Netherlands Al

Some Machinery, After All

P-Ng To Have

Liaison Officer

Netherlands New Guine;;

Papua-New Guinea are to ajj “liaison officers” in each c

territory.

r[EY will be stationed in- Moresby and Hollandia, at. ing to a Netherlands anno ment on February 28.

This is one—and a very in ant—result of last year’s Netherlands-Australian stat: which pledged the two Govern! to “continue and strengths operation” in their administj of the two territories.

Just before the declaration made, the Netherlands and tralian Ministers for Terr said, in Port Moresby, there be a full exchange of inform but no machinery would be & to handle it.

Apparently, though, this lat« nouncement means that mad now is being set up, and cen it will be needed if the joint dE ation is to mean anything at The latest Netherlands anno ment adds: “An Attache for A Overseas will be posted in Car as a member of the Royal N 1 lands Embassy.

“Apart from normal and it consultations on diplomatic between the two Governments, cerning the affairs of New Gr there will be periodical discu.'j for the first time, in the midE this year, between Netherlands Australian officials of both adi trations of New Guinea, ano resentatives of those departure both countries who are cone in matters of policy with regi; New Guinea.”

At the time the Netherlano nouncement was made, no nouncement on the matter ha». made by the Australian Go ment.