UN General Assembly
1961

75. My Government thus embarked on a policy of total confrontation vis-à-vis the Netherlands, not only politically but also economically and militarily. We took the necessary measures against their economic interest, a hold-over from colonial days; their military build-up in and around West Irian, a base of intimidation and subversion, we faced with the building up of our own military strength. Relations with the Netherlands have already been broken off entirely. 76. In the meantime, we are happy to have been able to consolidate our national political and physical strength, and embark also upon a national over-all development programme for the rapid economic and social development and emancipation of our peoples. West Irian is not excluded, although the materialization of the programme there is hampered by the prolonged Dutch colonial occupation of that territory.