ACQUES de Kadt, who was relaxing in his house, was surprised to see a western-dressed Indonesian man entering his premises. At that time Japanese had just arrived, so no Indonesian friend or acquaintance would come near him for fear of being suspected as a Dutch lackey. So who was this man?

On the porch, the visitor introduced himself as Sjahrir. De Kadt quickly recalled an Indonesian university student in the Netherlands who 10 years earlier ofte