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OCCUPATION OF JAVA CONFUSED POLITICAL SITUATION SINGAPORE, September 26. The British occupation of Java is be- „■ ing speeded! up because of the confused political state of the country. A Southeast Asia Command force, consisting of .. the 23rd Division, is expected to land, at Batavia early in October to establish a military Government, after which Dutch civil authorities will take the administrative machinery. The British troops will remain to police the country in the absence of sufficient Dutch forces, whose return is being delayed by the world shipping shortage. It is understood that the Japanese com- . mander is afraid of disorders inspired! by the Indonesian Nationalists. Dr Soekarno, the self-styled- President, whose Cabinet was prevented from functioning by-the Japanese commander, told ,the Australian Associated Press correspondent that the Indonesians were not planning a coup d'etat or contemplating violence to gain their • ends. They hoped! by peaceful means to induce Lord Mountbatten to transmit to the United Nations their plea for independence, for consideration by the Peace Conference.
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Evening Star, Issue 25599, 27 September 1945, Page 5
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