FORCE OFF SINGAPORE
Indonesian Move (N.Z.P. A.-Reuter—Copyright) KUALA LUMPUR. June 3. The Indonesian Army has moved two battalions of its West Java Siliwangi division to the Rhio
Islands, off Singapore. The operation was an-: nounced in Djakarta last month. It is believed to be: part of a scheme by which | the Indonesia Army is replac-| ing mediocre “volunteers” on j the Malaysian frontier with I high-grade regulars. A military spokesman said: in Kuala Lumpur that Indonesia was free to move its , I troops wherever it wished. The latest deployment did not 1 affect Malaysian - Common- ' ; wealth dispositions, which i were considered adequate to 1 [deal with any situation that ( I might arise.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30769, 5 June 1965, Page 24
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