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210 NETHERLANDS/700 AFGHANISTANMID#4283
Started in September 2001. See the narrative in the 2 United States of America/700
Afghanistan dyad dispute list.
210 NETHERLANDS/731 NORTH KOREA
MID#51
Started in June 1950. See the narrative in the 731 North Korea/732 South Korea dyad
dispute list.
210 NETHERLANDS/740 JAPAN
MID#224
Started in November 1865. See the narrative in the 200 United Kingdom/740 Japan
dyad dispute list.
210 NETHERLANDS/850 INDONESIA
MID#1023
Dispute Number: 1023
Date(s): December 11, 1951 to January 9, 1952
Participants: 850 Indonesia/210 Netherlands
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (Negotiated)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Tensions were growing between Indonesia and the Dutch over control
of the territory of West New Guinea. On August 16, 1951, the Indonesian leader
urged a complete break from the Dutch. Then, on December 11, 1951, the Indonesian
government seized a shipment of arms in transit from the Netherlands to West New
Guinea. The seizure took place on the port of Tanjong Priok in Jakarta Harbor. The
arms shipment was seized upon a 1949 Indonesian military regulation that stated that
no arms could be transported into Indonesia without the government’s permission. On
December 14, the Dutch protested, claiming that the arms were not being transported
into Indonesia but were intended for West New Guinea, a Dutch territory. Jakarta
replied on December 18, stating that the arms were being transported into Indonesia,
as much as that Indonesia laid claim to West New Guinea. A second shipment of arms
was seized by the Indonesian government on December 22, all with negotiations over
the future of West New Guinea looming in January of the next year. On January 9,
1952, the Netherlands announced its satisfaction with the admittance of Indonesia on