“Reprisal Threat"
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By Indonesia
From a Hollandia Correspondent Indonesian pressure on the Japanese Government has affected Japanese interests in Dutch New Guinea.
TIE Indonesian Government has told Tokyo that if it continues its economic activities in this Territory it could result in economic reprisals in Indonesia.
As a result of this threat, Mr.
Shiro Nakamura, director of the Japan-Netherlands Salvage Company, Tokyo, who has already signed a con tract with the NNG Government to salvage war wrecks from NNG waters, has postponed his plans. The contract was worth more than 25 million guilders.
Papuan businessman Herman Womsiwor, who is also a member of the New Guinea Council, thinks the Japanese markets might be tapped through other Asian countries, but he will not say which countries.