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University of Wollongong Research Online University of Wollongong Thesis Collection University of Wollongong Thesis Collections 2010 The West Papua dilemma Leslie B. Rollings University of Wollongong Recommended Citation Rollings, Leslie B., The West Papua dilemma, Master of Arts thesis, University of Wollongong. School of History and Politics, University of Wollongong, 2010. http://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/3276 Research Online is the open access institutional repository for the University of Wollongong. For further information contact Manager Repository Services: [email protected]. School of History and Politics University of Wollongong THE WEST PAPUA DILEMMA Leslie B. Rollings This Thesis is presented for Degree of Master of Arts - Research University of Wollongong December 2010 For Adam who provided the inspiration. TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION................................................................................................................................ i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................................................. ii ABSTRACT ...................................................................................................................................... iii Figure 1. Map of West Papua......................................................................................................v SUMMARY OF ACRONYMS ....................................................................................................... vi INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................................................1 Expectations for West New Guinea .................................................................................................3 Initiation of Thesis ...........................................................................................................................7 CHAPTER ONE ................................................................................................................................9 THE MELANESIANS ...................................................................................................................9 Ethnic Groups ................................................................................................................................16 Asmat .........................................................................................................................................17 Korowai......................................................................................................................................20 Dani ............................................................................................................................................22 Amungme ...................................................................................................................................26 Conclusion .................................................................................................................................28 CHAPTER TWO .............................................................................................................................30 SOVEREIGNTY OF WEST PAPUA ............................................................................................ TRANSITIONAL POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS ............................................................30 Early Colonialism – Foundational Developments .....................................................................30 The Fundamentals of the Conflict ..............................................................................................33 Historical Background 1945-1969 .............................................................................................36 Principal Developments in the Dispute for Control of West Papua ...........................................37 The Linggarjati Agreement ........................................................................................................37 The Renville Agreement ............................................................................................................39 The Round Table Conference ....................................................................................................41 The Luns Plan ............................................................................................................................43 The Bunker Plan ........................................................................................................................46 Sukarno Dynamics 1945-1965 ...................................................................................................49 Australia and Vacillating Policy ................................................................................................52 CHAPTER 3 .....................................................................................................................................56 TRANSFER OF SOVEREIGNTY ................................................................................................56 Processing the Solution ..............................................................................................................56 The Act of Free Choice ..............................................................................................................59 Overview of Suharto Administration .........................................................................................64 Suharto and West Irian ...............................................................................................................66 Suharto’s Development Policy ...................................................................................................68 Post-Suharto Era ........................................................................................................................73 CHAPTER 4 .....................................................................................................................................81 WEST PAPUAN NATIONALISM ...............................................................................................81 Nations and Nationalism ................................................................................................................82 Nations, States and Nation-States ..............................................................................................83 Nationalism and Ethnicity ..........................................................................................................86 Primordialism versus Modernism ..............................................................................................88 The Warwick Debates – Nations and Nationalism ....................................................................90 The Implications of Theories of Nationalism ............................................................................93 An Alternative Perspective ............................................................................................................97 Religion and Nationalism...........................................................................................................97 Future Considerations ..............................................................................................................101 The Origins and Activities of the Separatist Movement ..............................................................103 The OPM and West Papuan Nationalism.................................................................................108 The OPM and West Papuan Politics ........................................................................................108 CHAPTER 5 ...................................................................................................................................112 WEST PAPUAN POLITICS .......................................................................................................112 A Formative Year ....................................................................................................................112 Regional Autonomy .................................................................................................................116 Definitions....................................................................................................................................118 Decentralisation .......................................................................................................................118 Fiscal Decentralisation .............................................................................................................118 Devolution ................................................................................................................................119 Revision of Law 22/1999 and Law 25/1999 ............................................................................123 Figure 2. Framework of Government According to Law 22/1999 .........................................124 Political Parties ........................................................................................................................126 Special Autonomy ....................................................................................................................127 CHAPTER 6 ...................................................................................................................................134 INDONESIANISATION ...........................................................................................................134