West Irian
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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West Irian had only provided the occasion for a break they considered inevitable.
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Sukarno set up a "West Irian Liberation Committee," which included Cabinet members.
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The Tunku pointedly reminded Sukarno that he had taken over West Irian without a plebiscite and that the legislatures of North Borneo and Sarawak had passed resolutions in favor of the new federation.
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I was in West Irian on the island of New Guinea, and even some of the Stone Age people are familiar with the PTL scandal.
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Our youth." said Hatta, "should not be asked to swim across the ocean to get West Irian.
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