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...battalions rather than divisions-and there is no easy way for them to get at each other, since neither side has enough warships or transports to mount an invasion. The rebels have no aircraft at all; the central government has only a few, with perhaps several hundred paratroopers. Java has more population (54 million, v. Sumatra's 12 million). But Java must import even its food, is already in serious economic difficulties. Sumatra is rich in rubber, tin and coffee, provides some 72% of Indonesia's export revenues, v. Java's 17%. The rebel government made clear...
...power is decisive in Padang's councils. For they control most of oil-and rubber-rich Sumatra (which they propose to make the base of their counter-government if Sukarno cannot be brought to terms), can also claim scattered support in the nominally uncommitted areas of Borneo, Java and the Celebes...
...Sartono rejected the ultimatum, the emergency government would become a permanent counter-government which would seek recognition from other powers as the legitimate government of all Indonesia, on the ground that the Djuanda government is actually challenged almost everywhere in Indonesia except in Java, and that it has never been invested by Parliament. Said one Padang official: "We fought for a country based on Pantja Sila [the Five Principles of belief in God, nationalism, humanitarianism, social justice and democracy]. Did we do this just to turn the country over to Communists as they are doing in Djakarta...
...Sumatra home, where he has moved his family because he feels no longer safe in Java, Sjafruddin explained: "This must not be a political adventure. We do not want to install ourselves in political power. What we want is to bring down something bad. The terror in Djakarta makes it impossible for Parliament to act freely. But I hope my letter will cause further developments which will make unnecessary the formation of an emergency government. If it fails, we may have no other recourse...
...East Java nearly 4,000 Dutchmen and their dependents have given up hope, plan to leave as soon as possible. Last week there were reports that Dutch in North Sumatra, who had hitherto not been directly threatened with expulsion, were also about to depart on their own. Most tragic were Eurasians with Dutch citizenship. Most of them, born in Indonesia of Dutch fathers, had never seen the homeland to which they were being shipped. By week's end some 9,000 Dutch had left...