The Roem – van Roijen Agreement was an agreement made between Indonesia and the Netherlands on 7 May 1949. The name being derived between the two principal negotiators at the meeting; Mohammad Roem and Jan Herman van Roijen. The purpose of the meeting was to iron out outstanding issues prior to Indonesian independence which was to be granted at the Round Table Conference at The Hague later that same year.
The primary concerns that were agreed upon were:
On June 22 another meeting took place regarding future Dutch-Indonesian relationships. The principles that were agreed upon were:
On July 6, Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta returned from exile to the Indonesian Republican capital of Jogjakarta. On July 13, the Hatta cabinet confirmed the Roem – van Roijen Agreement. On August 3, a Dutch-Indonesian ceasefire was agreed upon and came into place on Java (Aug.11) and Sumatra (Aug.15). The Round Table Conference (Aug.23-Oct.31) reached agreement on all issues in the agenda, with the exception of the West New Guinea question.