Temporary Authority

Temporary Authority

Photograph

Magnum Photos, Inc.

Maker
American, estab. 1947

Temporary Authority

Dutch Quit New Guinea


1962
Gelatin silver print
Image: 7 1/4 × 9 5/16 in. (18.4 × 23.7 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0380
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: (New Guinea) 10/62 4) TEMPORART AUTHORITY: UN adminstrator, José \ Rolz-Bennett reviews a Papuan honor guard at the ceremony \ transferring West New Guinea from Dutch rule to temporary \ jurisdiction under the United Nations. Indonesia will \ assume control in May. \ Credit: UNITED NATIONS © 1962 MAGNUM Photos
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