Word: curasao
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Mook recalled Queen Wilhelmina's pledge of 1942: a new policy for the Empire, a Commonwealth composed of the homeland, Indonesia, Surinam and Curasao. Now was the time to set it up. He agreed with Premier Schermerhorn that full Indonesian self-government was out of the question for 15 to 20 years. But something limited must be granted; it must be worked out with "moderate" Indonesian leaders. He proposed the calling of an Indonesian Assembly under a Cabinet to be headed by himself...
...Walsem, and O. M. E. Loupart escaped from the Hook of Holland in a British destroyer. They had already set up trusts in Britain and the U.S., to keep control of properties the Nazis might miss. But their greatest assets were carried under their hats. They moved on to Curasao, in the Netherlands West Indies, set Up headquarters there. Only Anton's son, Frits, stayed in Eindhoven. Although this action made some people openly suspicious, Philips says that the Nazis put Frits in a concentration camp. Now free, he is back in Eindhoven running the comparatively undamaged plants with...
...Netherlands, The Netherlands Indies, Curasao and Surinam, after victory, would form a commonwealth whose four parts would have independence at home, but be united "in readiness to render mutual assistance...
Last week as Allied troops moved in to The Netherlands West Indies to guard the Aruba and Curasao oil refineries, South America became very quisling-conscious. Uruguay set up a "Dies" committee to ferret out wide-flung Nazi activities. Argentine police seized secret Nazi radio stations and broke up street demonstrations while Government officials warned Argentines that Hitler rule would destroy the civilization of centuries. Newspapers in Bolivia and Chile clamored for suppression of blatant Nazi activities. Colombia became jittery over the possibility of sabotage to her oil lines. Latin Americans suddenly realized what Germans have long known, namely that...