WEST IRIAN BROTHER TAKES OVER AT 12 : 30 P.M . IN 
THE OLD DUTCH NEW GUINEA CAPITAL OF HOLLANDIA ONE STEAMY DAY 
LAST WEEK, THE BLUE-AND-WHITE UNITED NATIONS BANNER WAS HAULED DOWN, AND 
THE RED-AND-WHITE FLAG OF INDONESIA STOOD WAVING TRIUMPHANTLY ALONE . THUS 
DID PRESIDENT SUKARNO COMPLETE HIS GRAB OF A CALIFORNIA-SIZE CHUNK OF 
NEW TERRITORY TO ADD TO INDONESIA'S SPRAWLING ISLAND CHAIN . IT 
WAS ONLY LAST YEAR THAT SUKARNO CLIMAXED A 13-YEAR CAMPAIGN TO 
ANNEX THE AREA WITH A BITTER LITTLE WAR OF HARASSMENT . 
THE DUTCH, UNDER PRESSURE FROM THE U.S., FINALLY AGREED TO HAND 
THEIR COLONY OVER TO THE U.N., WHICH WOULD ADMINISTER THE TERRITORY 
FOR SEVEN MONTHS, THEN TURN IT OVER TO INDONESIA . UNDER 
THE COMPROMISE, SUKARNO PROMISES TO HOLD A PLEBISCITE " BY 1969 
" TO GIVE THE 700,000 PRIMITIVE PAPUAN INHABITANTS A CHANCE TO 
OPT FOR INDEPENDENCE . BUT AS BUNG (BROTHER) KARNO ARRIVED LAST 
WEEK FOR HIS FIRST VISIT, THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT THE WAY 
HE AND HIS INDONESIAN TROOPS STRUTTED THROUGH THE STREETS OF HOLLANDIA 
(RENAMED KOTABARU) THAT MADE MANY WONDER IF HE WOULD EVER PERMIT 
THE REGION TO BE MORE THAN JUST INDONESIA'S PROVINCE OF WEST 
IRIAN . 