At whose private residence in Menteng, Jakarta, did Sukarno, Mohammad Hatta, and Achmad Soebardjo convene with nationalist leaders on the night of 16–17 August 1945 to draft the text of the Proclamation?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Rear Admiral Tadashi Maeda
- Step 1: Rear Admiral Tadashi Maeda was head of the Japanese Navy Liaison Office (Kaigun) and sympathized with Indonesian independence. Step 2. He provided extraterritorial immunity at his house on Meiji Dori (now Jalan Imam Bonjol No. 1), where the Proclamation was drafted until dawn. Answer: Rear Admiral Tadashi Maeda. Why not the others: Yamamoto was army gunseikan who opposed the meeting.
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