In a despatch dated 25 May 1948, the French General Consul in Batavia, Étienne Raux, informs French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault that the General Government of the Netherlands East Indies has invited the 13 political units that have already been set up (states and autonomous areas) to a conference in Bandung to discuss the establishment of the United States of Indonesia and the structure of the Dutch–Indonesian Union.
On 24 April 1955, the delegations of 29 countries from Africa and Asia, meeting at the Bandung (Indonesia) International Conference, publish a Final Communiqué containing the principles adopted at the Conference.
On 18 April 1955, at the opening session of the Bandung Conference, the Egyptian Delegation looks at the issues involved in the process of decolonisation and self-rule in Asian and African countries.
At the closing session on 24 April 1955, the Indian Delegation celebrates the success of the Bandung Conference as regards the right of self-determination of colonised peoples.
On 26 April 1955, commenting on the proceedings of the Bandung Conference, the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung considers the role and the position of Asian countries on the international scene.
On 27 April 1955, the Luxembourg daily newspaper Luxemburger Wort considers the move towards non-alignment apparent at the Bandung Conference attended by 29 countries from Africa and Asia from 18 to 24 April 1955.
On 11 June 1955, the French External Documentation and Counter-Intelligence Department drafts a note in which it outlines the various reactions to the Bandung Conference.
On 27 April 1955, Renaud Sivan, French Ambassador in Jakarta, writes a letter to Antoine Pinay, French Foreign Minister, in which he sets out the highlights of the Bandung Conference.
The delegation from Liberia, one of the 29 countries participating in the Conference of non-aligned nations held from 18 to 24 April 1955 in Bandung, Indonesia.
On 28 April 1955, General Paul Ely, French Commissioner General in Indo-China, sends a letter to Antoine Pinay, French Foreign Minister, in which he gives his first impressions of the Bandung Conference, held from 18 to 24 April 1955.