West Irian Plan ‘Accepted’

Press, Volume CI, Issue 29893, 6 August 1962, Page 9

West Irian Plan ‘Accepted’

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THE HAGUE, August 5.

The Dutch Cabinet decided to accept the main points of a draft agreement on settling the Dutch-Indonesian dispute over West New Guinea, Dutch newspapers reported yesterday.

However, there has been no official confirmation of the reports nor of reports that the agreement would give Indonesia control of the territory by next May. The newspaper quoted “political circles in The Hague" as taking tor granted that the Cabinet, which held its weekly meeting on Friday, had accepted the main items of the agreemen reached bv Holland’s Ambassador in Washington (Dr Jan Herman van Rnijem and an Indones an delegation early this week The papers did not foresee any major difficulties on the Dutch side The fact tha- the Cabinet will continue its discussions on the subject tomorrow was attributed to the many details of the plan which required a thorough study

The "De Telegraaf’’ reported that the Dutch Cab-

inet had raised some objections to details of the draft agreement, but these were not "insurmountable." The “Hague Het Vaderland" said the Cabinet had “reluctantly" accepted the plan, according to political observers Dr. van Roijen is expected to return to Washington in the tniddle of this week to take part in fresh talks with, the Indonesians.