("Verordening Medewerking Bedrijven") was adopted by Van Mook. The intention was that private companies join forces with the state railways to form a United Railway Company. This would be managed and managed by a government-designated agency for this purpose. The private companies would receive annual compensation for the use of their businesses by the state. These issues, which were so important to all companies, were discussed in the VNISTM. They were aware that the railway network had been operated as a unit under Japanese occupation, and it would therefore be difficult to divide it up again. It would have been unlikely that companies could have regained their former capacity to act. After lengthy negotiations with the government, the relationship between the state and the societies was provisionally regulated by the decree of the Governor-General of 14 February 1948, No. 12, which also set the charges for their use. It was confirmed, among other things, that the contract became retroactively valid with effect from 1 January 1946. Nationalisation Due to the transfer of sovereignty in December 1949, all rights and obligations were transferred to the Republic of Indonesia. The annual charges to private rail and tram companies were continued by Djawatan Kereta Api, the Indonesian State Railways. Soon after, the Indonesian Minister of Communications of the VNISTM indicated that the railways would remain state-owned, with the intention of taking them over. However, the financial situation of the state was an obstacle to the early implementation of this intention, so that the previous situation was maintained. As a result, the joint departments in February 1950 informed the Minister that they were ready to cooperate in a takeover by accepting a payment agreement. They pointed out, however, that the annual compensation had been agreed only until 1949 and that it had to be fixed for the coming years. On 23 June 1950, the VNISTM appointed a committee to report to the Minister, in close cooperation with the companies, on the costs of repurchase and payment. After the Directors had agreed to cooperate, this committee was established under the chairmanship of the Railway Service with Ministerial Decree of 19 August 1950. This committee advised the minister in mid-1952. This opinion was discussed in the Financial and Financial Council in March 1953, which agreed with the opinion, and authorized the Minister for Communications to negotiate with VNISTM. In March 1953, the Minister set up a