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Aanhangsel Handelingen Tweede Kamer 1977-1978, nr. 605: vrijlating politieke gevangenen Indonesië
Dutch Parliament Written Question 605 (1978): Release of Political Prisoners in Indonesia
Dutch Second Chamber written question no. 605 (Jan 1978) by Henk Waltmans on the Dutch ambassador attending a political prisoner release in Medan, with Minister Van der Klaauw's answer citing Indonesia's end-1979 timetable. Context on release of post-1965 prisoners.
Pertanyaan tertulis no. 605 Tweede Kamer (Januari 1978) oleh Henk Waltmans tentang kehadiran duta besar Belanda pada pembebasan tahanan politik di Medan, dengan jawaban Menlu Van der Klaauw yang merujuk jadwal pembebasan Indonesia hingga akhir 1979. Konteks pembebasan tahanan pasca-1965.
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- Date
- 1978
- Creator
- Tweede Kamer
- Document type
- government record (parliamentary written question and ministerial answer (Aanhangsel van de Handelingen))
- Language
- Dutch
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- Intelligence/diplomatic record
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- primary
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- Netherlands
- Period
- 1967–1979
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- Staten-Generaal Digitaal / officielebekendmakingen.nl · source link
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- Dutch parliamentary papers (Aanhangsel van de Handelingen, Tweede Kamer); the PDF metadata (creation date 2008) matches the digitised series of Staten-Generaal Digitaal (statengeneraaldigitaal.nl) / officielebekendmakingen.nl, but the download URL was not recorded [verify]. Open access; retrieved 2026-10-13. Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
- Citation (APA)
- Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal. (1978). Vragen van het lid Waltmans (P.P.R.) over vrijlating van politieke gevangenen in Indonesië, met antwoord van Minister Van der Klaauw (Buitenlandse Zaken) [Questions from member Waltmans (PPR) on the release of political prisoners in Indonesia, with the answer of Foreign Minister Van der Klaauw] (Aanhangsel van de Handelingen, Tweede Kamer, zitting 1977-1978, No. 605, p. 1219). Staatsdrukkerij.
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- 01 Primary Sources/1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records/Tweede Kamer (1978) - Aanhangsel Handelingen 1977-1978 nr 605, vrijlating politieke gevangenen Indonesie (Waltmans).pdf
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- Good (0.904) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: yes
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- 01 Primary Sources › 1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records
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- condensed from full annotation
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