NETHERLANDS INDIES.
FOREIGN MINISTER’S VISIT. (9.30 a.m.) WASHINGTON, March 24. The Netherlands Foreign Minister (Mr E. N. Van Kleffens), who is at present here en route to Batavia, said lie hopes to visit Australia on the same trip and then return to London by the Australia-United States airline. Mr van Kleffens will leave here tomorrow for Batavia, where, he said, he expects to spend three weeks discussing colonial and international problems. He is the first Foreign Minister ever to visit the Netherlands East Indies, and it is believed his visit to Australia will be the first time a Netherlands Foreign Minister has visited there.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19410325.2.52
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 98, 25 March 1941, Page 5
Word Count
104NETHERLANDS INDIES. Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 98, 25 March 1941, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Standard. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in