Van Mook–MacArthur Civil Affairs Agreement
The Van Mook–MacArthur Civil Affairs Agreement was an agreement between the United States and the Dutch government-in-exile. It concerned the jurisdiction over and administration of civil affairs in Dutch East Indies territory liberated by an Allied expeditionary force during WWII.
Background
The
- The Netherlands
- Suriname
- Territory of Curaçao
- Dutch East Indies[1]
Under normal conditions, the Crown was charged by the Constitution of the Netherlands with the “supreme administration” over the Dutch East Indies, while the “general administration” of the East Indies was entrusted to the
- Ministry for Overseas Territories,
- Ministry for the Coordination of Warfare of the Kingdom
- Netherlands Indies Commission for Australia and New Zealand (NINDICOM)
Agreements
“We have let you down after you went to war for us. It is my duty to restore you to Indonesia”, General Douglas MacArthur declared a month after the capitulation of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) in Java to Lieutenant Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies Hubertus van Mook. This happened during an interview in Melbourne, April 4, 1942.[2]
The first agreement for postwar policy planning in regard to Japan and areas under Japanese control, between the United States and the Netherlands, were signed in London, on May 16, 1944. It was agreed that the Allied forces in the liberated areas would be utilized for
The first NICA detachments landed at
On August 15, 1945, it was announced that the entire Dutch East Indies would be transferred from the South West Pacific Area (SWPA) to the South East Asia Command (SEAC). The liberation of
References
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- ^ "Indie-06-2020 MacArthur en de herovering van Nederlands-Indie". 28 May 2020. Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ "Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1944, the Near East, South Asia, and Africa, the Far East, Volume V - Office of the Historian".
- ^ Unknown[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Nationaal Archief - Farewell to the Indies - NICA". Archived from the original on 2020-10-29. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
- ^ "British–Dutch agreement on Indonesia formalized". 24 August 2015.
- ^ "Civil Affairs Military Government - Selected cases and materials" (PDF). The Judge Advocate General's School U.S. Army. September 1958. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-03-09.