The Dutch post war recovery was financed by Indonesia
A classic Dutch tale of fraud, theft, extortion and genocide
Presentation and research by
Foundation Majority perspective
Researchers
Christa Soeters
Michael van Zeijl
Rogier Meijerink
At
Seminar Colonial
Legacies Today: Indonesia and the Netherlands
On
Saturday 18th of May 2019 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
The main document referred to in this presentation is a memorandum by
Indonesia Policy Affairs Directorate on 18th of May 1956. This
document can be found in the national archive in The Hague. Its archive
reference is: NL-HaNA, Buitenlandse
Zaken / Code-Archief 55-64, 2.05.118, inv.nr. 9339, deel 1, d.d. 18 may
1956
In this document there is a reference to the
Indonesian calculations of the costs of the agresi militer belanda as it was
brought forward at the round table conference in 1949. This document can be
found at the same achieve, reference: NL-HaNA, Delegatie RTC Indonesië, 2.10.40,
inv.nr. 10, doos 10, C.C.0.2e,
d.d. 10 oktober 1949
A very insightful document is one were
instructions are given tot the Dutch negotiators at the Development Assistance
Committee on 26th of July 1963.
When Indonesia in 1953 comes to an agreement
with Japan on post war reparations, the Dutch claim double the amount from
Indonesia. This while the Dutch already renounced their claims by the san
Francisco treaty. NL-HaNA, Buitenlandse Zaken / Code-Archief 45-54,
2.05.117, inv.nr. 10404, d.d. 24 november 1953
The Dutch, at the time of the Wassenaar
treaty, masquerade as forthcoming then they at long last drop their artificial
claims: NL-HaNA, Ambassade
Indonesië 1962-1974, 2.05.188, inv.nr. 267, d.d 10 augustus 1966