Incident event
The Rengasdengklok incident was a kidnapping event carried out by a number of young people including Soekarni, Wikana, Aidit and Chaerul Saleh from the ″ Menteng 31 umpulan association with Soekarno and Hatta. This incident occurred on August 16, 1945 at 3:00. WIB, Soekarno and Hatta were taken to Rengasdengklok, Karawang, to then be urged to accelerate the proclamation of the independence of the Republic of Indonesia, until an agreement between the old groups represented by Soekarno and Hatta and Mr. Achmad Subardjo with young people about when the proclamation will be carried out especially after Japan suffered defeat in the Pacific War. Faced with this pressure, Soekarno and Hatta remained unchanged. Meanwhile in Jakarta, Chairul and friends have drawn up a plan to seize power. But what had been planned was not successful because not all PETA members supported the plan. The proclamation of the independence of the Republic of Indonesia is planned to be read by Bung Karno and Bung Hatta on Friday, August 17, 1945 in the IKADA field (which has now become the Monas field) or at Bung Karno’s house on Jl.Pegangsaan Timur 56. Bung Karno’s house was chosen because it was on the IKADA field It was spread that there was an event to be held, so that the Japanese soldiers had been on guard, to avoid chaos, between the spectators during the reading of the proclamation text, Soekarno’s house was chosen on Jalan Pegangsaan Timur No.56. The text of the Proclamation was compiled in Rengasdengklok, at the house of Djiaw Kie Siong. The Red and White Flag was raised by fighters in Rengasdengklok on Thursday 16 August, in preparation for the proclamation of Indonesian independence. Because there was no news from Jakarta, Jusuf Kunto was sent to negotiate with young men in Jakarta. But when he arrived in Jakarta, Kunto only met Wikana and Mr. Achmad Soebardjo, then Kunto and Achmad Soebardjo to Rangasdengklok to pick up Soekarno, Hatta, Fatmawati and Guntur. Achmad Soebardjo invited Bung Karno and Hatta to go to Jakarta to read the proclamation on Jalan Pegangsaan Timur 56. On midnight the group arrived in Jakarta. The next day, precisely on August 17, 1945, the proclamation statement was echoed with the text of the proclamation of Indonesian Independence, which was typed by Sayuti Melik using a typewriter that was “borrowed” (precisely taken) from the office of the Chief of the German Navy, Major (Sea) Dr. Hermann Kandeler.