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    "ocrText": "Linggadjati Agreement is not the Republic but the United States of Indonesia,\nin which the Republic is but one of three conponent parts. The Dutch also\nhold that during the interin period preceding the formation of the USI, the\nNetherlonds will continue to be the sovereign power in the whole of the\nNetherlands Indies.\nThis basic dissension, together with the strong nutual suspicions\nbuilt up through the past year of hostilities and of slow, delicate nego-\ntiations, is the most serious impediment to the estcblishnent of new polit-\nical and economic rolationships between the Dutch and the Indonesions.\nb. Purpose of the Agreement\nThis fundamental difference in views is reflected in the Dutch and\nIndonesian opinions as to the general nature and purpose of the Linggadjat:\nAgreenent. While the Dutch regard it as c. \"charter of principles\" upon which\na new utch-Indonesian partnership can bo built, to the Indonesians it is\nmerely a convenient step toward the unolterable goal of complete indopendence.\nIndonesian military and political leaders have repeatedly warned the people\nthat the Agreement is only a temporary measure, that its signing has not\nended the \"national struggle\", and that, if no longer necessary to the na-\ntion, it will be abandoned.\nc. Withdrawal of Troops\nNo progress has been made toward implementing Article XVI of the\nAgreement (see Appendix 1) which provides for a reduction of the armed\nforces of both parties directly after the conclusion of the Agreement.\nIn keeping with their misgivings about Indonesion intentions, the\nDutch desire to mointcin their military power in the Indies until there are\neffective guarantees that the new rule of law will be observed by the Indo-\nnesians. As a result, the Dutch have been roluctant to implement Article\nXVI. The Dutch claim they are observing this Article by initiating neces-\nsary measures preparatory to reductions in their troop strongth. The Indo-\nnesians want immodiate troop reductions wi thout any dilatory proliminaries\nand have sought to hasten roduction by suggesting that the rate of restora-\ntion of Dutch properties in Republicon territory will be determined by the\nrate of Dutch troop withdrawols. Furthermore, the facts have not been lost\non the Indonesians thot (a) the Dutch undertook military actions in Eastern\nJava after the Agreement had been signed; (b) Dutch troops, said to be re-\nplacements, continue to arrive; and (c) the Dutch plan to sond 60% of the\n1947 draft class of 50,000 men to the Indies, now that overseas duty for\nconscripts has beon authorized by the Stato Gonoral. For their part, Indo-\nnosian irregular groups have announced that they will not disband until the\nend of the \"revolutionary period\".\n- 6 -"
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