Word: christison
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When Britain, helping out the Dutch, sent Lieut. General Sir Philip Christison to Batavia rioting broke out on Java. The islands had Queen Wilhelmina's promise of eventual, postwar "partnership" in a Netherlands Commonwealth. But nationalists cried that the time was ripe for something more. They served notice on General Christison: if British and Indian occupation forces brought along any Dutch troops, the Dutch would be shot...
...General Christison, sending Dutch colonial administrators on ahead, strongly suggested that they talk things over with Soekarno and other nationalists. The colonials agreed. But from The Hague to Australia, Dutch tempers flared. Soekarno, the Netherlanders roared, was a puppet and an opportunist. The Dutch Government would talk nothing over with him; more likely it would try him as a war criminal...