Word: ceylonization
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...Nothing happens," a British governor of Ceylon once complained: "The sun shines in the morning, and sometimes it rains in the evening." Those days are gone forever. Currently, a lot is happening in Ceylon, most of it ruinous. Declared a top government economist: "We've always lived well and without worry. Even the more humble people could pick a pineapple or coconut and catch a few fish. But now we're in real trouble...
Pressure from the radical left has forced Ceylon closer to the Red trade orbit, caused economic chaos. The severe textile shortage is largely the result of a policy that limits most imports of cloth to Russia, Poland and Red China. Other restrictions have boosted the price of potatoes, dhal (a tropical pea) and cabbage...
...East, where Communism threatens from Korea's 38th Parallel to the Himalayas, the first formal barrier erected against Red encroachment is a half-forgotten organization called the Colombo Plan. Originated in 1950 by a group of British Commonwealth nations meeting in the capital of Ceylon, the plan was designed as a loosely knit club in which industrial nations and needy Asian countries could negotiate bilateral aid agreements. The club has since grown from eleven to 20 members -frankly, if unofficially, referred to as six donors and 14 recipients.* Last week in Bangkok, at the organization's annual Consultative...
...Donor nations: the U.S., Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan. Recipients: Bhutan, Burma, Cambodia, Ceylon, India, Indonesia, Lacs, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Korea, South Viet Nam, Thailand...
...fancy). In the past two months E.N.I. has opened a distribution system in the Ivory Coast, won monopolistic exploration and production rights throughout Egypt's Nile Delta, and started up a $25 million refinery in Ghana. E.N.I. is preparing to bid on a major refinery contract in Ceylon, and last week rumors buzzed around Argentina that E.N.I. is angling to take over the controversial U.S., British and Dutch oil concessions there...