Transkrip Arsip WO 203/2455 Surat Nomor 02608(MO12) (tertanggal 22 Februari 1946) berisi Pernyataan Drieberg

IMPORTANT IMPORTANT
NR AY88/22 JHAB/JHAM P T – JHAB JHJH 221159
UNCLASSIFIED TELEGRAM
FROM THE WAR OFFICE 221159Z
TO S.A.C.S.E.A
02608 (MO120. 22 FEB
QWR JAJA GR450 APPROX –BT-
FOLLOWING ARE RELEVANT EXTRACTS FROM PARLIAMENTARY SPEECH ON 19 FEB
BEGINS.

MR. DRIEBERG. ONE STORY IN PARTICULAR CONCERNS THE LAMENTED DEATH OF BRIGADIER MALLABY. THAT WAS ANNOUNCED TO US AS A FOUR MURDER AND WE ACCEPTED IT AS SUCH. I HAVE LEARNIED FROM OFFICERS WHO WERE PRESENT WHEN IT HAPPENED THE EXTACT DETAILS AND IT IS PERFECTLY CLEAR THAT BRIGADIER MALLABY WAS NOT MURDERED BUT WAS HONOURABLY KILLED IN ACTION. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD BETWEEN THE TWO THINGS.

THE INCIDENT WAS SOMEWHAT CONFUSED – AS SUCH INCIDENTS ARE – BUT IT
TOOK PLACE IN AND NEAR UNION SQUARE IN SOURABAYA. THERE HAD BEEN DISCUSSION ABOUT A TRUCE EARLIER IN THE DAY. A LARGE CROWD OF INDONESIANS EXICTED STATE. ABOUT 20 INDIANS IN A BUILDING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SQUARE HAD BEEN CUT OFF FROM TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION AND DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE TRUCE. THEY WERE FIRING SPORADICALLY ON THE MOB. BRIGADIER MALLABY CAME OUT FROM THE DISCUSSIONS WALKED STRAIGHT INTO THE CROWD WITH GREAT COURAGE AND SHOUTED TO THE INDIANS TO CEASE FIRE. THEY OBEYED HIM.
POSSIBLY HALF AN HOUR LATER THE MOB IN THE SQUARE BECAME TURBULENT AGAIN. BRIGADIER MALLABY AT A CERTAIN POINT IN THE PROCEEDINGS ORDERED THE INDIANS TO OPEN FIRE AGAIN. THEY OPENED FIRE WITH TWO BREN GUNS AND THE MOB DISPERSED AND WENT TO COVER THEN FIGHTING BROKE OUT AGAIN IN GOOD EARNEST. THE TRUCE WAS IN FACT BROKEN AT ANY RATE LOCALLY. TWENTY MINUTES TO HALF AN HOUR LATER THAT HE WAS MOST UNFORTUNATELY KILLED IN HIS CAR – ALTHOUGH OR BY A GRENADE THROWN BY AN INDIAN OFFICER AT SOME INDONESIANS WHO WERE APPROCHING HIS CAR WHICH EXPLODED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE ATTACK ON HIM.

THOSE ARE THE ACTUAL FACTS OF BRIGADIER MALLABYS DEATH. I AM SORRY TO HAVE INFLICTED THEM ON THE HOUSE AT SUCH LENGTH BUT MY RIGHT HON. FRIEND DID ASK ME TO DO SO AND I DO NOT THINK THAT THEY AMOUNT TO A CHARGE OF FOUL MURDER AGAINST PEOPLE IN AN EXTREMELY DELICATE SITUATION IN WHICH WE DO NOT WANT TO USE LANGUAGE LIKELY TO EXAGGERATE IT. ENDS…
BT 221159Z
COPIED – H A C O