1956 In April, Su Jianuo, with the support of the Soviet Union, China and other countries, announced the abrogation of the Netherlands-Indonesia Agreement and Indonesia became a completely independent sovereign state.
1957 65438+On February 8, Indonesian Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense Juan Da, as the supreme military commander, announced that all Dutch plantations in Indonesia, as well as factories and agricultural experimental stations attached to plantations, would be controlled by the Indonesian government. Army Chief of Staff Nassutian and Finance Minister Slamet issued a joint statement on the 9th, announcing the implementation of military control over the Jakarta head office and other branches of three Dutch banks, namely Bank of Hong Xiao, Anda Bank and Bank of Yi Tu. In addition, in East Java, West Java, North Sumatra and Makassar in Sulawesi, Indonesian workers and youths took over or supervised some Dutch banks and enterprises.
1959, elections were held in West Irian, still under Dutch rule, and Papua Parliament was established to prepare for independence on April 5 196 1. At that time, the parliament had decided that the name of the newly established country was West Papua, and a new national emblem, a new national anthem and a new national flag with the morning star as the pattern were drawn up. The new flag was raised at1961121,side by side with the Dutch flag. 19611February 18, Indonesia sent troops to occupy West Papua and declared West Papua a province of Indonesia-Irian Jaya province. At this point, the Dutch army completely withdrew from the Indonesian archipelago, and all Dutch colonies in the Asia-Pacific region were lost.