Papua New Guinea-Indonesian Relations over Irian Jaya

THE BORDER SEPARATING West Irian (Irian Jaya) from Papua New Guinea (PNG) has been a continuing source of irritation ever since the Indonesians acquired control of the Western half of the island of New Guinea from the Dutch in 1962. A persistent West Irianese resistance movement has organized military action against Indonesian soldiers and installations using the PNG side of the border as both a base and a sanctuary. Called the Organisasi Papua Merdeka (OPM-the Free Papua Organization), the freedom fighters have condemned the Indonesian administration for acts of political repression and ethnogenocide. Over 250,000 non-Irianese Indonesians have migrated to Irian Jaya, mainly to the capital Jayapura, converting the sleepy Melanesian urban center into a bustling Asian city. Irianese land and cultural interests have taken a secondary position to Indonesian economic and cultural priorities.' With the increasing transmigration of Indonesians to Irian Jaya, the OPM gathered popular momentum among Irianese notwithstanding the steady efforts of the Indonesian provincial administration to incorporate indigenous residents as part of the local government decisionmaking apparatus. When PNG achieved full independence in 1975, another significant element was added to the conflict. The OPM's quest for West Irian Independence seemed to have been inflamed. The number of military clashes along the border increased. PNG became more embroiled in the conflict not only because of the frequency of the border skirmishes but also because it was now an independent state and alone

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