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United States of Indonesia

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noun

  1. former official name of the Republic of Indonesia.


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Van Mook called leaders of outlying Indonesian islands to a conference at Malino in the Celebes, proposed and got approved a semi-autonomous "United States of Indonesia."

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Both sides have agreed to set up a "United States of Indonesia," but the Dutch and the nationalists are still arguing over how to interpret this agreement.

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When the United States of Indonesia was born last month, a wave of forgive & forget sentiment swept over the archipelago.

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These three autonomous areas would be linked as equal partners in the United States of Indonesia, and within two years the U.S.I. would be rated a sovereign power under Queen Wilhelmina.

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Under the truce agreement reached last January, the Dutch and the Republicans were supposed to work out plans for a federal United States of Indonesia, to take over sovereign powers in 1949.

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