Westerling's Cruelty, Then Amnesty
Monday, October 16, 2000
The Eastern Military commander and a resident of South Sulawesi left for Batavia (old name for Jakarta) to discuss the critical situation in South Sulawesi. There, as reported to Lieutenant Governor General Van Mook in Batavia, robberies, murder and terror reigned over the population. On November 16, 1946, they held a meeting at the palace. Attending the meeting were members of the commission-general, the acting minister of internal affairs and t
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