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Dissemination of the text of proclamation

Indonesia's vast territory, while communication and transportation around 1945 was still
very limited, coupled with obstacles and prohibitions on spreading the news of the proclamation
by Japanese troops in Indonesia, were a number of factors that caused the news of the proclamation
to be delayed in a number of areas, especially outside Java. The spread of the proclamation of
independence on August 17, 1945 in the Jakarta area was carried out quickly and soon spread
widely. On that very day, the text of the proclamation had reached the hands of the Head of the
Radio Section of the Domei News Agency (now the ANTARA News Agency), Waidan B.
Palenewen. He received the text of the proclamation from a Domei journalist named
Syahruddin. Then he ordered F. Wuz (a markonist), that the news of the proclamation be broadcast
three times in a row. Only twice did F. Wuz carry out his duties, the Japanese entered the radio
room in anger, knowing that the news of the proclamation had been spread outside by air.

Although the Japanese ordered the cessation of the news broadcast of the proclamation,
but Waidan Palenewen still asked F. Wuz to continue broadcasting. The news of the proclamation
of independence was repeated every half hour until 16:00 when the broadcast stopped. As a result
of the broadcasting, the japanese army leadership in Java ordered to rectify the news and declared
it a mistake. On August 20, 1945 the transmitter was sealed by the Japanese and its employees
were barred from entering. Even though the transmitter in Domei's office was sealed, the young
men together with Jusuf Ronodipuro (a newsreader on Radio Domei) turned out to make a new
transmitter with the help of radio technicians, including Sukarman, Sutamto, Susilahardja, and
Suhandar. They set up a new transmitter at Menteng 31, with the calling code DJK 1. It was from
here that the news of the proclamation of independence was broadcast.

The efforts and struggles of the youth in disseminating the news of the proclamation were
also carried out through the press and leaflets. Almost all daily newspapers in Java in their
publication on August 20, 1945 contained news of the proclamation of independence and the
Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia. The Suara Asia Daily in Surabaya was the first
newspaper to contain the news of the proclamation. Some of the youth figures who fought through
the press media included B.M. Diah, Sayuti Melik, and Sumanang. The proclamation of
independence was also disseminated to the Indonesian people through the installation of plaques,
posters, and graffiti on the walls of walls and train cars, for example with the slogan Respect Our
Constitution, August 17!!! (Respect Our Constitution, August 17!!!). Through these various means
and media, finally the news of the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence can be widely spread
in the territory of Indonesia and abroad. Despite the use of many media and dissemination tools,
before 2005, the Dutch as indonesian invaders did not recognize Indonesian Independence in 1945
(de facto) but in 1949 on December 27 as recognized by the United Nations (de jure) because they
argued that in 1945, power in Indonesia was handed over to the Allies, not liberated by Japan. In
addition to the mass media, news of the proclamation was also spread directly by regional envoys
who attended the PPKI session. The following are the PPKI envoys who participated in spreading
the news of the proclamation:

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