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| 1954, Aug. 11 |
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| The formal dissolution of the Netherlands-Indonesian union took place without resolving the problem of New Guinea, which Indonesia referred to the UN. | 1 |
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| 1955, Sept. 29 |
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| The first national elections began. | 2 |
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| 1956, Sept. 12–17 |
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| Sukarno made a state visit to Moscow. On Sept. 15 the government announced a Soviet loan of $100 million. | 3 |
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| 1957, Feb. 21 |
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| Sukarno issued an appeal to the people to replace the Western democratic method with a system of mutual help, which would allow Communist participation in the cabinet. | 4 |
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| March 2 |
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| A military coup occurred in the four provinces of eastern Indonesia when the Celebes army commander and a 51-man council declared a state of war there. The rebels demanded complete autonomy for the region and urged that 70 percent of the revenues collected there be used for local development. | 5 |
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| March 5 |
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| Sukarno invited the firm anti-Communist former vice president, Mohammed Hatta, to meet with him. | 6 |
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| March 9 |
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| Another military coup occurred when Lt. Col. Barlian took control of South Sumatra. On March 12 Borneo repudiated the central government and set up its own council. | 7 |
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| March 14 |
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| Premier Sastroamidjojo and his cabinet resigned, and Pres. Sukarno declared a state of war and siege. In order to break a deadlock among competing parties in the formation of a new government, Sukarno, on March 25, called for a cabinet composed of nonpolitical experts. | 8 |
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| April 9 |
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| In the face of continuing rebellion in the outer islands, an emergency extraparliamentary cabinet of experts was installed under a new premier, Djuanda Kartawidjaja. The new cabinet of experts contained no Communists. | 9 |
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| June 27 |
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| Without consulting the central government, officials of North Celebes established a separate province, with D. Manopo as governor. | 10 |
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| July 6 |
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| Lt. Col. Ventje Sumual, on his own authority, assumed military command of the whole of East Indonesia. By July 24 defiance was so widespread that the central government was left in control only of Java. | 11 |
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| Aug. 22 |
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| In a major move to reunify the country, Indonesia's emergency cabinet invited representatives of the rebellious outer regions to a round-table conference with representatives of the central government. | 12 |
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