V.P.T.L. [evacuating a surrounded house] [I don't think you'll be so foolish to let the residents come out with their weapons] Annotation: V.P.T.L. = Requirement for the exercise of the Political Police Task of the Army (action against guerilla fighters). This rule of KNIL dates back to 1928, appeared in 1936 and was amended and supplemented in 1945 and published again in 1946, now especially for the KL. The photo series was used for the brochure Knowledge of the V.P.T.L., a matter of life or death/Mengetahoei akan V.P.T.L., soal hidoep atau mati [DJK] Date: 1946 Location: Indonesia, Dutch Ea

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V.P.T.L. [evacuating a surrounded house] [I don't think you'll be so foolish to let the residents come out with their weapons] Annotation: V.P.T.L. = Requirement for the exercise of the Political Police Task of the Army (action against guerilla fighters). This rule of KNIL dates back to 1928, appeared in 1936 and was amended and supplemented in 1945 and published again in 1946, now especially for the KL. The photo series was used for the brochure Knowledge of the V.P.T.L., a matter of life or death/Mengetahoei akan V.P.T.L., soal hidoep atau mati [DJK] Date: 1946 Location: Indonesia, Dutch East Indies