Indonesian Flag
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Flies In Wng
The Indonesian flag was flown in West New Guinea on January 1, and will now fly alongside the United Nations flag until May 1, when the UN will formally hand over control of the former Dutch territory to Indonesia. rpHE UN permitted the flag to A fly as a symbolic gesture to President Soekarno, so he could fulfil an earlier “pledge” to take West New Guinea by the end of 1962.
However, Indonesia’s campaign to actually have full control by January 1 failed. Holland in December rejected the request of a four-man delegation from WNG that the transfer “should be made by December 31 because WNG was stagnating under UN administra tion”. The delegation, led by a Papuan member of the NG Council, H. J. Bonay, claimed to represent Papuan opinion.
In Port Moresby in December the managing director of Delta Con structions, Mr. D. A. Clamp, said he had submitted a claim for £l,OOO to the UN in WNG for hav ing “wasted his time”. At UN request he had tendered for con struction work there but his tenders had been “leaked” to an Indonesian firm, who had finally got the job.