New Dutch NG Airstrip
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AS part of the development plan for West New Guinea, the Dutch NG Communications De partment has improved an airstrip near Manokwari which will be used as an alternate to Biak.
Biak is the first stop for KLM Constellations flying from Sydney to Manila and Bangkok.
The Manokwari airstrip was used by the Japanese during the war and was chosen by the Dutch for improvement as the first of a num ber of strips to be provided in North and North-West Dutch New Guinea.
A Dutch defence spokesman
denied that the strips would be military bases. It has been reported that the defence of Dutch NG will become the responsibility of the Navy.