The Linggadjati Agreement (Linggajati in modern Indonesian spelling)[a] was a political accord concluded on 15 November 1946 by the Dutch administration and the unilaterally declared Republic of Indonesia in the village of Linggajati, Kuningan Regency, near Cirebon in which the Dutch recognised the republic as exercising de facto authority in Java, Madura, and Sumatra.

The Dutch viewed the Indonesian leadership as collaborators with the occupying Japanese and were determined to reassert their control over the nation by force.

This four-member commission, headed by former Dutch Prime Minister Willem Schermerhorn traveled to Jakarta to negotiate with the republican delegation and arrived in Indonesia on 14 September.

Recognizing their still weakened position following World War II, the Netherlands was more prepared to negotiate with the republic than they were later in the Indonesian National Revolution.

According to the terms, the Netherlands agreed to recognize the Republic as exercising de facto authority over Java, Sumatra, and Madura (Article 1).

The republicans committed to the establishment of a federal Indonesian state, while the Dutch conceded the inclusion of Sumatra in the Republic of Indonesia as well as Java.

On 10 December 1946, the Dutch government announced its interpretation of the agreement in a statement from Foreign Minister Jan Jonkman.

This increased Republican opposition to the agreement, especially from the Indonesian National Party, Masjumi, and followers of Tan Malaka.

[20] On 27 May 1947, the Commission General proposed the establishment of a federal council headed by a representative of the Dutch crown to serve as an interim government, as well as a joint police force and the regulation of food distribution.

The Dutch rejected these counter-proposals, but the concessions that Sjahrir had made cost him political support, leaving him fatally weakened.

[21][22] On 29 June, van Mook wrote to Sukarno to repeat the main points that he believed must be agreed on, including continuing Dutch sovereignty and the joint police force.

New Prime Minister Amir Sjariffuddin accepted the de jure Dutch authority but refused to agree to the joint police force.

The Dutch then also demanded an end to Republican hostilities and the food blockade of Dutch-controlled areas by midnight on 16 July.