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...little Chinese named Wang Jen-shu arrived in Jakarta five months ago from Peking to be Communist China's first ambassador to the new Republic of Indonesia. Local Reds gave Wang a nickname"Pak Barhen" (Uncle Barhen), Indonesian equivalent of "the common...
Dutch cede them sovereignty over West New Guinea. The Dutch had countered with proposals for 1) a plebiscite among the colony's primitive Melanesian tribesmen, 2) a New Guinea Council with Indonesian representation, 3) a condominium under The Netherlands-Indonesian Union, 4) continued negotiation through the U.N. Last week, on the conference's closing day, the Indonesians rejected all halfway measures: "We cannot accept the continuation of Dutch administration in West Irian ... a territory which in our opinion is a part of our country." Two days later Minister Rum flew back home...
...months passed and conference time approached, Irian became more & more involved in local Indonesian politics. President Soekarno insisted the controversial territory must belong to Indonesia. It was a popular issue; the new state's politicos drummed it up, for it helped detract attention from such internal difficulties as banditry and inflation...
...Australians, who rule East New Guinea, backed the Dutch; they let it be known that they would rather take over the island's western half than see it in Indonesian hands...
Against this background last week Dutch and Indonesian representatives met in The Hague for the parley that would determine Irian's destiny. Soekarno's men, led by Foreign Minister Mohamed Rum, demanded control within six months. Led by Foreign Minister Dirk Stikker, The Netherlands' men testily replied that they could not negotiate on the basis of such a proposal. They argued, in effect, that they were more capable and responsible colonial administrators than the untried Indonesians, and that West New Guinea's primitive inhabitants needed their benevolent aid. "Whoever calls this task of civilization colonialism...