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GA-02104 1961 Pravda rel A

Pravda, 18 Desember 1961, no. 353 (Kongres IV Gerwani)

Pravda, 18 Dec 1961: Fourth Gerwani Congress

Pravda no. 353, 18 December 1961 (full issue). Page 3 has a dispatch by correspondent O. Skalkin from Jakarta on the Fourth Gerwani Congress: 400 delegates from Java, Moluccas, Sumatra, Bali, Kalimantan; Sukarno's speech condemning anti-communism, backing NASAKOM and the West Irian claim, and praising Soviet support. N

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.