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CHARTER OF AGREEMENT

between the Delegation of the Republic Indonesia and the
Delegation of the Federal Consultative Assembly on the draft
of the Constitution of the Republic of the
United States of Indonesia

We, the Delegation of the Republic Indonesia and the Delegation of the Federal Consultative Assembly, in our meeting held on Saturday the twentyninth October nineteen hundred and fortynine at Scheveningen;

Having considered and agreed to the views on constitutional affairs as formed by our Constitutional Committees in several joint meetings held at Scheveningen and the Hague during August, September and October 1949;

Fully respecting all the unanimous decisions of the Inter-Indonesian Conference during its meetings at Djocjakarta and Batavia in July and August 1949;

Having examined and considered the draft of the Constitution of the Republic of the United States of Indonesia,

DECLARE

to agree with the text of the Provisional Constitution, called Constitution of the Republic of the United States of Indonesia, as attached to this Charter of Agreement.

We, the Delegations, as a proof thereof, have further initialled this Charter of Agreement, God Almighty bearing witness of the true inclination and the earnest desire of the Indonesian People and Country to bring about the draft of the Constitution of the Republic of the United States of Indonesia:

a. For the Republic Indonesia,

Leader of the Delegation of the Republic Indonesia,
(Drs. Mohammad Hatta)

b. For the territories cooperating in the frame of the F.C.A.,

Leader of the Delegation of the Republic Indonesia,Delegate of Kalimantan Barat,
(Sultan Hamid II)
Chairman of the F.C.A.

Delegate of Indonesia Timur,
(Ide Anak Agoeng Gde Agoeng)
First deputy Chairman of the F.C.A.

Delegate of Madura,
(Dr. Soeparmo)
Second deputy Chairman of the F.C.A.

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