1.
GV KAIMANA SEEN FROM "KORTENAER".
0.07

2.
LV DITTO.
0.11

3.
TV "KORTENAER" PORT SIDE.
0.13

4.
SV SLOOP BEING HOISTED ABOARD.
0.16

5.
LV CREW MEMBERS WEIGHING ANCHOR.
0.19

6.
TV ANCHOR APPEARS.
0.22

7.
TV BOW OF "KORTENAER" ON HER WAY.
0.27

8.
SV COMMANDER R.H.P. BAAY ON BRIDGE.
0.31

9.
SV COURSE PLOTTED IN MAP ROOM.
0.34

10.
TV PAN... STARBOARD SIDE TO WAKE.
0.39

11.
SV ANTI-AIRCRAFT TESTED.
0.44

12.
SV LOOK-OUT.
0.46

13.
TV WAKE FROM BOW.
0.50

14.
LV RADAR SCANNER.
0.53

15.
LV PART OF WEST NEW GUINEA'S SOUTH COAST.
0.48

16.
SCU SHIP'S PADRE TALKING TO PADRE FOR THE MARINES.
1.02

17.
SV CREW MEMBERS WORK ON DECK.
1.06

18.
SCU PAN... FIRST OFFICER TO COMMANDER ON BRIDGE.
1.09

19.
GV "GRONINGEN" SIGNALS.
1.14

20.
LV DITTO.
1.17

21.
SCU SIGNALLER ON "KORTENAER" REPLIES.
1.20

22.
TV PAN... SLOOP FROM "GRONINGEN" COMES ALONGSIDE.
1.25

23.
LV "GRONINGEN" SIGNALS.
1.29

24.
LV "GRONINGEN" FORM STERN OF "KORTENAER".
1.35

25.
GV FAK-FAK.
1.40

26.
LV DITTO.
1.44

27.
TV STERN "KORTENAER"
1.47



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PROD 3034/62 - INDONESIAN STUDENTS LIBERATION FORCE

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Background: DUTCH WARSHIPS ARE CURRENTLY PATROLLING THE SEA SOUTH OF WEST NEW GUINEA FOLLOWING THREATS BY PRESIDENT SOEKARNO OF INDONESIA TO "LIBERATE" THE TERRITORY. NAVAL UNITS IN THE AREA INCLUDE THE FRIGATES "KORTENAER" AND "EVERTSEN", AND THE TORPEDO PATROL BOATS "FRIESLAND", "LIMBURG", "GRONINGEN", AND "UTRECHT".

THEIR AIM IS TO PREVENT FURTHER GROUPS OF INDONESIAN VOLUNTEERS ARRIVING IN WEST NEW GUINEA (WHICH PRESIDENT SOEKARNO HAS RENAMED WEST IRIAN). THIS FILM - TAKEN RECENTLY - SHOWS THE "KORTENAER" OFF THE SMALL SETTLEMENT OF KAIMANA.

"KORTENAER", COMPLETED IN 1943, CARRIES TEN GUNS, EIGHT TORPEDO LAUNCHING TUBES AND DEPTH-CHANGES. SIGNALS WERE EXCHANGED WITH THE "GRONINGEN", AND BOTH SHIPS PROCEEDED TO A RENDEZVOUS AT SEA BETWEEN KAIMANA AND FAK-FAK ON THE SOUTH COAST. A SLOOP FROM THE "GRONINGEN" ALSO TOOK PART.

MAY 20, GENERAL NASUTION, THE INDONESIAN DEFENCE MINISTER, SAID IN DJAKARTA THAT THE ENTIRE ARMED FORCES WERE NOW READY TO LIBERATE THE TERRITORY FROM "DUTCH COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM".