ON DECEMBER 7, 1941, came the treacherous attack of Japan on Pearl
Harbor. Immediately afterwards the Netherlands government in London
declared war on the Japanese Empire.
In his announcement of this decision, Governor General A. W. C. Tjarda
van Starkenborgh Stachower said:
“People of the Netherlands East Indies: In its unexpected attack on
American and British territories, while diplomatic negotiations were
still [...]
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