page_title: Denpasar Conference
section_title: Conference Proceedings
hierarchical_section_title: Denpasar Conference / Conference Proceedings
caption_attribution_description: English: The meeting hall (pendopo) of the Inna Bali Heritage Hotel (formerly Bali Hotel), venue of the 1946 Denpasar Conference Bahasa Indonesia: Pendopo Inna Bali Heritage Hote (dulu Hotel bali), lokasi Konferensi Denpasar 1946
context_page_description: The Denpasar Conference was held from 7–24 December 1946 at the Hotel Bali and resulted in the establishment of the State of East Indonesia, part of the United States of Indonesia. It was at this conference that the Dutch government stated its position that control of Western New Guinea would not be handed over at the same time as the rest of the Dutch East Indies.
context_section_description: The conference was due to be opened on 7 December by van Mook, but he was delayed by the complications associated with the Dutch interpretation of the Linggadjati Agreement. In his absence, General Government Commissioner van Hoven chaired the opening session and presented a draft legal basis for an independent State of the Great East. Discussions on this paper continued until van Mook's arrival on 17 December. It included  the following provisions:
  the State of Indonesia would comprise the Great East except West Papua
  matters relating to foreign policy, defence and the supreme court, among a total of 40 areas others, would remain the responsibility of the central government
  a Crown Commissioner would be appointed, with wide-ranging powers including ensuring the protection of the rights of ethnic and religions minorites as well as regional rulers
  the state would be divided into 13 autonomous regions
  the head of state would appoint ministers, who would be responsible to a People's Representative Body
  On 9 December, conference delegates expressed support for the Linggadjati Agreement as a basis for the establishment of the United States of Indonesia, and called for it to be ratified immediately in  cables sent to the Central Indonesian National Committee in Yogyakarta and to the Dutch parliament. On 18 December, following his arrival, van Mook officially opened the conference and an agenda was agreed on. Subsequently it emerged that the majority of delegates disagreed with the Dutch proposals refusal to delegate complete authority to the new state, as this would that East Indonesia would not have equal status with the Republic of Indonesia, to which full authority had been delegated under the Linggadjati Agreement. There was also strenuous opposition to the non-inclusion of Western New Guinea. As more than 75% of the new nation would be autonomous regions headed by local rulers, delegates proposed the establishment of a senate to represent regional interests. Finally, a majority called for the national anthem to be Indonesia Raya, and for the Indonesian red and white flag to be the national flag of East Indonesia.
  On 22 December, van Mook gave his response to the proposals. He supported the establishment of the senate and the use of the Indonesian national anthem, but was more cautious about the flag. He expressed a wish for Western New Guinea to be an autonomous region with a special relationship with the United States of Indonesia.
  In later discussions, van Mook refused to compromise on the status of Western New Guinea as the 10 December statement by Minister Jan Jonkman had given him no room for maneuver. It was decided that the status of the territory would be decided later. On 23 December, the Regulations on Forming the State of Indonesia were drawn up, and approved the following day. This supplemented the existing Dutch colonial law dating from 1927, and would become the provisional constitution. Balinese noble Tjokorda Gde Raka Soekawati was elected head of state and Tadjoeddin Noor was elected chair of the Provisional Representatives Body, and subsequently took over the chairmanship of the conference. The conference delegates became the Provisional Representatives Body, and it was decided it would meet in Makassar, the capital, on 1 March 1947. Tjokorda Gde Raka Soekawati was named president of the State of East Indonesia. He named Nadjamoeddin Daeng Malewa as prime minister designate.
caption: The restored Hotel Bali meeting hall, or pendopo, in Denpasar where the conference was held
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