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More trouble in Indonesia's West N. Guinea

About 1,200 people had crossea from West New Guinea into Papwv New Guinea since Indonesia tow over control of West New Guinu from Holland in 1963, the Australia Minister for External Affairs, Paul Hasluck, said in April.

ON humanitarian grounds a “ven very small number” of tM people had sought and been gives asylum by the Australian Administrsi tion of Papua-New Guinea, Ml Hasluck said.

He was commenting on recen; reports of big numbers of people crossing the border from West Ne*: Guinea. His statement followed whistle-stop tour of the main centre of P-NG by the Indonesian Ambasr sador to Australia, Major-General A Kosasih.

The visit was far from uneventful! as in Port Moresby he was conn fronted by 13 energetic demonstrate™ carrying banners demanding IndcD nesia’s immediate withdrawal from West New Guinea.

The leader of the demonstrator: - ! a West New Guinean refugee, Mil Jerard Kondjol, thrust a papes demanding independence for Wes: New Guinea into Major Kosasih*: hands, and cried: “Don’t kill nrr people. ... go back to your country. 5 .

Manokwari trouble

Later, in Port Moresby, Generaa Kosasih denied that 2,000 peopld had been killed at Manokwari by air Indonesian bombing raid but he! admitted that “maybe some people! were killed”.

The Ambassador also visited theri West New Guinea capital, Sukarnas pura. As a result, liaison officer:! may be exchanged between the two'territories.

Unrest in West New Guinea made! news in Australian, and even Indoo nesian newspapers in April.

One Indonesian paper said ther trouble was caused by “dissatisfaction: with Indonesian Administration”.

Later, in Djakarta, the West New Guinea military commander.!; Brigadier-General Bintoro, admitted): that 40 Arfak tribesmen had beem: killed in three air strikes by Indo-o nesian aircraft on January 18 whem 1,000 “rebels” were strafed for hav-v ing taken up arms against the gov-v ernment.