Australian attitudes and policies towards Indonesia 1950 to 1965
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1973
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Viviani, Nancy
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Australian attitudes and policies towards Indonesia have
encompassed two main issues in the period 1950 to 1965. The West New
Guinea issue and the confrontation issue posed different kinds of tests
for Australian foreign policy as well as presenting a challenge to
Australians to come to terms with their situation in the sub-region and,
in particular, in their attitudes to Indonesia itself.
The perceptions, attitudes and opinions of Australians on these
issues are the central concern of the study. This concern is pursued by
examining attitudes as they appear in the community generally, in the
press, in the political parties and among those who made Australian
policy. Description of attitudes is accompanied by attempts to explain
their genesis and formation, their strength and durability. The study is
also concerned with how these attitudes have affected policy making. An
analysis of Australian policy on these issues is also undertaken in this
work. The thesis has two parts. Part one describes and attempts to
explain community, press and party attitudes together with the opinions of
some groups and individuals. Part two focusses on the attitudes of
Cabinet ministers and their advisers and describes the relationship between
these attitudes and policy on the two issues. This part also discusses
Australian aid to, and trade with Indonesia. The conclusion draws some of
these disparate threads together. A judgement is made about common and
uncommon factors in Australian attitudes; the process of influence and
policy making is described. The relationship between attitudes and policy
is examined.
Finally, the conclusion says a little about the international
significance of these issues and points to their long term effects in the
Australian Indonesian relationship.
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