DUTCH ACCEPT UNO COUNCIL’S GOOD OFFICES
(Recd. 1-1.10 a.m.) THE HAGUE, August 29. The Dutch Government announced its acceptance of the Secuitry Council’s good' offices to settle the Indonesian dispute on the understanding that-the Indonesian Republic ceases all hostile action in word and deed. The Government, however, maintainsthe stand.that the Security Council is not entitled to intervene in what is an internal Dutch matter.
The popularity of the Prime Minister, Dr Soekarno and the Republican Government had increased in Jogjakarta. since the Dutch began their police action, according to a Government of .India food official, Mr Salim Shah, who was evacuated from the Republican capital by a Red Cross plane today. Mr .Salim Shah said: “The morale of the people is still high and they were determined that even their women and children would resist if the Dutch moved on Jogjakarta. Preparations were complete for blowing up the capital if it was threatened. . .
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Greymouth Evening Star, 30 August 1947, Page 5
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