3A Japanese propaganda movement

Since the arrival of Japan, all political activities were banned and all existing associations were officially dissolved.

This ban on political activity was followed by large-scale propaganda campaign in support of the Japanese-sponsored mass movement.

[3] This movement, which clearly "engineered" by the propaganda department prior to the landing, was the first large-scale indication of the direction in which Java was intended to move.

[4] Hitoshi Shimizu then appointed a national figure, Raden Syamsuddin as chairman of the 3A Movement, which aims to gain support from the Indonesian people.

did not last long as doubts began to emerge from Japan about its politically active Modernist leader.

The 3A movement, which was socialized through the radio and the press, was intended to involve all groups and personalities of the Indonesian nation.