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General Kuniaki Koiso in the Japanese parliament promised to liberate Indonesia if they win the Pacific War. The purpose of it is for Indonesia to support the war. The response by the Indonesians was very warm and celebrated.

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Badan Penyelidik Usaha Persiapan Kemerdekaan Indonesia (BPUPKI) was appointed by general Kumakichi Harada and appointed Radjiman Wedyodiningrat as the leader. Some of the generals of Japan did not agree with the inauguration of BPUPKI such as General Izagaki and General Yuichiro Nagano. Nevertheless, the majority of the Japanese generals supported the BPUPKI. The BPUPKI ran smoothly from the 29th of May until the first of June and after doing 2 congresses, the BPUPKI was dissolved by General Terauchi Hisaichi and a new organisation (PPKI) was established on the 7th of August 1945.

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Panitia Persiapan Kemerdekaan Indonesia (PPKI) was inaugurated on the 7th of August 1945. The names of the 21 members of PPKI were announced and the majority of them came from BPUPKI.

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A-Bombs and Vietnam Visit, 6th to 12th August 1945

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A-Bombs and Vietnam Visit, 6th to 12th August 1945

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On the 12th of August 1945, Sukarno, Hatta and Wedyodiningrat as representatives of PPKI, went to Dalat Vietnam. Amidst the A-Bomb attacks where the US dropped their 2 bombs, Little Boy and Fat Man on Hiroshima and Nagasaki respectively, they met with General Hisaichi Terauchi and he told them that the PPKI can immediately proclaim the independence of Indonesia.

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After their return from Vietnam, Sukarno and Hatta was kidnapped by the Angkatan Pemuda Indonesia (API) to Rengasdengklok on the 16th of August 1945. The youths urged Sukarno and Hatta to immediately proclaim the independence of Indonesia. The youths told them that Japan has surrendered, but Sukarno insisted on doing the proclamation through a PPKI congress.

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Indonesian Proclamation of Independence, 17th August 1945

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Indonesian Proclamation of Independence, 17th August 1945

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Sukarno and the PPKI planned on doing a meeting in the Des Indies hotel but Japan forbid it. In the end, they were forced on doing the meeting in Admiral Tadashi Maeda's house. Here, Sukarno, Hatta and Ahmad Subarjo wrote the proclamation text of independence. Then, Sukarno read it to the members of the PPKI and the youth inside the house. Later that day at 10 AM WIB, Sukarno read the proclamation text of the independence of Indonesia to the citizens. The speech was read in Sukarno's house and the Indonesian flag, knitted by Fatmawati, Sukarno's wife, was raised. The Indonesia Raya that was composed by Wage Rudolph Supratman was also played during the flag-raising.

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Japan's influence amid the Independence of Indonesia

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Japan's influence amid the Independence of Indonesia

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Japan surrendered, but its influence still stayed. The Mendur brothers were photographers and recorded and spread the proclamation of independence. Japan then destroyed Alex Mendur's (the older brother) camera. Because of that, Frans Mendur (the younger brother) buried the negative of the photo in the Asia Raya office yard. Everyone spread the independence of Indonesia. From written news to radio broadcasts and even the youth chanting in the villages that Japan has surrendered and Indonesia is independent.