Declaration of Independence
Tuesday, August 28, 2001
The old generation prevailed at the critical hour. Indonesian independence was proclaimed in the presence of leaders representing the entire regions of the country.
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The Japanese Government has decided to grant independence to Indonesia. That's what General Terauchi, Supreme Commander of Japanese forces in Southeast Asia, told Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta at his headquarters in Dalat outside Saigon, to where the two Indonesian leaders had been summoned on August 12, 1945. Terauchi added that the Indonesian people could hence proclaim independence any time they wanted to. Two days later Sukarno and Hatta arr...
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