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

Sukarno now supreme commander: New Guinea plans; speech at Gerwani congress

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De Tijd/De Maasbode Reuter item (15 Dec 1961): Sukarno chaired the new 15-member national defence council as supreme commander to plan the "return" of West New Guinea. It notes that at the opening of the Gerwani congress he announced again he would "use armed force to liberate West Irian".

Berita Reuter De Tijd/De Maasbode (15 Desember 1961): Sukarno memimpin rapat pertama dewan pertahanan nasional beranggota 15 orang sebagai panglima tertinggi untuk merencanakan "pengembalian" Irian Barat. Disebut bahwa saat membuka kongres Gerwani ia kembali menyatakan akan "menggunakan kekuatan senjata membebaskan Irian Barat".

“In a speech at the opening of the congress of the Indonesian women's movement "Gerwani", Sukarno announced he would "use armed force to liberate West Irian".”

People

SukarnoSubandrio

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)National Defence Council (Indonesia)

Places

JakartaYogyakartaWest New Guinea (Papua)

Events

Fourth Gerwani CongressTrikora and West Irian volunteer mobilisation

Topics

West Irian campaigncongresses and meetingsGerwani organisationpeace and anti-imperialism

Tags

speech textwire report

Details

Date
1961-12-15
Creator
De Tijd De Maasbode
Publication
De Tijd De Maasbode
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
Dutch
Perspective
Western mainstream press
Source role
primary
Country
Netherlands
Period
1960–1965
Source archive
Delpher (KB, Netherlands) · source link
Access
open access (Delpher) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)/De Tijd De Maasbode (1961-12-15) - SOEKARNO nu opperbevelhebber N.-Guinea-plannen worden uitgewerkt [Delpher ddd-011232906-a0002].txt
OCR / text
Fair (0.853) · proof-reading: whole text (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: yes
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)
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