Word: hatta
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...much independence as possible, the Dutch had wanted to retain as much sovereignty as possible. But eventually the Dutch and the Indonesian delegates grew to trust and understand each other. One weekend motor trip to Namur, in Belgium, helped to break the ice; Indonesia's Premier Mohammed Hatta and the Dutch Minister for Overseas Territories, Johan van Maarseveen, reached some important decisions chatting in their car. Explained Van Royen: "It doesn't pay to try to be too clever. The only way to gain confidence is to treat people as normal equals. The fortunate thing is that...
...always cherished a sweeping vision of India in the vanguard of an awakened Asia. He long has been in correspondence with other Asiatic leaders. He met Mohamed Hatta, Indonesia's Premier, at an anti-imperialist rally in Brussels 20 years ago, has been writing to him ever since. He is a close friend and backer of Burma's Premier Thakin...
...point of the Batavia agreement was restoration, to the Nationalists, of Jogjakarta, the Republic's capital, which Dutch parachutists had seized (TIME, Dec. 27). It also provided for the release of the Republican leaders, including President Soekarno and Premier Hatta, whom the Dutch had hustled off to custody on Bangka Island. The Republicans in return promised to order their guerrillas to stop fighting. In The Netherlands, government leaders still worried whether Soekarno would be able to hold his hotheaded army leaders and leftist supporters to that promise. Both sides also agreed to attend a round-table meeting...
Enraged, the Dutch rejected both flatly, saying that nothing but chaos would result. They did not mention Republican President Hatta's proposal in November inviting Dutch troops to restore order if his government could not eliminate violence within two months after recognition...
...Indonesia's capital in south central Java, quickly fell. Dutch paratroopers and airborne forces seized Magowo airfield, outside the capital, and invaded the city. The action was so fast that the Dutch were able to arrest the republic's top leaders, including President Soekarno, Premier Mohammed Hatta, ex-Premier Sutan Sjahrir, Foreign Minister Hadji Agus Salim, and General Sudirman, commander of the republic's 300,000 ill-armed troops. The Dutch announced that they had only three wounded, none killed...