BRITISH PATIENCE
PRAISE FROM INDONESIA Received Sunday, 8.50 p.m. LONDON, Dec. 1. After being sugpected by the Indonesians of preparing the way for a forcible reassertion of Dutch rule it was the • ' ' almost ' superhuman restraint" of the B.ritish troops which 1 finaliy caused, a general ccnviction that Byitain-'s actions in Indonesia were disintjerested, says The Times in a leader on the witlidrawal of the Britisli troops fronj, Indp'nesia. Britain's policy in Indonesia was inevitahly widely misnriderstood and misinterpreted. She "vyas even accused of exploiting Holiand's weakness to sieze an advantageous position in the Indies. Nev.ertheless /British and Indian tropps hy cur.bing violence and encouraging reconstruction created an atmosphere in which the Dutch and Indonesian leaders were able to expjore the." ppssibilities o,f peaceful settiement. Thp. tropps when tliey left repeived the cordiaj thanks of Dutch and Indonesians alike.
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Chronicle (Levin), 2 December 1946, Page 5
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