Dutch N. Guinea
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It’S Not Official
P-NG Administrator In Dutch N. Guinea
THE visit which the Administrator of Papua and New Guinea, Brigadier D. M. Cleland was making to Dr. Van Baal, Governor of Dutch New Guinea, in early March, was on a “personal basis,” said Brigadier Cleland before he left by air on February 29.
This is a return visit to one made to the Australian Territory by the Dutch New Guinea Governor some time ago.
A visit by Brigadier Cleland was expected to take place last year. It was cancelled and no reason given.
At the last meeting of the P-NG Legislative Council, Mr. George Whittaker, elected member for New Guinea Mainland, brought up the subject of the Administrator’s can celled visit. The implication was that it was the result of changed Australian policy towards the Netherlands and Indonesia.