DEFENCE PLANS FOR DUTCH EAST INDIES

Chronicle (Levin), 9 August 1946, Page 5

DEFENCE PLANS FOR DUTCH EAST INDIES

Jb-i'civ i*d Thursday, 11.10 p.m. THE HAtll'E, August S. The «m 1 1 1 1 11 1 «i mlcr of the Dutch l'orces in tio- East lndies, Lieut. -General Siiimu Spooi', wiio is visiling the Xe' !m-i Innds for disi-ussions 011 tlie pro-jin-i-d fnsing of the Xetherlands and I >11 1 1 it East Indies nnued forces, said, at -i I'jr-s eoitferenee. tliut it would tuke ihe years after tlie eonelusion of an agreeiiii'nt with the lndonesians to 1- cai iio " had eleiuents. " Tlie ehief n-a miis for st rengthening ihe Dutch ! oi '•!• in Indoiiesia were, iirstly, tlie n -tnratioii of law and order; secuiidly, t l,e lojilaeemeiit of British troops; Hui ih, the |>rotee!ion of t'hinese and i ii'iouc- i :i ii - lTieinlly towards Ihe Dut h. G iit-ia.l Sjmor sall "he "war lord ' 1 * 1 1 till pievaiiei! in the Iniloiii- iai; fiin-es. espei-iallv in Sumalra. Tiii* I'.lbl. 1 1 iidonesian Deleiu-e Force) \va 1101 a national ari -y but a eona ioaierat ion of groups. 1 ' We can rer1 -ii-iy ■ ooperate with tlie T.li.T. if it v. i.- purged and pku eu under a single eoiriiiainl but its tasks nuist lie purely j> - i I * e v.ora," General Hjioor said. Wi.i'ii ludoiie-ia ucipiired its new staius it woultl share a eominon del'i m-e iieme with Jlolland against i orei n aggression. The British forces in Indone ia at presenl eoinjirised oue • livisiou at Java and oue at .Suniatra. Ttiere were >i \ Duteh brigades at Java wiili a foive of 15.00(1 mea in tlie out- ! ving ari'as. Aiiother division numbering fioin 15.(Kiii to 18,000 plus garri-.-on tioojis. uouhl be necessary to rej.ia -.' the British. Beneral Spoor alleged that German [" boal personnel were aeting as in--tiui-tois for tlie Tndonesian tieet.