{"product_id":"an-act-of-free-choice-decolonisation-and-the-right-to-self-determination-in-west-papua-9781851687152","title":"An Act of Free Choice: Decolonisation and the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis important study introduces the history and people of West Papua, tracing the origins of the international conflict surrounding their struggle for self-determination following the Second World War. Based on three decades of exhaustive research and focusing particular attention on the sham referendum of 1969 - which Indonesia dubbed 'The Act of Free Choice', an election rigged to legitimize Indonesian control over West Papua - Droogleever highlights the continuing impact of this injustice on Indonesia's most underdeveloped and poverty-stricken province.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Nowhere else can one find a fuller or more creditable account.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * International Institute for Asian Studies Newsletter *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"it is a book for politicians, historians, legal experts and, above all, for those who want to know about the weight of the weak in the events of the modern world. \"\u003c\/p\u003e * Inside Indonesia *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“There is always merit in setting the record straight, no matter how much time has passed. For the Indonesian province of Papua, it has been a long and bloody 36-year wait. The Papuans have refused to accept the ‘Act of Free Choice’ by which they supposedly voted to join Indonesia in 1969. [This book], commissioned by the Dutch government, the former colonial ruler in Indonesia, unequivocally vindicates their stance.”\u003c\/p\u003e * The Sydney Morning Herald *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePreface\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIllustrations\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMap: Netherlands New Guinea \u003c\/em\u003ec. \u003cem\u003e1960\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1 A Distant Corner of the Netherlands East Indies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Dutch East India Company (DEIC), Tidore and New Guinea\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe eastern frontier of the Netherlands East Indies\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eEstablishing control and exploring the interior\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAdministrative policies up to the Second World War\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Protestant and Catholic Missions\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe ‘\u003cem\u003emise en valeur\u003c\/em\u003e’: business and colonists\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eLooking back\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2 The Shock of War\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWest New Guinea during the Second World War\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe way back\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eNew Guinea under the Japanese occupation\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe restoration of government under Van Eechoud\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eEchoes of the revolution\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3 New Guinea as a Bargaining Tool\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIndonesia becomes independent\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The nationalists take the helm\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Political relations in the Netherlands\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The federal response\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Linggadjati; talks and clashes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   A poker game between Bandung, Yogya and The Hague\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eClaims on New Guinea\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The Republicans’ wishes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Malino and the Moluccan Commonwealth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The Indo-European option and the Papuan cause\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   \u003c\/em\u003ePassing the Papuans from player to player\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Dutch moves\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   East Indonesian aspirations\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Republican reactions\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTwo Dutch pickets\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   New Guinea and the Decree on the Government of Indonesia during the Period of Transition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The removal of Tidoran home rule on New Guinea\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4 Separation from Indonesia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eMinister Van Maarseveen steps into the limelight\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe covert hand of Hollandia\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Round Table Conference\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePlayers from the side-lines\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eArguments, circumstances and motives\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e5 Locking Horns\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Netherlands and Indonesia in the ‘status-quo’ year\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eNew Guinea in cold storage\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Supomo mission\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAli Sastroamidjojo’s offensive\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Geneva Conference\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e6 Direct Rule from The Hague\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eA new system of government\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eRegaining momentum under Van Waardenburg\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTwo Calvinist comrades in power\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFor the sake of the Papuans’ education\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Changed conditions in Protestant circles\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The arrival of the American and Australian missions\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   A new place for the Roman Catholics\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Education\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Language policy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe hesitations of big business\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eA development project under the colonial flag\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Territorial extension of the administration\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e7 The Dispute in an International Perspective\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe hounds are loose\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe superpowers and the place of the United Nations\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eConsultations with Australia\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAmerican guarantees\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAn arms race at the equator\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The points of departure \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The Indonesian military build-up from 1958 onward\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The Karel Doorman’s odyssey\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e8 The Turning Tide in The Hague and Washington\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe crumbling home front\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eDe Quay takes office\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe first steps on the path to internationalization\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Minister Luns and the General Assembly of 1960\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Tunku Abdul Rahman's mediation attempt\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Bright boys in Washington\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFurther commotion on the home front\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe conception of the Luns plan\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Luns plan in the General Assembly of 1961\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e9 The Metamorphoses of the Luns Plan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe Dutch Cabinet’s definition of its position\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTalking under pressure\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The military situation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   American diplomatic assistance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The dispute about the preconditions\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWashington’s ‘knock on the head’\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Kennedy nails his colours to the mast\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Ambassador Bunker’s plan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Back to Middleburg\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe New York Agreement\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The Indonesian approach\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Van Roijen and Malik get down to business\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The making of the New York Agreement\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The last hurdles\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e10 Democratization Under Bot and Platteel\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eNew Guinea; reactions of the government and the population\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe democratization of the administration\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Town and Regional Councils\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The New Guinea Council\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eForming Parties\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e11 Papua Blues\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe New Guinea Council and the political parties\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The forming of the National Committee: Flag and Anthem\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The Luns Plan in the New Guinea Council\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Bitter travel experiences\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eJitters in New Guinea\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe political stance of the Papuans in 1962\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Contacts with the Eastern neighbours\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Contacts with African countries\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Members of the New Guinea Council visit The Hague\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   A proclamation of independence?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The final months under the red-white-and-blue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e12 Under Jakarta’s Thumb\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe entry of the UNTEA\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eUnder one roof with the UNTEA and Indonesia\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIndonesia as temporary administrator\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBuild-up to the plebiscite\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBetween Delft, Manokwari and New York\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e13 The First Phase of the Act of Free Choice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePreliminary manoeuvres\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The task of the United Nations\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The appointment of Ortiz Sanz\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Defining positions in The Hague, Jakarta and Washington\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Ortiz Sanz’s first steps\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Interim consultations in The Hague and New York\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   The further development of the Indonesian plans\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePapuans in action\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Resistance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e   Diplomacy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e14 The Second Phase of the Act of Free Choice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eLuns, Udink and Malik to Rome\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe composition of the consultative councils\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSelf-determination in practice\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eReporting to the United Nations\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eLooking back in the Netherlands\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAppendix\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNotes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBibliography\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIndex\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oneworld Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default 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