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332: 405: 43: 987: 436:. Political parties in Netherlands considered Indonesia dissolving the United States of Indonesia in 1950 into the original Republic of Indonesia as a pretense to not negotiate further on status of New Guinea which was promised to be completed in 1950, voiding the Round Table Agreement, according to the Indonesian side. In response, Indonesia nationalized Dutch companies and assets, and stopped paying the above-mentioned debt. By around 1956, the remaining (not-recognized) debt of Indonesia was around 129: 142: 379:
in 1942. In particular the Indonesian delegations were indignant at having to cover what it saw as the costs of Dutch military action against it. Finally, thanks to the intervention of the United States member of the UN Commission on Indonesia, the Indonesian side came to realise that agreeing to pay
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The issue of the inclusion or not of Western New Guinea almost resulted in the talks becoming deadlocked. The Indonesian delegations took the view that Indonesia should comprise the entire territory of Dutch East Indies. The Dutch refused to compromise, claiming Western New Guinea had no ethnic ties
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The Dutch parliament debated the agreement, and the upper and lower houses ratified it on 21 December 1949 by the two-thirds majority needed. Despite criticism in particular of the Indonesian assumption of Dutch government debt and the unresolved status of Western New Guinea, the Indonesian
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Finally, in the early hours of 1 November 1949, a compromise was reached: the status of Western New Guinea would be determined through negotiations between the United States of Indonesia and the Netherlands within a year of the transfer of sovereignty. The conference was officially closed in the
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The Dutch–Indonesian Union would not have any powers: it would be a consultative body with a permanent secretariat, a court of arbitration to settle any legal disputes, and a minimum of two ministerial conferences every year. It would be headed by the Dutch Queen in an entirely symbolic role.
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The Kingdom of the Netherlands unconditionally and irrevocably transfers complete sovereignty over Indonesia to the Republic of the United States of Indonesia, and thus recognises the Republic of the United States of Indonesia as an independent and sovereign
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delegations reached agreement resulting in a number of documents, namely a Charter of Transfer of Sovereignty—to come into immediate effect—a statute of union, a draft constitution, an economic agreement and agreements on social and military affairs.
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on 6 July 1949. To ensure commonality of negotiating position between the republic and the federal delegates, from 31 July until 2 August, Inter-Indonesian Conferences were in Yogyakarta between all component authorities of the future
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with the rest of the archipelago. Despite Dutch public opinion supporting transfer of Western New Guinea to Indonesia, the Dutch cabinet was worried it would not be able to ratify the Round Table Agreement in parliament if it conceded this point.
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in 1962, Indonesia restarted payment of around ƒ.620 million. By 1965, 36 installments of unknown amounts had been made. The remainder was paid from 1976 in 30 installments with 1% annual interest rate until the last payment was made in 2002.
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colonial administration were protracted, with each side presenting their own calculations and arguing over whether the United States of Indonesia should be responsible for debts incurred by the Dutch after the
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Some journalists characterize the aftermath of the Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference as 'the price of independence,' suggesting that the Indonesian government was purchasing its sovereignty.
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part of the Dutch debt would be the price they would have to pay for the transfer of sovereignty. On 24 October, the Indonesian delegations agreed that Indonesia would take over approximately
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against republican forces in Indonesia and demanding the restoration of the republican government. It also urged the resumption of negotiations to find a peaceful settlement between the two sides.
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The Republic of the United States of Indonesia accepts this sovereignty based on the provisions of its Constitution; the Kingdom of the Netherlands has been notified of this proposed constitution.
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status to the Netherlands. In addition, there would be no discrimination against Dutch nationals or companies and the republic agreed to take over trade agreements negotiated by the
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The delegations also reached agreement on the withdrawal of Dutch troops "within the shortest possible time," and for the United States of Indonesia to grant
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Following preliminary discussions sponsored by the UN Commission for Indonesia in Jakarta, it was decided the Round Table Conference would be held in
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The debt included unpaid salaries of Netherlands Indies government personnel, including colonial administrators and military personnel of the
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By mid-1946, both sides were under international pressure to negotiate. The Dutch favoured a federal Indonesian state, and organised the
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in the Netherlands as the Dutch government refused to pay these arrears because it reasoned that they were owed by Indonesia.
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Prior to this conference, three other high-level meetings between the Netherlands and Indonesia took place; the
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The Indonesian government, in exile for over six months, returned to the temporary capital at
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Negotiations, which took place from 23 August to 2 November 1949, were assisted by the
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signing the treaty that transferred sovereignty to Indonesia, 27 December 1949
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of 6 July, which effectively endorsed the Security Council resolution,
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said that the Republic of Indonesia—whose leaders were still in exile on
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from 23 August to 2 November 1949, between representatives of the
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Final session of the Round Table Conference on 2 November 1949
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600 million. This means that in the period of 1950-1956
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from Japan. The Dutch, who had been expelled in 1942 by the
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can be seen signing the resulting agreement, 2 November 1949
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3.8 billion had already been paid. After the conflict
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The unresolved status of Western New Guinea would lead to
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Negotiations over the internal and external debts of the
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in July 1946, which led to the establishment of the
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4.5 billion of Dutch East Indies government debt.
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Index

Dutch-Indonesian Round Table Conference

Sultan Hamid II
Mohammad Hatta
Cession of sovereignty
The Hague
Federal Consultative Assembly
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Republic of Indonesia
Dutch
Indonesian
The Hague
Kingdom of the Netherlands
Republic of Indonesia
Federal Consultative Assembly
Linggadjati Agreement
Renville Agreement
Roem–Van Roijen Agreement
cession of sovereignty
United States of Indonesia
Sukarno
Indonesian independence
Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies
Indonesian National Revolution
Malino Conference
State of East Indonesia
agreement at Linggadjati
Java
Sumatra
Madura

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