Letter: Papua conflicts are managed conspiracy
For so long, Australia has been trying to get Oceania under its controlled to secure the West’s interests in the region. Australia’s efforts have been supported by the United States Pacific Command (US PACOM) in Hawaii to make sure its geo-strategy in the region will be on track.
But the world has changed recently — the “old” West seems no longer to be dominating the region because of its economic problems, which is why they’ve started with a new package of strategies using “new soldiers” who fit it more comfortably with current trends around the world.
These “new soldiers” have spread all over the world in the guise of NGO workers, human rights personnel and associations, democracy activists, environmental activists, workers, artists, missionaries and others. And they have brought their own national interests to target countries all over the world. These soldiers seem to have become the “spearhead” of Western countries and their allies, in implementing their global strategy.
According to WikiLeaks, since the 1970s Australia has sent more than 6,000 intelligence-trained civilians to Papua and Indonesia as missionaries, activists, journalists and various other professions, primarily to monitor, sponsor, indoctrinate and recruit local activists against the government of Indonesia. (
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This has been a clandestine operation that has been arranged systematically for years. I believe that by supporting the separatist and pro-independence movements, they have deliberately managed the conflict in order to keep their interests secure in Indonesia, especially in Papua.
For instance, Freeport Mc MoRan has been operating in Papua since 1974, and in that period the company has maintained the separatists by funding them with a proper budget. Why? They’ve realized that the government of Indonesia has discovered that the mine’s profit sheet does not balance. There is also the possibility that the government could cancel their contract or even worse nationalize the mine and all US companies operating in Indonesia. By funding the separatists properly, separatists in Papua were kept as a small force and so was the pro-independence movement. They could live but remained only a minor force so that they could be controlled easily.
This (US) company has had strong bargaining position with Indonesia: By managing the conflict they can guarantee that profits will benefit the country and keep Indonesia stable, otherwise they could revoke their endorsement for Indonesian sovereignty and, with their power, take the issue of Papua to the international community.
This situation needs to be addressed wisely and carefully since we’ve realized this conspiracy has largely involved well-known countries that once dominated the world. In doing so, Indonesia should take a persuasive approach with combined with comprehensive internal security by way of early detection and early prevention. Since we realize that Papua has become an object of international interest because of its natural resources, we need to deal with this problem properly without damaging our relations with the international community.
Rafli Hasan
Medan