The transfer formally ended Dutch sovereignty over most of the former Dutch East Indies after a revolution and war. West New Guinea was explicitly excluded, leaving Papuans under Dutch colonial rule...
The Round Table settlement excluded West New Guinea from the transfer to Indonesia. Dutch administration continued, and Papuans were not given a decisive role in determining the territory’s future....
President Sukarno announced the return to a unitary Republic of Indonesia. The federal structure had been established during Dutch negotiations and military pressure; its dissolution expressed...
