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" .... I am consciously standing on the threshold of a historical event .... "
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Prime Minister Willem Drees addresses the attendees at the opening session of the conference in the Ridderzaal on 23 August. Photo in the photograph album with 37 photos of the Round Table Conference held between 23 August and 2 November 1949 in The Hague between representatives of the Netherlands, the Republic of Indonesia, and the Federal Consultative Assembly. The copy presented to Prime Minister Willem Drees.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit line" .... Ik ben mij bewust op de drempel te staan van een historisch gebeuren .... ". 1949-08-23. Regeringsvoorlichtingsdienst. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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