HOW close are we—those of us who are not ethnic Papuans—to Irian Jaya? How much inner empathy do we have for our brothers and sisters who are proud of their curly hair and dark skins? Just one visit to Irian Jaya was enough to make Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri shed tears. She feels great sympathy for the plight of the Papuan people, not for any anthropological reason but because of the backwardness. What is certain is that on