Dutch resident of Riouw pleased with patrolling by Royal Netherlands Navy according to the Dutch newspaper Het nieuws van den dag voor Nederlandsch-Indië dated 27 December 1922
An item reported that the Dutch resident of
Riouw and surroundings, Dutch East Indies wrote to the Dutch department of navy
to be very satisfied with the cruising of 2 destroyers and 2 float planes on
and above the waters around Riouw. Since then was the safety in his area
considerable improved. He hoped that in the future such patrols were regularly
repeated.