Documents - A New World Order: Asian Independence

After the war Evatt and Australia came to play a significant role in the achievement of Indonesian independence by opposing Dutch military actions against the nationalists from 1947 onwards. At one stage Australia even suggested the Netherlands be expelled from the United Nations. Australia’s support for the independence movement was so significant that Australia was nominated along with India to sponsor the Indonesian delegation to the UN in 1949. When the Indonesian delegation took its place in the General Assembly its spokesman thanked Australia and India for carrying the nationalists’ case.

• A secret document prepared by Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Evatt on the matter of the trusteeship of dependent territories, 4 April 1945.

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After the war Evatt and Australia came to play a significant role in the achievement of Indonesian independence by opposing Dutch military actions against the nationalists from 1947 onwards. At one stage Australia even suggested the Netherlands be expelled from the United Nations. Australia’s support for the independence movement was so significant that Australia was nominated along with India to sponsor the Indonesian delegation to the UN in 1949. When the Indonesian delegation took its place in the General Assembly its spokesman thanked Australia and India for carrying the nationalists’ case. • A secret document prepared by Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Evatt on the matter of the trusteeship of dependent territories, 4 April 1945.
This correspondence illustrates Australia’s sponsorship of Indonesian independence. • Telegram from Ward to the Australian Commission, 1 June 1948. • Telegram from Canberra to Ward advising him of action to take, 2 June 1948. • Telegram from Ward to Canberra, 3 June 1948. • Telegram to Canberra from a delegate at the Economic Commission to Asia and the Far East, 9 June 1948. • Letter from a delegate at the Economic Commission to Asia and the Far East (ECAFE) to the High Commissioner for Australia in India, 7 June 1948. • Excerpt from questions without notice document, 9 December 1948.
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