But defections from the Creole benches during the summer of 1975 had produced a virtual stalemate in the legislature, heightening fears that the government would act unilaterally. Elections in November 1973 had brought an end to political collaboration between Creoles and Hindustanis, the country's two largest ethnic groups and the Creoles, now in control of the government, were resolutely pushing (over Hindustani opposition) to sever their colonial ties with the Netherlands. This small, ethnically plural society was torn by severe political conflict. In the months immediately preceding Surinam's independence, November 25, 1975, warning signals went up on both sides of the Atlantic.
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