Oei Tjoe Tat Papers 1926, 1947-19961947-1996

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Table of contents

Oei Tjoe Tat Papers...... 3 Context...... 3 Content and Structure...... 4 Access and Use...... 5 L I S T...... 5 Correspondence, diaries and notebooks...... 5 Personal documents...... 5 Membership of Baperki (Badan Permusyawaratan Kewarganegaraan Indonesia)...... 5 Minister of State...... 5 Memoirs...... 6 Interviews...... 7 Documentation...... 7 Aanvulling 2012...... 7

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Oei Tjoe Tat Papers

Collection ID ARCH01958 Creator Oei Tjoe Tat Period 1926, 1947-19961947-1996 Period (bulk) 1947-1996 Extent 0.62 m. Language list English Language of Material Indonesian

Context

Biographical Note Short version: Born in Solo, Java, Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) 26 April 1922, died in Jakarta 1996; politician; graduated at the Universiteit van Indonesië in Batavia (Jakarta) 1948; vice-president of the Partai Demokrat Tionghoa Indonesia (PDTI) in 1953; joined the Badan Permusyawaratan Kewarganegaraan Indonesia (Baperki) in 1954; from 1960 active in the Partai Indonesia (Partindo) and member of its central committee; Minister of State from 1963; detained after the failed coup d'état of 1965 he spent over ten years in prison, not being tried until 1976; released in 1977; his memoirs `Memoar Oei Tjoe Tat: Pembantu Presiden Soekarno' (`The memoirs of Oei Tjoe Tat: President Soekarno's Assistent') were forbidden by the government. Extended version: Oei Tjoe Tat was born in Solo (Java), Indonesia (the former Dutch East Indies), April 26, 1922 in a Chinese Indonesian middle class family. He played an important role in the Indonesian political developments and became a confidant of president Sukarno . He was Minister of State during the events of 1965. He was characterized as a personality of integrity and strong idealism. During his studies he met his future wife Kwee Loan Nio (Rieka), whom he married at the end of the Japanese occupation. He graduated in law at the Universiteit van Indonesië in Batavia (Jakarta) in May 1948. In the same year he joined a Batavia law firm. Furthermore he was active in a number of Chinese and Indonesian organizations like the Indonesian Red Cross, the Tiong Hoa Hwee Koan (THHK) in Jakarta, and the Union Makes Strong (UMS), a soccer association in Jakarta. From 1950-1953 he was president of Sing Ming Hui in Jakarta, and in 1953 he became vice- president of the Partai Demokrat Tionghoa Indonesia (PDTI). In 1954 he was one of the advocates for dissolving the PDTI and establishing Baperki (Badan Permusyawaratan Kewarganegaraan Indonesia), with the main purpose of integrating the Indonesian Chinese people in the Indonesian society. For Baperki he also became member of the Konstituante, who had the task to design a new constitution for the Republic of Indonesia. Through these activities he came into contact with people of various political parties. In 1960 he joined the Partindo (Partai Indonesia) a political group which broke away from the Indonesian Nationalist Party in the late 1950s, and became member of its executive committee. From 1963-1966 he was attached to the Cabinet Presidium by President Sukarno as Minister of State. Detained by the authorities after the 1965 failed coup he spent more than ten years in prison without charge or trial. March 1976, however, he was tried on false accusations, but was eventually released in December 1977 after the intervention of Foreign Minister Adam Malik. He reopened his law firm, but had to close it down in 1985 after having a stroke. In 1995 he published his memoirs entitled Memoar Oei Tjoe Tat : Pembantu President Sukarno [The memoirs of Oei Tjoe Tat: President Sukarno's assistant] with the help of friends, among them as senior editor the famous Indonesian novilist, Pramoedya Ananta Toer. After publication in Jakarta the memoirs were forbidden by the Suharto regime. Oei Tjoe Tat died in 1996 in Jakarta at the age of 74. Literature: Oei Tjoe Tat: Dilema peranakan di pentas politik Indonesia (1946-1966), thesis by Nopriyasman, University of Indonesia, Jakarta. 1995; `In memoriam: Oei Tjoe Tat (1922-1996)' by Prof.Dr. W.F. Wertheim. Published in IFM June-August 1996.

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Acquisition The papers were donated to the IISH by Mevr. Rieka Oei Tjoe Tat, via Jaap Erkelens (KITLV) in 1997; with accruals in 2004 and 2012.

Content and Structure

Content Correspondence, including letters to his wife Rieka Oei, with Daniel S. Lev, W.F. Wertheim and others 1947-1994 and n.d.; diaries and notes 1965, 1977-1978 [-1979], 1987 and n.d.; personal documents including documents on his trial in 1976, 1940, 1947-1994 and n.d.; documents concerning his membership of Baperki 1958-1959; documents relating to his work as Minister of State, including minutes of cabinet meetings 1964-1965 and n.d.; typescript and a proof of his memoirs (1974-) 1986-1995; transcriptions of interviews with Oei Tjoe Tat 1987-1993; some printed material 1963-1965, 1979, 1989-1992.

Arrangement The papers, written in the Indonesian language and some in English and Dutch, were received by the IISH in 1997. They mainly consist of typescripts of his memoirs, documents on Baperki, the Konstituante and documents of his activities as Minister of State. Albums with photographs were transferred to the audiovisual section of the IIHS; A thesis on Oei Tjoe Tat and a report by Kwik Kian Gie were transferred to the library of the IISH.

Processing Information List made by Tiny de Boer in 1997, accrual 2012 by Bouwe Hijma.

Subjects

Geographic Names Indonesia

Persons Lev, Daniel S. Oei, Rieka Wertheim, Willem Frederik

Organizations Baperki (Indonesia) Partai Demokrat Tionghoa Indonesia

Themes State and administrative activities Political prisoners/Political trials

Material Type Archival material

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Access and Use

Access Not restricted

Preferred Citation Oei Tjoe Tat Papers, inventory number ..., International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam

L I S T

Correspondence, diaries and notebooks

1 Correspondence, including some letters to his wife Rieka Oei . 1947, 1949-1950, 1954, 1966, 1971, 1986-1994 and n.d. 1 folder 2 `Buku harian'. Diary. 1965. With remarks and notes on the years 1966-1975 entitled `Konfrontasi' and `Pengamanan' and notes on nationality, nations, nationalism and some other notes. N.d. 1 folder NB. See also list nos. 11-12 3 Diary. 1977. 1 volume 4 `Diary book'. Notebook. 1978 and n.d. 1 volume 5 Notebook. 1987. 1 volume

Personal documents

6 Personal documents, including a passport, biographical data, a membership card of the Indonesian Red Cross Society, photocopies of high school and university certificates, documents relating to his appointment as a legal advisor and other personal documents. 1926, 1940, 1947-1948, 1954-1956, 1958, 1960-1961, 1968, 1974, 1976-1978, 1987, 1991-1992. 1 cover 7-7A Documents concerning his trial in 1976. With annexes. 1947, 1949, 1965-1966, 1974, 1976-1977, 1979, 1982, 1992, 1994 and n.d. 2 folders NB. See also list no. 23.

Membership of Baperki (Badan Permusyawaratan Kewarganegaraan Indonesia)

8 Documents concerning the meetings of the Konstituante Republik Indonesia , attended as representative of Baperki. With the report of the `Komisi Konstitusi IV'. 1958-1959. 1 box

Minister of State

9 Minutes of cabinet meetings. 1965. 1 cover

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10 Writing pad of the `Menteri Negara dpb. Presidium Kabinet Kerdja' with notes. 1964. 1 cover 11 `Buku Kerdja' of the Sekretariat Musjawarah Pembantu Pimpinan Revolusi. Diaries. 1964-1965. 1 cover 12 Notes on Malaysia, Aden, Vietnam and other countries and subjects. N.d. 1 cover NB. See also list no. 2 13 `Tenth Anniversary First Asian-African Conference 18th April 1955-1965 '. 1965. Empty folder.

Memoirs

14-28 Typescripts of Memoar Oei Tjoe Tat . Pembantu Presiden Sukarno . With photocopies of the typescript and annexes. 1974-1976, 1986-1990, 1993-1994 and n.d. 11 covers, 3 folders and 1 volume NB. Edited by Pramudya Ananta Toer and Stanley Adi Prasetya (Jakarta , 1995 ). 14 Typescript. Improved version. p. 1-199. 1987. (folder) 15 Typescript. Improved version. p. 200-299. 1987. 16 `Baperki'. Chapter 23. Typescript in computer print. N.d. 17 Photocopies of parts of the typescript. N.d. 18 Photocopies of parts of the typescript. With notes and clippings. 1987-1989 and n.d. 19 Photocopies of parts of the typescript. With annexes and a letter from Oei Tjoe Tat to Jaap Erkelens . 1986. 20 Photocopies of the typescript. With remarks by Oei Tjoe Tat . p. 1-173. c. 1987. (folder) 21 Photocopies of parts of the typescript. p. 174-274. c. 1987. 22 Photocopy of the typescript. Improved version. p. 1-171. With notes and photocopies of photographs and other parts of the typescript. 1987. 23 Photocopy of the typescript. Improved version. p. 170-298. With photocopies of photographs and documents concerning his trial. 1974-1976, 1987, 1990, 1993 and n.d. (folder) 24 List with names for the index, photocopies of the handwritten manuscript of chapter 26, typescript of the first chapter and notes by Oei Tjoe Tat . 1993 and n.d. 25 Typescript `Memoar Politik. Dari Lelo Ledung Ke Kesadaran Politis' by Oei Tjoe Tat . Part II. 76 p. 1994. 26 Typescript `Memoar Politik. Dari Lelo Ledung Ke Kesadaran Politis' by Oei Tjoe Tat . Part II. 76 p. 1994. 27 Draft of `Biografi Politik Oei Tjoe Tat '. Edited by Pramudya Ananta Toer and Stanley Adi Prasetya. 1994. (volume) 28 Typed proof of `Membantu Bung Karno. Presiden Republik Indonesia. Memoar Oei Tjoe Tat '. With corrections. Edited by Pramudya Ananta Toer and Stanley Adi Prasetya. 1994. 29 Working plan for the publication of `Saya Seorang Soekarnois. Memoar Politik Oei Tjoe Tat '. c. 1995. 1 volume

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Interviews

30-32 Transcriptions of interviews with Oei Tjoe Tat by Radio Hilversum. With notes and a newspaper clipping on general M. Jusuf 1987, 1991, 1993 and n.d. 2 folders and 1 cover 30 1987, 1991, 1993 and n.d. 31 1987, 1991, 1993 and n.d. cover 32 1987, 1991, 1993 and n.d.

Documentation

33 Text of a message by President Sukarno delivered at the opening of the `Kongres Nasional', held in Jakarta. 14 March 1963. Photocopy. 1 cover 34 Text of a message by President Sukarno delivered at the congress `Wanita Indonesia', held in Jakarta. 19 May 1963. Photocopy. 1 cover 35 Report of the seminar `Doktrin Perdjuangan TNI "Tri Ubaya Çakti"', held in Bandung. 2-9 April 1965. Photocopy. 1 cover 36 Interview with Mrs. Rieka Oei , published in Sinar Harapan , 5 Januari 1979. Photocopy. 1 cover 37 Newspaper clippings on the `Confrontation Politics ' of Indonesia with Malaysia during 1963-1965. c. 1989-1992. 1 cover

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38 Typescript of an interview in German language with Oei Tjoe Tat in Jakarta on 10th February 1994. 1994. 1 cover 39 Photocopy of 'In memoriam Oei Tjoe Tat (1922-1996)' by W.F. Wertheim. 1996. 1 cover 40 Some other documents on Oei Tjoe Tat. 1926, 1974, 1976-1977. 1 cover

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