GENERAL DEMPSEY RETURNS
SITUATION GENERALLY QUIESCENT BATAVIA, Dec. 21. General Dempsey has arrived from Singapore on his third visit to Java. One officer and one J Indian were killed and three Indians wounded ■while clearing road blocks south of Semarang, says a British statement. Local police co-operated in clearing a village in the Buitenzorg area, but Indonesian leaders appeared to be uncompromising in discussions. Troops in 'Batavia dispersed • a mob of potential looters. The' situation is otherwise quiet. Air Commodore C. A. Stevens, who led the first raid against Mannheim on Christmas Eve, 1917, has been appointed air officer commanding R.A.F. hi the Netherlands East Indies, says the Air Ministry News Service. A message from The Hague states that the Netherlands News Agency announced that the Prime Minister, Professor . Schermerhorn, will leave for London on December 26 for discussions on Indonesia with Mr Attlee. Dr Van Mook, the Colonial Minister, Professor Logemann, and the Deputy Foreign Minister, Dr Van Royen. will accompany him..
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Evening Star, Issue 25673, 22 December 1945, Page 5
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