Demonstration In Djakarta

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30760, 26 May 1965, Page 17

Demonstration In Djakarta

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DJAKARTA, May 25. A group of about 50 “free Malayans” today staged a noisy demonstration in front of the British Embassy in Djakarta.

The demonstrators were shouting “Ganjang” (crush Malaysia and “Down with Necolim” (neocolonialism, colonialism and imperialism). In other moves in Djakarta today:— President Sukarno announced that the Foreign Minister, Dr. Subandrio, would visit China for talks with the Prime Minister, Chou

En-lai. The addition of seven more ministers to Indonesia’s Cabinet was also announced by President

Sukarno. The Defence Minister and armed forces commander. General A. H. Nasution, said Indonesia has brought seven large workshops for the Army, Navy and Air Force from the Soviet Union. Slogans Pasted

The “free Malayans” who took part in the demonstration against the British Embassy pasted paper slogans on the Embassy’s walls reading “Withdraw your troops from Malaya and North Kalimantan (Malaysia’s Northern Borneo state),” “We oppose British Malaysia’s participation in the second Afro-Asian conference at Algiers.” A delegation representing the demonstrators was allowed inside the Embassy where they presented a petition to British Embassy Counselor, Mr G. F. Rogers. The petition demanded the withdrawal of British troops from Malaysia and demanded that Malayan political detainees be freed.

The demonstration lasted less than half an hour and the demonstrators dispersed peaceably after submitting their petition, a copy of which, they said, was sent to the British Government. This was the first demonstration against the British Embassy for more than a year.

Today the same group of demonstrators, who identified themselves as belonging to Kernan (the free Malaya movement), then proceeded to the American' Embassy where they stood in front of the closed gate. Their representatives presented a similar petition to an American Embassy officer who came to the gate. The demonstrators also de-

manded that the United States should halt aid to Malaysia. In making the announcement that Dr. Subandrio would visit Canton in China to have talks with Mr Chou En-lai, President Sukarno told reporters that the talks would last one day. He declined to state what the talks would be about. Dr. Subandrio returned to Djakarta yesterday from Tokyo, where he discussed subjects including the Malaysia dispute and next month’s AfroAsian conference. Government Changes

President Sukarno, announcing the addition of seven more Cabinet Ministers, stated that the additions were aimed at making the Cabinet “more efficient.”

With the additions, the Indonesian Cabinet now has 86 Ministers holding 92 portfolios. President Sukarno has split the compartment of Public Works into five new departments under five of the new Ministers.

Over-all supervision of these five departments has been given to Brigadier-General Supragoji, the former Minister of Public Works, who be comes Minister-co-ordinator. The sixth new Minister President Sukarno announced is Dr. Sutami, who becomes Minister attached to the Compartment of Public Works to head the Bureau of Calculations.

President Sukarno set up a new department, the Department of Peoples’ Irrigation with Dr. Surachman as Minister.

Dr. Surachman is secretarygeneral of the Nationalist Party, Indonesia’s largest political party.

This new department was added to the Compartment on Agriculture and Agrarian Affairs.