The agreement contained provisions for self-determination for the Papuans,[4] which resulted in the controversial Act of Free Choice in July 1969, whereas around 1,000 selected representatives all voted unanimously for incorporation.

[6] Following an aerial bombardment by two OV-10 Bronco aircraft, around 10,000 soldiers were dropped onto the area south of Jayapura near the border with Papua New Guinea.

[1] Brigadier general Imam Munandar, the commander of the Papuan military region for the Indonesian Army, stated that the OPM had been "reduced to scattered remnants".

[2] The operation resulted in a significant setback for the OPM's military capabilities, but the Indonesian government failed to achieve its objective of destroying the organization by 1977.

[1] Richard Woolcott, Australian Ambassador to Indonesia at the time, visited the border regions in early 1977 and reported that there were "not more than twenty rebels", though armed conflict continued in the Papuan highlands.