Word: sjahrir
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Indonesian President Soekarno and Premier Sutan Sjahrir had a working agreement, but there was no love lost between them. While the moderate Premier carried on in Batavia, the less moderate President established headquarters in Jokyakarta, an inland city of Central Java known as the citadel of Indonesian independence...
...Java, the five-month-old Indonesian Republic of President Soekarno and Premier Sutan Sjahrir wanted full political independence, not dominion status in a Netherlands Commonwealth. According to the A.P.'s Vern Haugland, back from a tour of Java's hinterland, the Republic was well-entrenched and popular...
...Batavia last week "moderate" Premier Sjahrir agreed to cooperate with British Lieut. General Sir Philip Christison in curbing "extremists," rounding up Japanese remnants, and evacuating Europeans who had been interned by the Japs...
Falling Reservoir. Indonesia was an embarrassment to Britain in her own Asiatic sphere. If Premier Sjahrir's Government were recognized, repercussions would be felt in India, Burma, Malaya. On the other hand, so long as Indonesia remained unsettled, other pressing imperial problems-dangerous rice shortages, a crippling lack of transport, labor unrest-would be sharpened...
Indonesian moderates, led by Premier Sutan Sjahrir, tried to curb the violence, announced their readiness to meet with the Dutch, "although we will stick to our claim to self-determination...