This study explores how an English-language magazine affiliated with the Indonesian government, The Voice of Free Indonesia (TVFI), conveyed to foreigners Indonesia’s views of the British occupation in Indonesia in October–December 1945. By using historical method, this study argues that for TVFI providing Indonesia’s perspectives to global readers was crucial for Indonesia’s struggle for maintaining independence. The magazine constantly emphasized that Indonesia’s independence was in accordance with the Atlantic Charter, that the British had broken their initial promises to Indonesians, and that the British committed excessive and inhuman violence against the Indonesians. This study shows that at the beginning of their independence, Indonesian nationalists not only fought physically against the British, as is well known, but also tried to win the battle of ‘hearts and minds’ in the international public through the publication of TVFI. This study offers a rethinking on media and colonialism studies by providing Indonesia’s interpretations of the post-war British mission in the context of decolonization, emerging Indonesian nation-state and British occupation that followed.

本研究探讨了印度尼西亚政府附属的英文杂志《自由印度尼西亚之声》(TVFI) 如何向外国人传达印度尼西亚对 1945 年 10 月至 12 月期间英国占领印度尼西亚的看法。本研究采用历史方法，认为：对于 TVFI 来说，向全球读者提供印度尼西亚的观点对于印度尼西亚维护独立的斗争至关重要。该杂志不断强调，印尼的独立是符合《大西洋宪章》的，英国人违背了最初对印尼人的承诺，英国人对印尼人实施了过度和不人道的暴力。这项研究表明，众所周知，印度尼西亚民族主义者在独立之初不仅与英国人进行了身体对抗，但也试图通过TVFI的出版赢得国际公众的“人心”之战。本研究通过在非殖民化、新兴的印度尼西亚民族国家和随后的英国占领的背景下提供印度尼西亚对战后英国使命的解释，对媒体和殖民主义研究进行了重新思考。