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(AUGUST-NOVEMBER 1949)






                                                                                                                                                           The  Round  Table  Conference  (RTC)  in



                                                                                                                                                           August-November                                                     1949                     was                   the


                                                                                                                                                           culmination  of  Indonesia's  diplomatic


                                                                                                                                                           struggle  to  achieve  full  independence.


                                                                                                                                                           The                Indonesian                                delegation                               led              by


                                                                                                                                                           Mohammad                                     Hatta                     successfully                                 sat



                                                                                                                                                           down  with  representatives  of  the


                                                                                                                                                           Netherlands  and  UNCI  to  discuss  the


                                                                                                                                                           future  of  Indonesia.  The  result  of  the


                                                                                                                                                           RTC  was  an  agreement  to  hand  over
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                         ROUNDTABLE                                                                                                                        sovereignty                                    to              the                 Republic                            of




                                                                                                                                                           Indonesia  (RIS).  Although  there  were
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                                                                                                                                                           still  unresolved  issues  such  as  the


                                                                                                                                                           status of West Irian, the RTC became an


                                                       (KMB)
                                                                                                                                                           important milestone in the struggle for
                                                      (KMB)

                                                                                                                                                           Indonesian independence.







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