Keep The Open Door"
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Netherlands "Wants To Keep The Open Door"
The Netherlands Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. J. m. Luns. said in January that the Nether lands was always willing to subject its policy in Netherlands New Cruinea “to the continual scrutiny and judgment of the United Nations”.
Dr. Luns was speaking in Parlia ment on the subject of the Nether lands relations with Indonesia.
He said the severing of diplomatic relations by Indonesia in 1960 made it clear that Indonesia didn’t want to keep the way open for better re lations with the Netherlands. How
ever the Netherlands Government had always kept the door opened for better relations with Indonesia.
Meanwhile in NNG, elections are progressing for the Territory’s first council, which will begin operating m April. Early figures show an at tendance of 69 per cent, of eligible voters. . The commander of French naval th . e . Pacific, Rear-Admiral Martinet, visited Canberra in late January, on his first visit since he assumed command. He held dis cussions with members of the Aus trahan Naval Board and other senior officers. His visit coincided with the arrival of the French frigate Francis Garmer, which spent three weeks in Sydney undergoing a refit