Committee for Preparatory Work for Indonesian Independence
Committee for Preparatory Work for Indonesian Independence The Committee for Preparatory Work for Indonesian Independence , was an organization set up in March 1945 by the Japanese administration occupying Indonesia. It also decided the Pancasila as the official ideology of Indonesia. Realizing they were losing the war, on 7 September 1944, the Japanese promised independence to Indonesia. The Japanese navy wasn't supportive of the idea, but the 16th Army in Sumatra established a Central Advisory Board, which met only once. Despite navy opposition, army-navy liaison vice-admiral Maeda Tadashi began to fund speaking tours by Indonesian nationalists Sukarno and Hatta. Other groups were set up, both civilian and military, and Indonesians began to be appointed to administrative posts. After the Japanese defeat at the Battle of Leyte Gulf and the liberation of the Philippines, the Japanese abandoned hope of turning Indonesia into a puppet state, and now began to try and win goodwill....