WEST NEW GUINEA

Press, Volume C, Issue 29696, 14 December 1961, Page 22

WEST NEW GUINEA

Indonesian Plan Next Week (N.Z.P.A.-Reuter— Copyright) DJAKARTA, Dec. 13. President Soekamo will "issue his command” on wresting West New Guinea (West Irian) from tl e Dutch next Tuesday, the Indonesian Foreign Minister Dr Subandrio, announced yesterday He told reporters the President would do this in Jogjakarta, central Java. Dr. Subandrio made the statem-*nt at the close of five-hour meeting between President Soeka-ro, the ch’ef* o’ his fighting services an' 1 hr senior ministers at the West Java hill palace o Bogor December 19, .’948. was ent of the landmaiks of the Indonesian revolution ngains’ the Netherlands—it is a late on which the Dutch in their “second police action ’ occupied Jogjakarta then the capital of the Indonesian Republic Next Tuesday is the anniversary ot this date Dr. Subandrio ®aia “In thi« five-hour meeting a very important decision was taken by the President which has been fully supported by al’ ministers attending. “The President as Supr-me Commander of he Armed Forces and leader of the revolution will announce his command In Jogjakarta on December 19 on he incluron of West Irian in the Indonesian Republic.”