Word: java
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this writing I am stationed on an island in the Philippine group preparatory to leaving for the States. ... On what basis can anyone condone the act of the British and Dutch in the recent killing of natives, who revolted against the Imperial troops in Java...
...answer was simpler than the commanders' problems were. Months before V-J day, the Allied Combined Chiefs of Staff in Washington foresaw the enormous complexities involved in taking the surrender of some 5,000,000 Jap troops and civilians, scattered from Manchuria to Java. On V-J day all Allied commanders -U.S., British, Chinese - in the Asiatic theaters had a directive instructing them to 1 ) do anything necessary to facilitate the Jap surrender; 2) rescue and protect Allied personnel and property; 3) do all this without involving Allied personnel or arms in "fratricidal strife...
Every move so far, from Dairen to Batavia, has been according to orders and according to plan. The British went to Java to take the surrender of the Jap forces and protect Allied (i.e., Dutch) lives and property. In doing so they found themselves fighting Indonesian Nationalists who are not Allies and are against the Dutch. Chinese troops moved into Indo-China - but only into the area which was part of the China theater - and found themselves supporting the French restoration. U.S. airmen, marines and naval forces transported and supported their Allies, the Chinese Nationalists, only in areas where there...
British reconnaissance showed that up to 100,000 Indonesian troops, whose Jap materiel included 62 planes, were massing in central Java. The British themselves began landing a second division, rushed up more warships and planes. Most of the British troops were Indian soldiers who had little liking...
...followers to stop fighting. Bespectacled, experienced Hubertus van Mook, the acting Governor, had his ears pinned back by his Government for deigning to confer with Soekarno. The Dutch do not want to lose the richest part of their empire, do not forget that Soekarno was chief Jap puppet in Java, and still hate to admit that Indonesia may have matured politically during the Jap occupation. They told Van Mook that he might deal with other native leaders, but never with Soekarno...