Van Mook–MacArthur Civil Affairs Agreement

The Van Mook–MacArthur Civil Affairs Agreement was an agreement between the United States and the Dutch government-in-exile. It concerned the jurisdiction over and administration of civil affairs in Dutch East Indies territory liberated by an Allied expeditionary force during WWII. == Background == The Constitution of the Netherlands of 1922 had abolished any juridical distinction between the European territories of the Dutch Empire and the former “overseas” or “colonial” territories.

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