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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 March 1957Vol. XXVII, No. 8

Guinea Area Under Control

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E Government of Netherlands 4ew Guinea plans to establish i permanent centre of adminis- Dn in the Baliem Valley, in the interior. A group comprising administrative officer (Mr. camp), a wireless operator and nembers of the Dutch New ea police, recently flew into the 7ey will establish contact with natives and seek sufficient :r to build a landing strip of feet. b Baliem Valley, or Great y as it is sometimes called, world-wide fame and was com l with an elusive Shangri La , in May, 1945, a C-47 Dakota, s American Air Force, with 23 )ers of the crew and passeng board, including an American in, crash-landed, with only survivors.