▁Japanese ▁soldiers ▁after ▁the ▁surrender ▁and ▁used ▁them ▁to ▁confront ▁the ▁British ▁in ▁the ▁south ▁of ▁Med an ▁on ▁ 1 0 ▁December ▁ 1 9 4 5 . ▁A ▁strong ▁sense ▁of ▁cont ing ency ▁was ▁said ▁to ▁be ▁present ▁in ▁the ▁British ▁policy ▁as ▁the ▁political ▁circumstances ▁in ▁Indones ia ▁forced ▁them ▁to ▁make ▁dec isions ▁that ▁were ▁seem ingly ▁neither ▁pro - D utch ▁nor ▁pro - Ind ones ian . ▁T ensions ▁between ▁the ▁Dutch ▁and ▁British ▁modes ▁of ▁operation ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁strong ▁resistance ▁from ▁Indones ian ▁national ists ▁resulted ▁in ▁low ▁British ▁mor ale ▁throughout ▁the ▁post - war ▁British ▁occupation . ▁ ▁Ar med ▁cl ash es ▁with ▁the ▁British , ▁Dutch , ▁and ▁Japanese ▁remained ▁at ▁a ▁low ▁level ▁for ▁the ▁next ▁two ▁months ▁until ▁rum ours ▁that ▁the ▁Dutch ▁were ▁about ▁to ▁attempt ▁a ▁landing ▁started ▁spread ing ▁among ▁the ▁loc als . ▁On ▁ 3 ▁March ▁ 1 9 4 6 , ▁thousands ▁of ▁armed ▁p em uda ▁surrounded ▁the ▁palace ▁in ▁Tan j ung ▁Bal ai ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁wide ▁dis sem ination ▁of ▁reports ▁that ▁claimed ▁that ▁the ▁ker aja an ▁had ▁formed ▁a ▁Comité ▁van ▁Ont v ang st ▁( re ception ▁committee ) ▁to ▁welcome ▁the ▁Dutch . ▁The ▁out break ▁of ▁violence ▁between ▁the ▁ker aja an ▁and ▁the ▁armed ▁p em uda ▁hence ▁marked ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 6 ▁East ▁Sum atra ▁Social ▁Revolution . ▁ ▁After math ▁ ▁The ▁revolution