Republic of the South Moluccas

chapter 6:

THE REVOLUTIONAIRE PERIOD

(a) The Formation of the R.I.S.

In 1945 all Southeast Asian and West Melanesian nations revolted against Dutch colonialism. Four years later, the Netherlands gave Independence and Sove­reignty to us through the formation of the R.I.S. (United States of Indonesia). The U.N.O. has strongly supported the last mentioned development based on a Resolution of the Security Council, dated January 28, 1949 (point 3), and therefore U.N.O. can be hold responsible for the execution of the Resolution (point 4).

(b) Neo colonialism.

The United States of Indonesia, the creation of which was also desired by the United Nations, was destroyed without any consideration by the Republic of Indonesia which was merely a constituent part of the federation. Despite its fine sounding statement on December 22, 1948 in the Security Council, remaining federal states were unscrupulously and violently "naturalized" by military troops of the R.I. (the official territory of the R.I. is Central Java).

This serious transgression of international law was justified, in front of the international public, by the incredible and poor argument: Internal Affair of the R.I.

(c) Juridical counter measures.

However, before the illegal Republic of Indonesia had the opportunity to install herself as the neo colonial authority (on August 17, 1950), this claim was dis­puted by Mr. Dr. Chr. Soumokil by means of official proclamation of _the Repub­lic of the South Moluccas: an independence claimed by the people on April 25, 1950 in Amboina.

Moluccan students abroad (Djakarta) demonstrated on the 17th of December, 1950 (see illustration 5) and presented a petition opposing the poor argument of the R.I. The proclamation of the Republic of the South Moluccas is not an internal matter and never will be. The United Nations Commission for Indonesia received a similar petition.

(d) Two fold suppression.

From 1950 onwards, the Republic of the South Moluccas was incessantly attacked by thousands of the T.N.I. soldiers, who were equipped with modern arms, which were left behind by the Dutch. Four thousand Moluccan soldiers who served in the colonial Dutch Army and were still encamped on Java awaiting their demobi­lization, were transferred by ship to the Netherlands, by order of the Dutch government; by doing so, the Dutch government deliberately prevented these trained and experienced forces from reinforcing the A.P.R.M.S. (the South Moluccan Army). Only a few of them succeeded to reach the Moluccas. Ultimately it was only 60 soldiers together with the people who many years had to put up against the R.I. aggression, without outside aid.

The Dutch government and the R.I. only then exerted themselves to repatriating Moluccans to Indonesia, when complete military (the Indonesian Army) occupation and control of the Moluccas was attained, when the former Moluccan soldiers were understood to be of no more military importance. They (the Dutch govern­ment and the R.I. regime) launched the policy of repatriation according to which the repatriating Moluccans were set back, labeled as Indonesians.

It needs no argument that we are apparently not free, while our means of existence are in complete control of the neo colonial aggressor.

(e) The international public opinion.

International Rights are a fact in the International political life. Laws and Conventions which protect fundamental Human Rights have been designed and I approved. We therefore insist, that the Dutch government makes clear as to wlsey it still supports and encourages a neo colonial regime (R.I.) in committing "ethnocide and genocide" on the Moluccan people.

We appeal therefore to all nations, including the Dutch people, to give atten­tion to the following facts:

• The presence of thousands of Moluccan people abroad and particularly in the Netherlands, is part of an international problem, for the Dutch and the Indonesian governments are jointly responsible. In order to deny the inter­national political character of the problem, the care of these Moluccans is appointed to the Department of C.R.M. (Culture, Recreation and Social Work). It needs no argument that this is an erroneous policy.
• As long as the Dutch government is prepared to support the "clique" in Djakarta in their jointly set up, policy of repatriation, obligating the repatriating Moluccans to become Indonesians, she is also responsible for the political crimes of the R.I. regime by consciously collaborating and thus seriously infringing the Right of Independence of the Moluccans and other nations of West Melanesia and Southeast Asia.

May God give a new hart to the Dutch government and her people, that they might realize that a Kingdom, which has its existence, based on Justice and Humanity, cannot sustain the violation of the right of sovereignty and independence of another nation.