NEW GUINEA CLAIM
Diplomatic Success (N Z Press Asm Conyrtoht .| LONDON, July 3. Indonesian embassies in South-east Asia are predicting that President Soekarno will announce a major diplomatic break-through on the disputed Dutch New Guinea front when he makes his annual Independence Day speech on August 17, the “Daily Telegraph's” Djakarta correspondent said today. President Soekarno returned to Indonesia yesterday after a 2j-month world tour, “bringing promises of fresh support for his claim to Dutch New Guinea.” The correspondent said Dr Soekarno spoke yesterday of the world’s new appreciation of Indonesia’s case and the need to ensure that “colonialism and imperialism disappear from the face of the earth so that all people may live in peace.” Dr. Soekarno's hand has been strengthened by new promises of international support for his claim to Dutch Ne'w Guinea. An official “leak” in Singapore 10 days ago had disclosed that while he was in Moscow. Dr. Soekarno had received a message from President Kennedy indicating that the United States would abandon its "neutral” stand on the New Guinea issue and would support Indonesia. No confirmation of this was available, but it was generally expected that this would be the central point of the speech in August, the “Daily Telegraph” correspondent said. Negotiations By Prisoners ItliZ Press Assn.—Copt/rtgat) MIAMI, July 3 A 18-man prisoners’ committee from Cuba today had its immigration parole extended to July 15. as it made strenuous efforts to re-open negotiations with the United States on a tractors-for-pr-orers exchange. The prisoners were today reported to have had talks with leading Cuban refugees in Miami in an attempt to form a new committee to bargain with the Cuban Prime Minister, Dr. Fidel i Castro.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29556, 4 July 1961, Page 15
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