AHMAD Subardjo had been asleep for only a few hours when two young men sent by Barisan Pelopor visited his home in Cikini, Jakarta, a few minutes before 10 a.m. on Friday, August 17, 1945. The two young men claimed they had been sent by Sukarno.
That morning, Subardjo was extremely tired, both physically and mentally. Not only was he approaching fifty, but he had also been extremely busy for the past few days. However, since it was Sukarno who had summoned him, his family woke Subardjo up.
In front of Subardjo, the two young men asked him to come to Sukarno’s residence on Jalan Pegangsaan Timur (now Jalan Proklamasi). This was because the text of the Declaration of Independence was about to be read.
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