Border Incidents
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Talks Over WNG Border Incidents
INDONESIA and Australia are soo< to discuss a survey of the bordt between P-NG and West Nes Guinea. This was announced in Djt< karta in December following an ii terview between the Australian An bassador there, Mr. Keith Shann, am the Indonesian Foreign Minister, DC Subandrio.
Mr. Shann sought the interview ; a result of border incidents. An Am tralian border survey party had n cently found that temporary wood©! border markers, which had be©-, erected with the concurrence of tfij Indonesians, had been uprooted. TF border is also marked at intervae with permanent concrete cairns hv there has been no interference witi these.
Mr. C. E. Barnes, in his first offi cial Press statement since his appoinn ment as Minister for Territories, core firmed on December 20 that theia had been border incidents.
Mr. Barnes said the P-NG surv©\ branch had stopped putting up tHJ wooden markers following the inoi dents. The markers were being pirq there until permanent markers coulu be erected. The trouble had been duf to “some misunderstanding amomi the local Indonesian authorities.”
In Djakarta following the talHI with Mr. Shann, Dr. Subandrio saifi he expected no more border troubl'd because basically we have reaches: an understanding on the matter”.
The border marking is now beimi continued.