The doughty colonel who kept Java from exploding

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: February 23, 1997| Author: | Copyright information

The Admiral's Baby By Laurens van der Post. Morrow. $27.50. SECRET: For the Minister Only - Sir: as requested, I herewith present a summary evaluation of the late Col. Laurens van der Post's account of his postwar service on behalf of His Majesty's Government on Java, 21 August 1945 to 31 May 1947. It is, I believe you will agree, a most remarkable document, coming from a man in his 89th year and best known for his work on the African continent (see especially The Lost World of the Kalahari), not the Indonesian islands that spill into the Java Sea.

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