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Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference

1949 · 20th century · Part of the Indonesian National Revolution

The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference met in The Hague from August to November 1949, bringing together the Netherlands, the Republic of Indonesia and the federal states created by the Dutch. It agreed that the Netherlands would transfer sovereignty to the Republic of the United States of Indonesia, which took place on 27 December 1949, while the status of western New Guinea was left for later talks. Indonesia also took over much of the colonial debt.

Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/dutch-indonesian-round-table-conference
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