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UN Flag Flies Over New Guinea Amid Indonesian Takeover
West New Guinea is placed under United Nations administration for seven months with a Pakistani security force guarding the area as Indonesia advances its plan to take control by force. The flag ceremony was scaled back to avoid provocation, and a self determination plebiscite is promised by 1969.
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Hollandia
New Guinea
Asia
United Nation
West New Guinea
U.N
United Nations
Indonesia
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Netherlands
Dutch East Indies
Hann Veldkamp
Jose Roiz-Bennet
Guatemala
Surinam
Guiana
Netherlands Antilles
Caribbean
Australia
Sukarno