Fighting Still In Balik Papan Area
NEW YORK, August 24
It is reported that fighting is, still going on in the Balik Papan area, despite Japanese announcements that Nipponese troops in Dutch Borneo have accepted the Imperial Rescript ending hostilities. The Japanese fired on Allied planes dropping leaflets calling upon the Japanese to surrender in the Sambodja area where a small number of Dutch troops are assisting Australian patrols. - •'
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Northern Advocate, 25 August 1945, Page 5
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