mers ▁of ▁the ▁to b acco - g row ing ▁area , ▁which ▁eventually ▁provided ▁the ▁rud iments ▁of ▁an ▁important ▁rural ▁base ▁for ▁the ▁two ▁national ist ▁parties , ▁G ER IN DO ▁and ▁P AR IND RA ▁in ▁East ▁Sum atra . ▁Besides ▁raising ▁voices ▁that ▁disag re ed ▁with ▁the ▁Dutch ▁repr ession ▁and ▁Mal ay ▁arist ocracy , ▁the ▁two ▁parties ▁also ▁played ▁important ▁roles ▁in ▁initi ating ▁and ▁mobil izing ▁resources ▁to ▁support ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 6 ▁East ▁Sum atra ▁social ▁revolution . ▁Mod er ate ▁members ▁of ▁P AR IND RA ▁even ▁took ▁the ▁initi ative ▁to ▁form ▁a ▁Comité ▁Indones ia ▁in ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁present ▁a ▁un ited ▁per ger ak an ▁front ▁to ▁the ▁Japanese . ▁They ▁were ▁motiv ated ▁to ▁launch ▁a ▁new ▁Indones ian - control led ▁administration ▁with ▁the ▁support ▁from ▁the ▁Japanese . ▁However , ▁the ▁gar ner ing ▁of ▁support ▁from ▁the ▁Japanese ▁did ▁not ▁work ▁out ▁well ▁because ▁the ▁priority ▁of ▁the ▁Japanese ▁was ▁to ▁obtain ▁the ▁oil ▁and ▁plant ation ▁produce ▁from ▁East ▁Sum atra ▁rather ▁than ▁making ▁any ▁significant ▁political ▁changes ▁to ▁the ▁existing ▁government ▁structures . ▁Furthermore , ▁the ▁policies ▁adopted ▁by ▁the ▁Japanese ▁were ▁seen ▁as ▁a ▁continu ance ▁of ▁Dutch ▁support ▁for ▁the ▁ker aja an ▁that ▁caused ▁national ists ▁to ▁hold ▁stronger ▁negative ▁feelings ▁towards ▁the ▁S ult ans ▁and ▁Mal ay ▁arist ocr ats . ▁ ▁East ▁Sum atra ▁during ▁the ▁Japanese ▁Occ up ation ▁( 1 9 4