INDONESIAN VOLUNTEERS
(N. Z.P.A. -Reuter—Copyright) DJAKARTA, May 27. Colonel Sabirin Muchtar. commander of the Indonesian volunteer brigade, said two battalions would be air dropped “immediately” along the border with North Kalimantan (Borneo), the Nationalist Party newspaper “Suluh Indonesia” (Torch in Indonesia) reported today. In an interview with Colonel Muchtar, the newspaper quoted him as saying the volunteer brigade consisted of 10 battalions in all—about 10,000 men. Colonel Muchtar said he
Large Airdrop Planned
would be dropped with the first two battalions. The volunteers are to be stationed along the border to be ready “at any time” to fight alongside the North Kalimantan “freedom fighters” against the “neo-colonialiiU.”
Public Image.—Mayor John Erik Jonsson, of Dallas, said yesterday he waa trying whenever possible during bis present European tour to correct what he considered “the rank injustice” done to his city after President Kennedy’s assassination there.—London, May 27.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30453, 29 May 1964, Page 8
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