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=== West Irian ===
During the struggle for independence, Sukarno had always perceived Indonesia as also including [[West Papua (region)|West Papua]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Vickers |first=Adrian |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/252488150 |title=A history of modern Indonesia |date=2005 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=0-511-13431-2 |location=Cambridge, UK |oclc=252488150}}</ref> When the Dutch finally recognised Indonesia's independence, West Papua continued to be a Dutch colony. Sukarno did not give up and continued to push for it to be included as part of Indonesia through the United Nations and through the [[Bandung Conference]], where the attending nations promised to support Indonesia's claim. The Dutch remained adamant and by 1960, Sukarno had run out of patience. In July, he met with his top advisors, including Nasution, and it was agreed that Indonesia would [[Western New Guinea dispute|pursue a policy of confrontation]] against the Dutch on the matter of West Papua. As part of the preparation for this campaign, Nasution turned to Suharto, who had finished his Seskoad course in November 1960.
[[Suharto]], now a brigadier general, was commissioned by Nasution to create a strategic force unit which would be on standby, ready to be called into action at any time. Suharto was placed in charge of this taskforce and in March 1961, the General Army Reserve (Caduad) was formed, with Suharto being appointed as its commander.{{sfn|Elson|2001|p=79}} Caduad would in 1963 change its name to the Army Strategic Reserves Command ([[Kostrad]]). At the beginning of 1962, Nasution and Yani were the overall commanders of the so-called Liberation of West Irian, with Suharto stationed in east Indonesia as the field commander.
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