UN General Assembly
1954

34. My Government has never made any claim and has no claim to East Irian. We are concerned solely with the territory of the former Netherlands East Indies: the area which constitutes our national boundaries and the area we struggle to set free. In raising this matter before the United Nations, we are attempting to complete the deliverance of our countrymen from colonial rule; we are attempting to resolve the last issue of this nature arising out of our fight for independence. We have no expansionist intentions or any design on territory beyond our national boundaries. Our only desire is to live in peace as good neighbours with Australia and with the other States near-by in a friendly community of nations. Surely this must be clear to the Government of Australia.