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        "id": 1194841,
        "msgid": "dec-19-not-18-1447899208",
        "date": "1995-02-09 00:00:00",
        "title": "Dec. 19 not 18",
        "author": null,
        "source": "",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Dec. 19 not 18 From Kompas In the frame work of the observance of the 50th anniversary of Indonesia's independence, the historical account as reported by Kompas on Feb. 2, 1995 concerning the book discussion held in the Australian Embassy in Jakarta recently, deserves our due attention. But, what is surprising is that the report is titled Eighteenth of December 1948. Why, Dec. 18, 1948 does not mean anything as far as the Indonesia's struggle for independence is concerned.",
        "content": "<p>Dec. 19 not 18<\/p>\n<p>From Kompas<\/p>\n<p>In the frame work of the observance of the 50th anniversary of<br>\nIndonesia's independence, the historical account as reported by<br>\nKompas on Feb. 2, 1995 concerning the book discussion held in the<br>\nAustralian Embassy in Jakarta recently, deserves our due<br>\nattention.<\/p>\n<p>But, what is surprising is that the report is titled<br>\nEighteenth of December 1948. Why, Dec. 18, 1948 does not mean<br>\nanything as far as the Indonesia's struggle for independence is<br>\nconcerned. The title of the report apparently refers to the<br>\nopinion of Thomas Critchley, former Australian ambassador to<br>\nIndonesia, who said that Dec. 18, 1948 is an important milestone<br>\nin Indonesia's history. This is so because, according to the<br>\nambassador, on that day the Dutch forces launched the second<br>\nmilitary aggression against Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>How could Critchley obtain the data to support his statement<br>\nconcerning the event of Dec. 18, 1948? All historical documents<br>\non the Indonesian struggle for independence confirm that the<br>\nsecond Dutch military aggression took place on Sunday, Dec. 19,<br>\n1948. This date appears in publications like Sekitar Perang<br>\nKemerdekaan Indonesia (Around Indonesia's Struggle for<br>\nIndependence) by A.H. Nasution (1978), Perang Rakyat Semesta<br>\n1948-1949 (All People's War) published by Yayasan 19 Desember<br>\n1948 and so on.<\/p>\n<p>Actually Kompas itself published an article on the aggression<br>\ndated Dec. 19, 1948 in the July 22, 1994 issue. So Critchley's<br>\nstatement in the book discussion should have been corrected by<br>\nthe participants, because maintaining Dec. 18, 1948 as having<br>\nhistorical significance is misleading as well as confusing the<br>\nperception of the younger generation concerning Indonesia's<br>\nstruggle for independence.<\/p>\n<p>It was on Dec. 19, 1948 (Sunday), not Dec. 18, 1948, that<br>\nYogyakarta's Maguwo airport (now Adisucipto) was suddenly<br>\nattacked and occupied by two companies of Dutch paratroopers. And<br>\nYogyakarta was captured within seven hours by two battalions of<br>\nthe Dutch forces.<\/p>\n<p>I. RAHARJO<\/p>\n<p>Jakarta<\/p>",
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