DUTCH INTERESTS IN INDONESIA (BACKGROUND)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79R00890A000900040003-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 6, 2000
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: December 4, 1957
• Content Type: BRIEF

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a approximately $1.0 billion.
transfer of sovereignty is 1949, is still satins
Dutch investment in Indonesia, although diminis
be
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of investment are
2.
Agricultural estates: 50 percent
20 percent
3. baking: 10 percent
4. Land transportation: 0 percen
5: Shipping: 4 percent
iiisce1isneous: 10 percent
handles 70 percent of Indonesia's in
Itursl estates, oil,
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A Dutch-Fawned shipping company, M v (Royal Packet Navigation Co)
ago and shipping,
Dutch investments are distributed approx
y operates 100 ships and hags total displacement of
approximately 200,000 gross registered tons.
Company Uses some of these ships also for other For Esstorn
routes and in recent months has been including sent
eaten trades In Its traffic in anticipation of
declining business in Indonesia.
Dutch flag shipping also carries greatest share of Indon*ian
overseas shipping,
IV. Netherlands has one oil company In Indones
ell).
ys1 Dutch
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be frozen, treassdons confusion and growing
A. Verb
to the
of
the non-Javanese areas would result,
rtant, food eht ruta from Javane
would be interrupted,
islands would ceeasee,
sent trade and coauunicatton between Jaya *ad
ggling between the eater islands and aon4ndonesiaa ports
is not carried in ships and would not be effected by On
interruption of i o-peratie.
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