Rebel chief gives up
NZPA-AAP Port Moresby The self-styled commander of the Free West Papua (0.P.M.) movement, Geradus Tommy, has surrendered to the Port Moresby authorities. The O.P.M. operates along the southern section of the
Papua New Guinea-Irian Jaya border. The Government of Paias Wingti has asked the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to find a third country for Mr Tommy and two of his deputies, Aries Wader and David Teimka. The three men were
among 11 who surrendered on Tuesday at a refugee camp. Border sources said that shortages of ammunition and food had forced Mr Tommy and his men to give up the independence struggle against Indonesian rule in Irian Jaya.
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Press, 6 December 1985, Page 6
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