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West New Guinea
Goes Before Un
rE United Nations General sembly decided on October put the dispute over N© lands New Guinea on its ageno The 31-18 vote was a rebuff ti Netherlands, whose delegate n tained that any debate would 1 “unwarranted interference”.
Britain and Australia against the motion, Sir I Spender (Australia) saying thji Assembly debate could only co bute to the spreading of dii and unnecessary friction.
The United States abstained J voting. American “neutrality the quarrel has drawn bitter cism from the Dutch.
AT Sydney on October 2„!
Bishop of New Guinea (tld Rev. P. N. Strong), speakii St. Andrew’s Cathedral, sugg§ that the United Nations make New Guinea a trustee territon “There is to-day a growing : mony and understanding bett the Dutch and Australian adrrr trations in New Guinea,” the Bf continued. “It might be hoped!: this co-operation will lead mately to unifying the island J whole. Such hopes would be daJ if the Indonesian claims weree ognised.
“Perhaps the solution migH to make West New Guinea liko part of New Guinea —a tn territory, ultimately under tralia.”