Independent West Papua after 1963

WI West Papua had become an independent state, as the Dutch initially desired, instead of being de facto annexed into Indonesia thru the farcical 'Act of Free Choice' in 1969 ? How would the existence of another independent non-Javanese-dominated new country in the archipelago area have impacted on East Timor (still under Portuguese control to 1975) plus other still restive parts of Indonesia ?
 
After 1963 ??? No. In any time post-New York Agreement West Papua's fate is already sealed, except if maybe US would somehow invade and at least managed to acquire eastern part of the country a West Papuan state will may have its chance. That will surely be a world where US involvement in Vietnam being a much less memorable event, btw.

And btw, be carefull of this PC meme about Indonesia=Javanese Empire thingy. Javanese people do have this sheer advantage from being the single largest ethnic group, but they are by no means like Han Chinese in China or Russians, their number is barely 45% of the total population. Also remember that Jakarta is not located in the Javanese part of Java, in fact it is an island in the middle of a sea of Sundanese, and has been THE melting pot of this country since NEI era, besides being THE center of gravity of this country's economy, also since the Dutch era. The later part is actually why Indonesia has been so centralized and not so ethnic-national-principle friendly, though there is also Indonesianism factor. If anything, Indonesia is a Jakartan Empire. Don't worry, for it's not so good either ;)

Anyway, only with pre-New York Agreement PoDs that a West Papuan state can be possible, at least if you want to keep Vietnam within the spot light. The best period is during the War for Independence, which is by the Netherlands government having a more clever design for Eastern Indonesia, by instead of lumping Maluku/South Maluku with the rest of the country, make it a separate state. Assuming minimal butterflies, by the time RIS is dissolved, Maluku/South Maluku remains separate from the Unitarian Republic, thus making a comfortable buffer-state to shield the Dutch presence. However, it will may become so comfortable that West Papua will remain Dutch though....
 
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If the US backed PRRI, which was fighting the Sukarno government, had managed to win then maybe Western Papua would not have been forcibly annexed to Indonesia years later. But when the PRRI lost the US decided to support Sukarno, who did not trust the major powers.

PRRI rebels, a mix of anti-communist and Islamic movements, received arms and aid from Western sources, including the CIA, until J. Allan Pope, an American pilot, was shot down after a bombing raid in northern Indonesia in 1958. The CIA sent arms to rebel movements on Sumatra as well as Sulawesi
The downing of this pilot, together with impressive victories of government forces against the PRRI, evoked a shift in US policy, leading to closer ties with Sukarno as well as Major General Abdul Haris Nasution, the head of the army and the most powerful anti-communist in the Jakarta government.
This on PRRI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRRI

This on the Permesta of Sulawesi which joined the PRRI.
http://www.north-sulawesi.org/nhistory.html
 
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