EVENT INFORMATION

19
December
1961

Sukarno announces Trikora to oppose Dutch control of West New Guinea

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📅 19 December 1961 📍 Indonesië

Sukarno called for the mobilization of Indonesians to “liberate” West New Guinea from Dutch rule. The language of anti-colonial liberation overlapped with Indonesia’s claim to the territory, while Papuans’ own self-determination was not placed at the center of the Dutch-Indonesian contest.

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Sukarno

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Republic of Indonesia