Word: borneo
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...states into the independent United States of Indonesia finally put the two sultans in the same camp. Both of them went after the post of Defense Minister of the new nation. The Sultan of Jogjakarta, whose Republican friends dominated the central government, got the job. The Sultan of West Borneo was appointed cabinet minister without portfolio...
...ruler of West Borneo took his setback with apparent calm. He remained calm as the new central government quickly set about gobbling up its member states, wiping out the federal system he had sponsored. During the January revolt of former Dutch Captain "Turk" Westerling, the Sultan of West Borneo appeared to be completely loyal to the government, continued to attend cabinet meetings and make the rounds of official parties...
Secret Orders. But one afternoon in early April top cabinet ministers held a rump meeting without the Sultan of West Borneo, sent a secret order to President Soekarno for signature. Then they went off to attend the local opening of the movie Joan...
Next morning police yanked the Sultan of West Borneo out of his suite in the capital's swank Hotel des Indes and hurried him off to confinement in the palace of his rival, the Sultan of Jogjakarta. West Borneo's Sultan, asserted Indonesian intelligence officers, had secretly masterminded Turk Westerling's rebellion...
...present and shoot the Sultan of Jogjakarta. Then he had planned to set up a new cabinet, naming himself as defense minister. The plan misfired because on the day set for the attack the cabinet had ended its session earlier than the rebels expected. Now the Sultan of West Borneo was slated for a quick trial before a special court. As he sat in prison his own state voted to give up the semi-autonomy for which he had fought...