INDONESIA AND WEST NEW GUINEA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP64B00346R000300220020-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 17, 2004
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: August 6, 1998
• Content Type: MAP

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1. President Sukarno's sharply intensified campaign to
gain West New Guinea poses the probability of an attack against
the area this year unless a political settlement is reached as-
suring its transfer to Indonesia.
A. The naval clash on 15 January between Dutch and
Indonesian vessels, in which Indonesia lost one and possibly two
torpedo boats in an infiltration attempt, may spark retaliatory
Indonesian action which in turn could provoke general hostilities.
B. Indonesia's plans for an attack on the area, accel-
erated since last November, probably will be further intensified.
C. At the same time, Indonesia remains hopeful that UN
Acting Secretary General U Thant can arrange a peaceful settlement.
D. Indonesia's minimum demand, however, is administra-
tive responsibility over New Guinea, whether or not under the UN;
Indonesia will not accept the Dutch position guaranteeing self-
determination to the Papuan natives.
E. The Dutch are willing to negotiate but would like
to do so in the presence of a third party and on the basis of
Papuan self-determination.
II. Indonesia has used the New Guinea issue to justify mas-
sive arms purchases from the Sine-Soviet bloc.
A. Purchases total $830 million, of which over $600
million has been contracted solely from the Soviet Union since
January 1960.
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