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Banjoewangi Ambarawa Batavia
Pasoe roean Semarang
IVladioen So l o
Ngandjoek .
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In Sept 43 , the farmer Fiel.d Police barracks at Gant en/
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b .Giad i o;n>(East Java): In F'eb 1 11-3, there were only about
0 Japanese tr oops , armed with carbines and bayonets , quart ered
f ~> n Hotel Bandoeng and in a former Japanese shop .
- There were estimated to be in Jun 1 43 , abou t 2,000 Japan-
ese 1\ir Force personne l a t Maospa ti a irfiel d (Mo.dioen); they
were quarte r ed in the forme r Dutch Ai r Force barracks .
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- -C. ~( Mid - Java)., 1 43: Abou t 200 Japane se Infantr y
vere qu~~ in the for me r Left Half 21st Bn barracks , and
a~out. 30 Kempei personn~· in
Pasar pon S tr aat .
d. ProbolinG~o . (East J ava ), 143 : Japanese tr oop s u p to
200 men occasional l y arrived for 8. for tn ie;ht ,' s training.
At the end of 143 , about 30 Kempel personne l had t heir
office in the former house of tho Ass ist on t Resident , in Groote
Postweg . They wore quartered in the best houses in Hee ren
Straa.t .
e. Soerabaja (East J a va), May 14.3 : An informant give s
the following information: -
1. Abou t 400 Japanese Infantry , with 11 anti -t ank guns bode l
97 , and abou~ 8 heavy M. G . Mode l 92 , were quartered in
former 3r d Bn barracks .
2. Four hundred armoured Corps personnel , with 12 light t anks
and 8 medium te-nks occupied the f orme r N. E ..-I. Anti-Aireraf t
barracks . 'rho troo ps were armed with c a rbines o.nd pisto l s,
3. About 500 Infantr y , a rmed with rifl e and bayonet , and having
about 1 0 L . IVI . G . rfode l 99 , were accomrnods.ted in the forme1~
N.•E . I . Coast Artil l ery barracks .
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a steady reduction in the Ja:r=anese forces , and \lllhen the I-lei - Ho
were to l eave in Jul 1 ~- they were accompanied by a company of
Japa.i."1ese Infantry , overland to Sorong .
An informant who was at Waren and Roemberpon Is l and (Vof~el
kop , D . N. G ), f r om Apr to J',uG 144, states t hat afte r War e n Had bee n
strafed and practicall y destroyed by Al lied air c r aft , the natives
and the Japo.nese f l ed to the forest a r ea around Bad i r i, where
they ccnst r ucted small huts .
1\nbth er informan t 3i ve s the f o ll ow i ng estimates of the re-
mainder of the Hei - Ho units who were to leave Manokwari about 7
Jul t L~, by l and r oute to Sor on.e; :-
Soerabaja Butai 10446 hoo
~110.lo.ng 3utai bOO
Bandoenc; Butai l~_oo
They were to take a month 1 s food with them , anc1 were promised by
the J apanese shipment from 3orong to Ce l ebes and Java if they
survived the journey . Only tho s e un ab l e to trave l by f oo t f rom
l\'Ianokwari were evacuated by l aunc h by way of Babo . Al l o t hers
took the overland route to Sor on g .
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;'. ~ib"S?j1';l~vest Java ), Oct 43 : J apanese Ar my food
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town railway station , on the eas t s i d e of Kot t a L ama~eg , was
used as a food store for th2, ,Japanese gar rison . Ammun ition was
~ stor ed in the Dut ch- Chinese schoo l a t Kidoe l Pasar s tr aa t .
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Pekoetoekemwe 5 at Cher ibon (West J ava ) . It wa s said that a ll ~~ \Y~
others had be2n moved to Ban doe ne; . \rir
~adar and Rad i o Stations: The following have been r epor t ed
by informants :-
a. Ma~e l ang ( Mid - J a v a ) , Jul 1 43: There was a listening post
on Goenoen ~ T ido.r manned by members of the SookRre l a . j
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Two radio masts nb out 40 metres high were seen in the
f or me r 1 3 th Bn barracks .
2 . A radio stati on with abou t five masts vvas se en neaI' the V'
main ro ad to SoeI'aba j a .
3. b new r adio station had been ere c t ed with one tal l mast
at the former Girls ' Boar C: inc; Schoo l in Be tekwec;, Oro
Or o Dowo dis t rict .
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E '~ad i oe (E ast J &va) , Jun ' 43: A radio station was l oc a ted
a , .- shed in t he centre of the Maospati airfield . The
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( Mid - Java) , 1 4_3: j,_ radio stat i on was situat ed to the
so~ of the racecours3, with two masts abou t 50 netros his h •
b r oadcastln~ station situated ~bo ut 100 metres s ou t h
of the r a ilway st a tion vvas b c inb us e d by the J aiJanese for broa.Q -
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c as tins l ocal and overseas news . (The wavelength was 96 metres .
T-+-""was guar ded by Town Po lice .
In 1 43 Java time was a l tered to conform with Tokio time,
which r esult ed in clocks being advanced 90 minut e s.
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en l a n ge the or iginal airfie l d , all houses i n ~ l et j o v illage wes t
of the airf i e l d had b8en demo lis hed , a n d t he s it e l e v e lled .
b , _T i d9-r, Mage l anc; (M i d -Ja v a) , Ju l '43 : Two i nformants
report that the airf1-e l d is no- l onger in use , bu t ha s been c on -
verted into a stadium ca1)c..ble of a c commodnt i ng ov e r 1 , 0 0 0
spectator s . On the to p of T i dar Hil l , a post ha s been estab -
lished manned by Soekare l a and prov ided with te l ephones , No
A/A or sear c hlight s were seen .
c. Kentjong , 45 kilometres southwest of Djember (East
Java ) : An informant ha.d hear d that about the end of 1 1+3 an
airfield was in course of const r uction n ear this town .
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an annual permit wa s obtainab l e through th e Wedana (n ative
Dist ri ct Officer) at Batavia , which c o st /5 .-- per annum.
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.".nc ther J o.p fu'ie se lanc;uo.J;e s choo l was functioning in 1 ~- 3 o_t
Baloeng (Dj embe r); both I(atako_na and Hiragana were taught and if
st ud ents showed suffici e nt proc r ess th ey were also tauzht Kanji .
Sc hool te a chers a n d vill a[Se heads were umo n g st those attending .
f-.n informant 1 s brother , who was a villa ge scho o l te a che r,
had to attend cl asses in Temang : oens (Mid -J2va ), tw o afternoons
week l y f or instructi o.n in Ja:rnne se . The village school h ours
were from 0830 h rs to 1 300 hrs , and 1400 t o 1600 hrs .
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IX. ECONOMIC I NFORl\t'\T ION .
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An informant from Mag elang (Mid - J ava) states t hat one third
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of the paddy cr op f r om his father ' s ricefi e l d was t ake n by the
Jap2.ne se , for which payment was p ro mised but n o t r e ceiv ed . On e
third was stored in the VJedana ' s war eho us e under orde rs fr om
~ that of fic ial; this was suppo s ed t o ba availab l e to l ocal inhab -
itants in the event o f a s u bseq u en t cr op fai lur e . One thi r d was
r etained by the g r owers . Co c onut s we r e a ls o bei n g g r own on in -
formant's f am il y l and , the r e tail p rices t o th e inhab it an ts being
l i cents per s ma ll nut and 2 cents for a large on e .
Ano the r informant fr om Cheribon d istrict states t hat in 1 l~3
the one c rop o f p a ddy harv ested by his f ami l y was 5! pi culs
(1 p ic u l is 136 lb s) ~ Of thi s , the! were allowed t o r eta in 2
p iculs for their own consumption , 1 2 p icul ·s was delivered t o t he
village warehouse wi t hout paymen t , and 2 pi culs were h anded t o
the J apan ese ·,vithout payme nt , who c o l l e cted this quantity in a
mi lit ary truck when the harvest was finished . _
An infor man t fr om 'reman seo eng ( Mid - J a va) states that in Jul
1 43 the vanilla es t ate nDadarredjo 11 was be ing ope r ated by
J avane se under J apanese c ontro l .
An inf ormant who l oft the Probo l inggo di'Strict (East Java)
in J an 1 44, states that t he l o c a l f arme rs had been in structed
to p l an t their ricefi e lds wi th djarak and c o tt o n~
1m i nfo rmant fr om Rans iki (near lVlanokwari , Vogelkop) , be -
lieved th at in May 'L+Li. , the rubb er plantation in this area had
J ~~;dbeen de str oyed by the J ai:;anese , 8Ild that the tr ees were
(______? fo r tapp ing .
Food : In Oc t '42 at Tiilimoes (Cher ib on , 1Nest J a va) , a l -
though there was no actua l starvation , the re was much hs.rcship
owing to the c onfiscation of a la~ ge part of the paddy c r ops ,
which had to be r eplaced by swee t pot at oes , t ap ioca and Ylilms .
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The following industries were observed in 1 43, in the
Amboe loe district (Djember, East Java):
a. The three existinc ricemi l ls were operating as before under
Chin2se supervision, with Japanese inspectors .
b. A small loom was makinG cloth , but only the poorest of the
inhabitants were permitted to buy this c l'oth, the price of
which was 3 to 4
gui l ders for a length sufficient to make
one coat . The material was coarse but serviceable . About
30 women were employed on this loom .
c. The former sisal factory at Kotta Elater was still operating ,
but the output had decre2sed considerab l y . Only about 20
workers were employed , as aijo.inst 50 in pre - war times . This
factory was still managed by a Dutch Euras ian named Landegard .
d. The tapioca factory 2.t Kotta Blater had been c l osed .
An informant from the Xed iri (East J a va) district states
that in 1 43 the sugar mills Bogokidoe l, Minggir an , Poerwosari
and Mritjan had been closed down.
Th~ Chinese owned coconut oil f 2ctory and rice mill at Papar
(Kertosono , East Java) was still functioning , but the portion of
the factory which formerly milled rice had been closed .
An informant from the Salamo.n ( Mat,e lane;, Mid - J o.va) district
states that the tapioca f t: ~cto ry at Kg . Plempoengan, which was
formerly Chinese managed , has been taken over by the Japanes e
for the manufacture of starch and soap .
An informant from the Cheri bon ( Nest J a va) district states
that the sugar mills Sindanglaoet arid Nieuw Tersana had not
been operating since the Japanese occupation .
An informant had a carpenter friend who had accepted work
bui l ding wooden ships at feka l ongan (Mid - Java) and Toeban
(East Java) - no dates g ivon .
An :lnforrn.2.nt from the Solo distri c t (Mid-Java) confirms the
existence of a g lass factory at Poerwosari on the site of the
former fo otba ll field . The main building is about 150 metres
long and is built in the shape of a crescent . Glassware was pu t
on sale in Nov '1+3 · Tumblers cost from 15 to 20 cents each,
but were of poor quality; nevertheless , the produc t s were in
great demand .
An informant fro m Soerabaja (East Java) states that the
Arnbonese and Menadonese -women interned at Tambaksari were forcib l y
emp loyed in spinni.ng rs.mi for ricebag s . For one kg . of twine
ten cents was paid . Onlj a very hard worker could make this
quantity per day .
The pape r factory at Kg . Letjes (Probo l inggo , East Java) was
still functioning and employing many hands at the end of 143 .
Wages had been reduced from 20 cents per day to 15 cents , without
food . 'rhe same informant states that a new rope factory has been
bui lt on the site of the former Pasar ( Marke t) at Spoor Straat ,
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Probo ling go . Th.3 · outpv.t is unknown . A rice bag factory was seen
in Zeestraat behind the railway station, where in ear l y 143 about
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200 employees of both sexes were working . The output was abou t
" 100 bags daily . Two other ricebag facto r ies were situated in
Groote Postweg and Djati villa~e, where there were also two rice
mil ls. ~
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Inland Rail: It is stated that formerly the tracks be-
tween Solo and Semarang (Mid - J ava ) , were laid to take both the
N.I.S. (Netherlands Indies Railw&y Company) and S . S . (.State
Hai lw ay ) rollinc; stock. 'I'here were three rails to take the t wo
differen t gaug es of rolling stock . An outer rail (N . I.S . ) had
been removed thr oughou t its who l e length by Dec 1 42 . Thus, only
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the nar r ower gauge rollin0 stock of the S . S . can now be used.
The broad gauge l ocomotives (N . I . S . ) are said to have been trans -
ferred to Bur ma , and apprenti c es o f the Solo l ocomotive work -
shops with them , each apprentice receiving /360 . 00 before depart -
ure . This information was given to an informant by his brother
who was previously emiJloye·d by the H. I . S . and is now employed as
a fitter with the S . S .
An informant from Malang (East Java) states that in 1 43 the
steam- tramline fr om Kediri to Paree had been taken up , and the
who l e of the former permanent way p l anted with castor p lants .
An informant fr o re Temanggoeng ( Mid - Java) had heard from
several s ources that the railway from Djokja to Parakan was to
be pulled up . 'JV ork en this, however , had not been c ornmenced
when informant left Te ;nangzoeng in J·un 1 !+3 .
An informant from 3c.j oene; ( 10 km east of Semarang , Mid - Java)
confirms that the S . C . S . ( Semarang - Cheribon Rnilw ay C omiJany) and
S . J . s . (Senarang - Joana Railway Company) are linked up at Semara.rig ,
as he was ab l e to alight at Iontjol station (S . C . S . ) , when
travelling from Sajoeng (S . J . S . ). .
In Oct 1 43 , the S.c . s . l ine between Paboear ang - Djatip iring -
Sindang Laoet (east of Cheri bon) had been taken up by the Japan -
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telephones was confined to works such as utilities and to
Government offices; the service could not be used domestically
by any of the Indonesian pop ulation .
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sodden and fr ayed and was r e fuse d everywhere .
An :informant who liv ed at Talog oredj o , Temanggoe n g (Mid-
Java) during May ' 42 - Jul 1 43, stat es that many villace folk
had hidde n or bur i ed a ll the silve r c oi ns in their po ssessi on .
Immediate l y J apane se pape r curr e ncy c ame in t o their hands the
village folk spen t it if poss ibl e , as the no t es we r e s o p o or
that a ll col our ran off them when we t, while the fact that
there were n o signa tur es , or note numb e rs, was r egarded by the m
with misg iving .
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1. Fus . Rasid bin Djopaw iro Samid jan, No . 43751 , Jav anese ,
states that at Djat inang3 oer , Pr eanGer Pfos t Jav a ) in May 142 ,
whi l e he was a PW on t he tea estate , he and the o ther PW were
assemb l ed to witness the exe cuti on of one Neth e rlander , one
Ambonese and on e J avanese , who were dressed in civilian cl o the s .
They we r e shot dead , by t hree Japane se so l die rs and buried at the
p l ace where t hey were executed, in graves about o ne met re deep .
Informant does not know the names of the victims n or their
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Jap anese officer, using his ceremonial sword. The victim wa s
alleged to have stolen a tin of fish.
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Vocelk op o.rea of New Gu inea fr om 142 to Aug tJ+4, states th at ho
was t o l d by a Bos n ik Papuan named Sahbandar that , after th e
Japan ese o ccu pation, the l a tt e r had accom ranie~ tw o J apane s e
named Hori and I watoe fro m the c otton p lant ation a t War en , and
had hunted dovm an J-urrbonese named Manup utt y , who was district
offic er at Moemi unde r Dutch rule, but who l e ft Moemi abou t
three days be fore the Japanese a rriv ed . Sahban d ar stated
that Manuputty was captured at Windhe si, S . E . Vogelkop , D . N. G. ,
and executed on Roon Island in Gae lvink Bay , D . N. G. Informant
was t ol d that Manuputty 1s son , aged about 16 , was a ls o executed
at the same time as his father .
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. In May i4J+ at Moemi (Vo g e1 kop , D . N. G. ), the district officer
was a n ;~mbone se named Na ndesa . This man as ·f ar as inf ornan t is
aware did n o t worsen the l ot o f l oca l peop l e .
During 1 43 at So l o ( Mid-Java) the former J-~ssiste nt Wedana
(Po li ce division) , n a me d Raden Soeka t mo , had been p r omoted by
the Jo.i:::anese to b e We d ana (Police d ivi sion) .
At Probo li ngg o (East J a ve) a Ja p ane s e named Sug in omi was in
char g e of youth or g anis a tions in 1 43 . ~
An informant who left Malang (East Java) in J an 1 Lµ+. , st ate s
that the name of the Japanese Reside nt a t Malane; was Tanaka , who
lived, in a house on the corner of Idjen Bou l evard a n a -smer0 e
Straa t.
A Japanese named Tjukimoto , who was i n cha r ge of trade and
industries in Ma l a n c; di~str i ct , lived at No . 2 Slamet Park.
Tjukimoto lived a t Ma l ang befor e the war; he is married t o a
Javanese woman named Soe pinah and has 3 children who were sent
to Japan in 137. oefor e the war , Tjukimoto was a small dealer in
produce , and ha d tw o shop s , on e in Bot j ek v illa~~e ancl one ne c..r
Kar a n c;p l oso . At the out b r e ak of war , Tjuk i moto was :i. n terne d b y
the Dutch; he is a violent ha t er of the whi te r a ce .
Civi lian s: fill inf ormant states that in Jun 1 43 , he saw the
wife a n d children of Dr. ~oes..man at their house in Bromo StraCJ. t ,
Ma l ang (East Java), but di d not see the cl oc tor . According· t o
informant , Dr . Soesman had a very good reputation in Mal ang .
Accor d ing t o an inform:-::.nt who 1-eft 1VIag elang (Mid - Java) in
Sep t 1 L~3 , Pa _v.a.n-d.er Steur (of the boys orphanage) had been
int e rRed by the Japru1es e .
Up to Jul 1 43, a Ge r man believed t o be a railway official
employed by the Japanes e was frequently to be seen on ins pe cti on
t ours at Teman3go eng st a tion (Mid -Java) . He wore a b r assar d
with a red ba ll; his name is unknown.
An informant wh o was in the Vogelkop ar a a of New Guinea fr cm
142 to Aug 1 44, states t hat he hear d that the manage r of the
Governm ent rubber p lant a tion at Ransik i,named van der Kr a p , was
t a ken from internment at Mo e mi to Manokwari . -
) . ccordinc to a Bo snik Papuan named Sahb a ndar, a collaborat or
nrune d Laurens Te l ossah (h.mbonese) helpe d the ,J o.p anese t o hunt
Manupu~aY11::mbonese District Officer) in Mo emi. This re-
sulte d in the captur e a nd executi on of Manuputty , on Ro on Isl and ,
Geelvink Bay , D.N.G. in r42 . (S ee Se cti on Atrocities) .
It is stated that a d octor Meyer , an e l der l y man wh o live d
in Prob olinggo (East J ava ) f or many years , and whose h ouse and
clinic were in Zeestraa t , where he had a priv ate p ractice, was
a t liberty until the end of 142,
when he 1 eft Frobo lingg o for
an unknown destination . Hls house was occupied i n 143 by ab ou t
seven e l d er l y Dutch women , who a p peared to b e a t liberty .
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Civilian Int e rnment Canp s: All the Dutch women an d child ren
from Mage l an12: (Mid - J ava ) we r e interned in the Banjoebiroe prison
at .Ambarawa 1r1Iid -J av a ) in 1 L~2 , and wer e stil l there in Jul 143 .
The g uards wer e Fiel d Po lice from Arnb arawa .
An o the r informant st a tes that the former in t e rnment camp fo r
Dutch women an d chi l dren at Groo t e Weg in Mag e l ant; (Mid-Java)
was vacated some t :Lme in ' 43 .
At Handoe Tig a vil l a g e , Bl ondo , IJiag e l ang (Mid - J ava) up to
Jul 1 L~3 , the re was a n internment c amp for Arnbonese and Menaclonese
women . Tha forme r villag ers had been r e moved to make r oom
f or these i n t e rnees. Ra tions we re su pp lied by the Japane s e .
Up to Dec 1}_~3 , a t r mnbaksari, S oerab c. jo. (East Java) there
was an internment camp \vh er e many Amb on e se an d lVIenaci onese women
were int e rned . Seen d uring s. visit in Dec 1 43 , the int e rnees
l o oke d shabby and thin , a n d were in d istress . Many ch'il c~ ren h a d
died . All were mad e to d ig their own air rald she lter s . Once a
wee k a p a rty was all owe d to visit the city, another party the
following week, and so on .
An informant heard that in '43 t here were many Dutch male
int e rne e s at Te g a l sang 3ar in Banjoewang i d istrict (East J av a ).
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selected young g irls from the villages of Gelangan , Begeman and
Toekangan for use of the Japanese . These girls were taken to
farmer 7th Bn barracks in Mage lang , where Arna t lived and acted
as guard over them .
During ' 43 at Solo (Mid - Java) , it was observed that many
improssed vi l lage Girls were at the Russche Hotel, for the use
of Ja panes e;6fficers . It is state.d that a Chinese in So l o (Mid -
Java) was issued with a per'mi t fro m Kempei , authorising him to
select gir l s fro m the villages through the Assistant Wedanas .
The Girls were enticed by offering them work at / 1 . 00 per day in
So lo; once there they did not return .
An informant from Amboe l oe (Djember , East Java) states
that in '43, villa r.:; e g irls were se l ected and taken to r es taur -
anteyand hotels for the purpose of p r os t itution , after first
bein g medical ly examined . These 13irls did no t return to their
villages .
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Lt . Cdr . J . C. Smit .
De puty Director NEFIS .