SARAWAK: Raja's Return

In the quiet dignity of an office oppo site London's House of Lords, one of the last remaining governments in exile pre pared to return to the jungle. It consisted of the ailing, inactive White Raja of Sarawak, Sir Charles Vyner Brooke, the young Raja Muda, and members of the Provisional Government, who eagerly followed the progress of the hard-hitting Australian liberation troops on Borneo {see WORLD BATTLEFRONTS).

In (but not of) the British Empire, oil-rich, rubber-rich Sarawak is an in dependent patch on the northwest rim of Dutch Borneo. Britain's control stops at defense and foreign affairs. For a...

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