WNG—Except

It's All Over In WNG—Except The Formalities

'though the United Nations re ted in February that Indonesia d not be allowed to take over ' New Guinea before May 1, by end of the month the territory pretty well in Indonesian hands.

CEPT for the formal take-over ceremony, about the only things remain to be done are for Indo n troops to take over formally the UN security force—mainly itanis—and for the Netherlands to hand over to the Bank of aesia. ionesia already has numerous y men, civil servants and school ers in the territory, and these do or less as they like. Only the st lip service is paid to UNTEA. ie of the few things the Indo ns have not been able to do 1 UN the idea that the Papuans :lamouring for an earlier formal over. Despite intense propa a, the organisation of marches 'apuans “demanding” immediate lesian sovereignty, and lobbying ew York by Indonesia’s Foreign ster, Dr. Subandrio, UN stood on the May 1 takeover date. >wever, UN has reportedly d to allow Indonesian troops to over progressively from the tanis by April 16, and for In dans to replace Dutch officials iter than March 31. janwhile, most of the Papuans know what’s what have jumped ie Indonesian bandwaggon, and is said about UN representatives ining in the territory until 1969 upervise the self-determination scite promised in the Dutch lesian agreement.