 By the end of March, the two sides were almost completely in agreement.However, the Republican side wanted a dominant role within the federal state, while the Dutch wanted a greater role for the non-Republic states.In the run up to the Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference at which the Dutch would hand over sovereignty to the United States of Indonesia (RUSI), Ide Anak Agung Gde Agung, prime minister of the State of East Indonesia, one of the non-Republic states, invited future RUSI government officials to attend an Inter-Indonesia Conference to agree on a negotiating position.