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Constructing Papuan Nationalism 95Indonesia. Vraaggesprek met Kaisiepo and Jouwe, October 13, 1961, Kabinet vande Gouverneur van Nederlands Nieuw Guinea, dossier 35, ARA.69. Vraaggesprek met Kaisiepo and Jouwe, October 13, 1961, Kabinet van deGouverneur van Nederlands Nieuw Guinea, dossier 35, ARA.70. Nieuw Guinea Raad, Handelingen Eerst Buitengewone Zitting, October 30,1961, p. 33.71. Rapport van de wetenschappelijk ambtenaar G. W. Grootenhuis in NNG,“Papoea Elite en Politieke Partijen,” 1961, Ministerie van Kolonien, ARA, Dossier11575, Deel I, pp. 15–17, 106.72. Boven Digul was established after the 1926–27 communist uprisings in Java andSumatra and was used to inter Indonesian nationalists and communists. Andersonargues that Boven Digul had a central place in the folklore of the Indonesiannationalist struggle and was “a sacred site in the national imagining.” However, ascan be seen from the text of the present study, Anderson is mistaken when he contendsthat, apart from the internees, no Indonesian nationalists saw Papua withtheir own eyes until the 1960s (1991: 176).73. As noted in Chauvel and Ikrar Nusa Bhakti, the Indonesian government hadappointed Bonay out of “a desire to have as governor an Irianese with credibilityand some local support rather than a clearly pro-Indonesia Irianese or even a non-Irianese Indonesian” (2004: 15). The government knew of Bonay’s activities as oneof the leading nationalists, but, as discussed above, Bonay was one who believedfrom the signing of the New York Agreement onwards that Papua’s problemscould not be solved without engaging with the Indonesians.74. Herman Wayoi, “Quo Vadis Papua: Tanah Papua (Irian Jaya) masih dalam statusTanah Jajahan,” in Alua (2002a: 63).75. Wayoi’s report, prepared for the February 1999 meeting with President Habbie,was written before Freddy Numberi was appointed Minister for StateAdministration in the Wahid Government in October 1999 and Manuel Kaisiepowas appointed as Junior Minister for the Accelerated Development of EasternIndonesia in Megawati Sukarnoputri’s cabinet in 2002.76. Herman Wayoi, “Quo Vadis Papua.”77. Clemens Runaweri, “Political Situation in West Papua between May 1, 1963 andApril 11, 1969, and the ‘Act of Free Choice’ in July – August 1969,” pp. 4, 9–11.DEA file 3036/2/1 Pt. 16, CRS A1838 T 184, NAA.78. Clemens Runaweri, “Political Situation in West Papua between May 1, 1963 andApril 11, 1969, and the ‘Act of Free Choice’ in July – August 1969,” p. 10. DEAfile 3036/2/1 Pt. 16, CRS A1838 T 184, NAA.79. “Michael Menufandu, Senior Advisor Masalah Otonomi Daerah untuk IrianJaya,” Tokoh, Denpasar, 20–26 Desember 1999, p. 26.80. “Papuanisasi Jurus Jitu dan Sederhana,” Papua Post, Jayapura, 25 November 2000.81. “Desak MRP Disahkan: Rapat Dengar Pendapat Umum RekomendasikanBeberapa Poin Penting,” Cenderawasih Pos, 17 Desember 2003. More detailed discussionof the partition issue can be found in Part IV of the present study and alsoin Chauvel and Ikrar Nusa Bhakti (2004: 36–42).