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West Irian

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West Irian

Former name of Irian Jaya, a province of Indonesia.
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In 1962 the Dutch, under US pressure, disastrously agreed to hand over West Irian to Indonesia, forlornly hoping to sate the expansionist ambitions Soekarno was later to develop more fully during his confrontasi period.
Suharto's legacy by Morgan, Patrick / National Observer - Australia and World Affairs
Bassett, USN, Chairman, Navigation Department, United States Naval Academy (Annapolis): 22 November 1974 ''Your letter concerning the West Irian cave discoveries was received with great interest.
Ancient Navigation and Mapping by Robert Bruce Baird / Reference and Education community
The UNHCR Becomes Involved (January 1965 November 1965) On 11 January 1965, the UNHCR's representative for Australia and New Zealand, Alexander McIver, sent a cutting from Sydney's Daily Telegraph about Indonesian repression in West Irian to Paul Weis, the UNHCR's Geneva-based legal adviser, seeking his comments "on the position of the Branch Office and the legal status of the refugees, assuming that a major refugee problem did develop in this immediate area.
Hush-hushing the whole matter: the UNHCR, Australia, and West Papuan ... by Neumann, Klaus / Refuge
 
 
 
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