Pramoedya Ananta Toer, The Mute’s Soliloquy, trans. Willem Samuels (New York: Penguin, 1998), p. 74-106 (St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1975). Cited in Vickers (2005), p. 85 et (en) Encyclopædia Britannica Online, « Indonesia :: Japanese occupation », (consulté le ) : « Though initially welcomed as liberators, the Japanese gradually established themselves as harsh overlords. Their policies fluctuated according to the exigencies of the war, but in general their primary object was to make the Indies serve Japanese war needs. »