And why weren't they more effective in persuading the Indonesians of the importance of this case to Australia? |
They knew that West Papua would have to be ruled as a colony, by Indonesians from elsewhere. |
I heard stories about suffering, especially of the Indonesians in forced labor, the romusha. |
The old and small generation of well-educated Indonesians who spoke Dutch is passing away. |
Both the Dutch and Indonesians also sold things on the black market, like cigarettes, alcohol and clothes. |
He was one of the few Indonesians to attend a Dutch university in the Netherlands Indies. |