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...Belgians were still grumbling about the lack of their allies' support in the Congo. Portugal made ugly noises about the absence of U.S. backing when India grabbed Goa. The Dutch complained that the Americans were no help at all in their struggle with Indonesia over West New Guinea...
...Thant, the man who finally was chosen to take over Hammarskjold's vacant post, performed his difficult task admirably. In the Congo crisis, he was tough and fast on his feet; his quiet diplomacy helped get Indonesia and The Netherlands to agree to negotiate the West New Guinea dispute. Along with respected President Slim, U Thant kept the Assembly serious and businesslike; in many ways, delegates found him more decisive than...
...Attorney General Robert Kennedy was no exception- and last week he and his wife Ethel flew into Indonesia only at the specific request of State Secretary Dean Rusk. Bobby's mission: to persuade Indonesia to settle peacefully its bitter dispute with The Netherlands about sovereignty over West New Guinea...
...troubles began with a quiet Dutch trooplift to West New Guinea aboard KLM commercial flights. As long as the soldiers wore civvies, carried no arms and traveled aboard regularly scheduled commercial airlines-as they had done for months-nobody complained. But fortnight ago the Dutch decided to step up the airlift by chartering two special flights, and Japan promptly closed Tokyo International Airport to the jets for refueling. Forced to find an alternate route, the Dutch won U.S. permission to refuel at Anchorage, Honolulu and Wake Island...
...underline his contempt for U.S. public opinion, President Sukarno, then sent his air force chief of staff to Moscow. There he urgently requested speedier delivery of Soviet jet planes, subs and a battle cruiser so he could get on with the "liberation" of West New Guinea...