Freedom Fighters, Say
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the Indos.
Indonesians claimed on December 4 that Dutch troops had killed “seven fighters for independence” in West New Guinea. It was said that they had surrendered the Dutch after an uprising during which four other “freedom fighters” were killed; and that those who sur rendered had later been shot.
No other details were given and whether there is any connection be tween this Djakarta story and the above story from DNG is not known. The so-called freedom fighters may be Indonesians who in recent years have made several nuisance-raids on the West
NG territory; Djakarta could, on the other hand, be referring to the primitive natives of the Wissel Lakes who may be freedom fighters, but not in the sense implied by the Indonesians.