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By 1959
ET date for bringing all of ua-New Guinea und e £ ration control has been put ir years. Date now fixed is 1959 (Sir Percy Spender r set date at end of 1955). gh the wisdom of setting -s for complete control in itory is open to doubt, some figures quoted in the al statement on the sub interesting. The Minister s that only about 25,000 the total 183,600 sq. miles srritory remain now outside inistrative control. About liles have been brought mtrol since 1953; in the years 32 new patrol-posts m established, figures give little indication ?ork already accomplished t yet to do. The 25,000 still “uncontrolled” are the most difficult, is more in bringing •n to these people than p a patrol-post. It takes
years of patient guidance.
The Administration has, of course, to work to some sort of plan.
But whether setting an arbitary target date will achieve anything is doubtful. What it probably will achieve is some crack-pot demand from the Afro-Asian bloc at UN for “free elections” in that year.