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FROM VOLKSRAAD TO THE CENTRAL INDONESIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE
(1917–1949)

Welcoming ceremony in Volksraad
for the new Governor General van
Starkenborgh Stachouwer in 1936.
(Source: Soerabaijasch handelsblad,
18 September 1936)

Additionally, there were seven Japanese special members to attend each
congregation with no voting rights. It should also be noted that almost
half of the members of the Chuo Sangi-In were also members of BPUPKI.
During the BPUPKI opening ceremony at the Chuo Sangi-In Building on
May 28, 1945, Hinomaru flag was raised by Mr. A. G. Pringgodigdo, fol-
lowed by the Red and White by Toyohido Masuda.

In the first session from May 29 to June 1, 1945, most Indonesian members
asserted their opinions on the impending independence. Muhammad

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