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There is always merit in setting the record straight, no matter how much time has passed. For the Indonesian province of Papua, it has been a long and bloody 36-year wait. The Papuans have refused to accept the 'Act of Free Choice' by which they supposedly voted to join Indonesia in 1969. [This book], commissioned by the Dutch government, the former colonial ruler in Indonesia, unequivocally vindicates their stance. The Sydney Morning Herald it is a book for politicians, historians, legal experts and, above all, for those who want to know about the weight of the weak in the events of the modern world. Inside Indonesia Nowhere else can one find a fuller or more creditable account. International Institute for Asian Studies Newsletter

Nowhere else can one find a fuller or more creditable account. * International Institute for Asian Studies Newsletter * it is a book for politicians, historians, legal experts and, above all, for those who want to know about the weight of the weak in the events of the modern world. * Inside Indonesia * There is always merit in setting the record straight, no matter how much time has passed. For the Indonesian province of Papua, it has been a long and bloody 36-year wait. The Papuans have refused to accept the 'Act of Free Choice' by which they supposedly voted to join Indonesia in 1969. [This book], commissioned by the Dutch government, the former colonial ruler in Indonesia, unequivocally vindicates their stance. * The Sydney Morning Herald *

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Pieter Droogleever was the lead researcher on a government-sponsored, 27-year study of the decolonisation of Indonesia at the Institute of Netherlands History at The Hague. He also served as chairman of the historical committee for Indonesian Studies, and was a lecturer in Indonesian History at the University of Nymegen, where he held the L. J. Rogier chair.

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