http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGpONJ49nfYendofvid [starttext] The Indonesian War of Independence had stated with a nationalist rebellion against the return of Dutch rule to Indonesia, whilst the country was now in relative chaos. The British command, whose job was to stabilize the situation, before handing back the nation to the Dutch, was stuck in an endless struggle to maintain order, as areas controlled by the commonwealth army were being returned to the new Dutch command. This took time, as an army was being raised in the Netherlands to return to the Indies to restore the former Dutch East Indies, at a time Holland was still recovering from its occupation by Germany during World War Two. The British command decided to broker a peace deal between the representatives of the Indonesian independence movement, and the colonial authorities. This first of many peace agreements, was called the "Linggadjati Agreement." In the agreement, the colonial authorities agreed that a Republic of Indonesia would exist on January 1st, 1949, on the Islands of Java, and Sumatra, but the old East Indies would still exist on the majority of Indonesia's 17.000 Islands, effectively dividing the nation.. The Independence leadership agreed, but both sides were unhappy with this compromise, which bought time for the Dutch and the independence movement. The Linggadjati Agreement, was effectively a compromise, which allowed a newly trained East Indies army to return from the Netherlands, whilst Independence forces could re-build in the areas they were given control, and the British colonial forces who were stuck in a quagmire, could leave, once this newly formed army arrived from the Netherlands. In retrospect, this initial peace treaty failed, because the majority of Indonesians in the colonial controlled areas, wanted full independence, whilst the colonial administration wanted full control of the nation again. Shortly after the treaty of Linggadjati was ratified by both parties, and the British army left, the independence war entered a new, and more deadly phase in this conflict.[endtext]

The Linggadjati Agreement- Indonesia, 1947

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