The Dutch Military Academy, which he entered at 17, introduced him to European colonialism, Indonesian nationalism and, eventually, to the global ideological split between right and left.

• 他17岁进入荷兰陆军军官学校，在这里他了解了欧洲的殖民主义，印尼的民族主义，最后好了解了全球意识形态的左右之分。