Envoy Expresses Concern over Java Riots (FBIS, 22 May 1963)

=== [PDF page 1] === ENVOY EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER JAVA RIOTS Peking NCNA in English to Asia and Europe 1900 GMI 22 May 1963 (Text) Djakarta, 22 May--Yao Chung-ming, CPR ambassador to Indonesia, yesterday called on Suwito, first deputy to the Indonesian foreign minister, to make a representation on the recent disturbances which had occurred successively in Indonesia, especially in West Java, causing heavy losses to the victimized Chinese nationals. === [PDF page 2] === The Chinese ambassador pointed ott that the successive disturbances created by the imperialists and the counterrevolutionaries in Indonesia had inflicted heavy losses on the Chinese nationals. He said that the Chinese Government was deeply concerned over this matter, aud expressed regret over the occurrence of thése. igeidents. The ambassador expressed the hope that the Indonesian Government would take further steps to repress the disturbing activities Still going on at certain places and effectively safeguard the security of the Chinese nationals. During the interview, Ambassador Yao Chung-ming expressed appreciation of the speech made by President Sukarno on 19 May at the meeting of the organization of "Indonesian women" in which he condemned the disturbances incited by the counterrevolutionaries and foreign subversive elements, and called on the people throughout the country to rise to crush the counterrevolution. | Suwito pledged to the Chinese ambassador that the Indonesian Government was determined to adopt stern measures to put the disturbances in checke Suwito also said that the Indonesian authorities would give relief to the victimized Chinese nationals.