National Archives responds

Fri, 02 May 1997

From Republika

Referring to a reader's letter in the April 16, 1997 edition of your paper titled National Archives should store film documents, we would like to explain the following:

One of the duties of the Indonesia's National Archives is to store a treasury of documents, audio visuals, cartographics, and even drawings. Visitors, from all government departments, the private sector, scientists and the general public, who desire to know more about what is stored at the National Archives, are to enter the side of the archives in the reading room.

We apologize to Mr. M. Amaluddin M. from Bandung. At the time you came, the film collection was being put in order. This involved a lot of time, which was the reason that we could not satisfy your request. In principle, the film library at the National Archives is open to the public, as long as the terms and procedures of the institute are followed.