West Irian
Britishnoun
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Sukarno set up a "West Irian Liberation Committee," which included Cabinet members.
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"We will gladly accept the good offices of the United States in solving the question, as long as such mediation leads to the complete transfer of West Irian to Indonesia," explained Foreign Minister Subandrio.
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Dr. Wendell Phillips, a skillful promoter, won the only contract awarded to an individual in Indonesia; he paid a $500,000 fee and agreed to spend $17.5 million exploring onshore and offshore in West Irian.
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Said Frans Kaisieppo, the governor of West Irian: "It has become a religious conviction."
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In 1962, after a brief comic-opera war launched by Indonesia's former President Sukarno, The Netherlands reluctantly handed over West Irian to a United Nations caretaker administration.
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