George McTurnan Kahin, Sukarno's Proclamation of Indonesian Independence (2000)
“ For decades we, the People of Indonesia, have struggled for the freedom of our country—even for hundreds of years! There have been waves in our actions to win independence which rose, and there have been those that fell, but our spirit still was set in the direction of our ideals. ”
George McTurnan Kahin, Sukarno's Proclamation of Indonesian Independence (2000)
“ Also during the Japanese period our efforts to achieve national independence never ceased. In this Japanese period it merely appeared that we leant upon them. But fundamentally, we still continued to build up our own powers, we still believed in our own strengths. Now has come the moment when truly we take the fate of our actions and the fate of our country into our own hands. Only a nation bold enough to take its fate into its own hands will be able to stand in strength. Therefore last night we had deliberations with prominent Indonesians from all over Indonesia. ”
George McTurnan Kahin, Sukarno's Proclamation of Indonesian Independence (2000)
“ The Japanese army and its Kempetei certainly had much less tolerance for any assertive Indonesian nationalism than did the head of Japan's naval presence in the Indies, Admiral Maeda, who on the basis of his other supportive actions, might well have encouraged the forthright tone of Sukarno's full statement. ”
