History
After territorial elections in January 1961 a New Guinea Council consisting of 28 members were sworn into office by Governor Dr. P.J.Platteel on 1 April 1961 and the Council's inaugurations on 5 April 1961 were attended by Australia, Britain, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand and other Pacific Forum nations with exception of the United States. The Council appointed a National Committee to draft a Manifesto expressing the desire for independence, and to design a flag and anthem commensurate with this desire. The design of the flag is credited to Nicolaas Jouwe. The full New Guinea Council endorsed these actions on 30 October 1961 and the first Morning Star flag was presented to Governor Platteel on 31 October 1961.
The Dutch authorities gave West Papua this Flag to use as their National Flag as well as their National anthem and coat of arms The official raising of the flag took place on 1 December 1961 on West Papua's Independence Day. Within a year, Indonesia invaded the Independent Nation of West Papua under Suharto with National Committee Chairman Mr Inury. web|url=http://www.eastwestcenter.org/fileadmin/stored/pdfs/PS014.pdf%7Ctitle=Constructing Papuan Nationalism: History, Ethnicity, and Adaptation|first=Richard|last=Chauvel|work=Managing Internal Conflicts in Asia|publisher=East–West Center|year=2005|pages=25–26}}
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