Dutch-Indonesian relations 1945-1950

 
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Official papers concerning Dutch-Indonesian relations 1945-1950

Published by S.L. van der Wal, P.J. Drooglever en M.J.B. Schouten

The twenty-volume edition of Officiële bescheiden betreffende de Nederlands-Indonesische betrekkingen 1945-1950 contains a selection of documents that present as accurate a representation as possible of the policy that was administered by the respective governments of the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies concerning the Dutch East Indies/Indonesia. The documentary edition is the result of a government assignment that was issued in 1969 as a result of questions raised in the Dutch parliament about the conduct of Dutch soldiers in Indonesia. The documents - which include minutes and accounts of meetings, reports, telegrams and correspondence - mostly come from government archives. This selection has been supplemented with documents, particularly letters, from the personal archives of policy-makers at the time.

Volumes I and XI contain a detailed introduction that provides information about the archives consulted and the criteria used to select the documents. Each volume contains a subject index and an index of persons.

Other publications and spin-offs from these editions include:

  • Guide to the archives on relations between the Netherlands and Indonesia 1945-1963 which is also available on this website in pdf format
  • De leeuw en de banteng, Contributions to the Congress on Dutch-Indonesian relations 1945-1950.
  • Einde in zicht, Voices from the final year of the Dutch East Indies