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They endorsed Indonesia's attempt to grab Dutch New Guinea, endorsed the independence movement of Tunisia's and Morocco's nationalists, and pointedly emphasized that the conference will concentrate on "problems affecting national sovereignty, and of racialism and colonialism," all subjects loaded with feelings of animosity toward the West. Nehru also suggested that the theme of "peaceful coexistence" should go onto the agenda,* but his four colleagues persuaded him to drop that one. The purpose of the conference, the five agreed, will be "to further the course of world peace...
...Indonesia's name for Dutch New Guinea, which the Indonesians want to grab...
...reverse its own political committee's verdict on West New Guinea. The Dutch thereby won a victory over Indonesia, which had sought to raise a bogus cry of colonialism (TIME, Dec. 13). A switch in sentiment by half a dozen Latin American nations made the Dutch victory possible...
...more than a century West New Guinea has been part of the Dutch colonial empire. After World War II, when the rest of the rich Netherlands East Indies got their independence and became Indonesia, the two nations agreed to negotiate the future status of West New Guinea. But Indonesia this year broke all its ties with the old mother country, and the Dutch considered the agreement no longer binding. Immediately, Indonesia submitted to the U.N. its claim to ad minister West New Guinea all by itself. Indonesia's case was woefully weak: it has never had control...
Last week, before the U.N. General Assembly Political Committee, Indonesia asked the U.N. to order the Dutch out of West New Guinea, and raised the bogus cry of colonialism-although Indonesian control would be just as colonial. Nevertheless, the cry had great effect. The Arab-Asian bloc sided with Indonesia; so did the Soviet bloc. By a vote of 34 to 14, the U.N. committee urged both parties to "pursue their endeavors" to solve the dispute, thus repudiating the Dutch contention that Indonesia has no claim on West New Guinea...