Author: VERHOEF, H.G.,
Title: De Nieuw-Guinea Raad. [Eerste druk; First edition].
Description: 's-Gravenhage, Radiorubriek Nederlands-Nieuw-Guinea, 1961. Small 8°. Original printed limp wrappers, stapled. 12pp. Survey of government districts, sketch-map of the dutch territory of New-Guinia (West Irian) inside lower outer cover, table of contents. Dutch language frame-work of the [people's] representative dutch New Guinea Council declared 5 April 1961, the first step to selfrule by the Papuan population of West New Guinea, a dutch political move in the dutch-indonesian New Guinea Dispute. Very fine copy.

Keywords: newguinea west irian papuans independence selfrule council representation politics history colonialism indonesia southeastasia oceania