Student Throws Egg At U.S. Attorney-General

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29748, 15 February 1962, Page 13

Student Throws Egg At U.S. Attorney-General

(N ZJ’.A.-Reuter—Copyright)

DJAKARTA, February 14.

A student threw an egg at the United States AttorneyGeneral (Mr Robert Kennedy) as he entered the hall of the University of Indonesia in Djakarta today.

The egg. wrapped tn paper, failed to break and the student was dragged out of the ball. shouting and struggling by two armed infantrymen on duty there Earlier, troops and police with sub-machine guns and rifles had thrown a eordon round the university whose students tn the past have shown strong anti-Americar feelings Mr Kennedy, who is on a week's visit to Indonesia was addressing the law faculty a' the University It was the first unfriendly gesture towards Mr Kennedy since his arrival on Monday night for a six-dav visit "Kennedy go home” slogans on walls were scrubbed off before the Attorney-General arrived. Talks With Seekarno Yesterday. Mr Kennedy held discussions m Djakarta with President Soekarno on the West New Guinea question. He nad been fully briefed on the situation before leaving Washington the State Department said The department’s spokes man <Mr Lincoln White* said, however ’hat ne was unable to confirm reports that the Attorney-Genera! had handed over a lettei from his brother President Kennedy ”1 nave no information snecificailv one way or the other 1 ” Mr White told questioners at a press briefing

The Associated Press reported that Mr Kennedy told the Indonesian President yesterday that the United States Government has ‘‘done all it can behind the scenes” to promote a peaceful solution to the Dutch-Indonesian dispute over West New Guinea

, A U.S. Embassy source said

Mr Kennedy emphasised to President Soekarno in a two-hour conference over lunch at the Merdeka Palace that America has "a big interest in this dispute and wants a peaceful solution ” Mr Kennedy’s remarks to President Soekarno were he basis of a verbal message he carried to Indonesia front President Kennedy, the Em bassy source said, according to A.P

The Embassy source said Mr Kennedy did not offer any solution to Indonesia'. 1 many problems and that his talks were of an informative nature

Appeal For Help Mr Kennedy spoke for 45 minutes with eight represen tatives of nationalistic and Moslem labour unions yesterday and appealed to them to help find a peaceful solu tion to the New Guinea crisis Leaders of the Com munist dominated Sobsi Labour Federation. Indonesia's largest had been invited to the session but did no* arrive

He told the Labour leaders that the Netherlands had

been a friend of the United States “for a long, long time” and then reminded them that the United States had supported Indonesia's struggle for independence from the Dutch after World War II