Surviving East Indonesian State

After the bitter struggle for independence, Indonesians finally acknowledge d by the Dutch government with Round-table Conference in December 27, 1949. But this Indonesia is a federation called RIS or RUSI (Republic of the United States of Indonesia).

Thus, Indonesia is a collection of autonomous states, some were unorganized and otheq were quite neat.

One of them was the Negara Indonesia Timur (East Indonesian State) with territory east of Borneo, from Sulawesi to the Moluccas, Bali islands, etc.
The state was abolished in 1950 with the dissolution of RIS into the modern unitarian Republic of Indonesia.

How can we avoid this so that there would be TWO Indonesias by 2012.

Thanks in advance!
 
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