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GA-01300 1958-02-06 Nieuwe Haarlemsche Courant rel B

Soekarno, de aartsintrigant (Sukarno, the arch-intriguer)

Sukarno, the arch-intriguer

Nieuwe Haarlemsche Courant, 6 February 1958, p. 5: long profile of Sukarno by former correspondent C.H. Schaap, calling him an 'arch-intriguer' bent on absolute power, tracing his career to the 1957 cabinet. It mentions that his October 1954 second marriage to Hartini caused general indignation among Indonesian women,

GA-01301 1961-12-15 Nieuwe Haarlemsche Courant rel B

Soekarno nu opperbevelhebber: N.-Guinea-plannen worden uitgewerkt (Sukarno now supreme commander)

Sukarno now supreme commander: New Guinea plans being worked out

Nieuwe Haarlemsche Courant, 15 December 1961: Reuters report that Sukarno chaired the first meeting of a 15-member national defence council as supreme commander for the 'return' of Western New Guinea. At the opening of the Gerwani congress he again said he would use armed force to liberate West Irian.