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...JAKARTA, Indonesia, Dec. 13--Indonesia's army chief ordered a halt tonight to the seizure of Dutch businesses and threatened severe punishment if his orders were disobeyed. The effect of his decree remained to be seen...
Singapore dispatches said communications with Jakarta were haphazard, but so far as could be learned Sukarno was still in power early Friday...
...JAKARTA, Indonesia, Dec. 12--The national crisis over ousting the Dutch sharpened today and the Indonesian army canceled all leaves and ordered its troops to remain at hand in their barracks...
Amsterdam newspapers were clogged with queries about reports that the island of Sumatra had declared its independence and that fighting had started in Jakarta's streets...
Fears of an economic collapse were spurred when three major Dutch banks in Jakarta kept their doors shut for half a day. At The Hague, the Netherlands government announced preparatory measures to block Indonesian accounts...