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...Palar, the Indonesian ambassador, said at a debate sponsored by the National Student Association "that the Federation of Malaysia is a manifestation of British neo-colonialism. And we are committed to driving this neo-colonialist power from Southeast...
Portuguese anger is mild compared to that of some right-wing Hindu groups, which look upon the congress as a colonialist plot to destroy the culture of India. There are blunt posters on the streets of Bombay warning that "Christianity is a danger to Hinduism." Indian officials minimized the threat to the Pope, but put a number of Hindu fanatics in protective custody and strengthened the 16,000-man Bombay police force with 3,000 troops from the Maharashtra state police...
This is Tshombe's salient characteristic: his ability to bounce from ally to ally, from attitude to attitude, from obective to objective. He is not a colonialist tool; He is just an opportunist who once thought the grass would be greener on the colonialist side of the fence. His lack of devotion to principle is not unique in Congo politics; nor is his lack of morality. But in a country of dubious political figures, he has been the slimiest and the most amphibious...
Passing the Hat. Nonetheless, not all critics think the change is for the good. "Which is preferable," asks a German travel agent, "the grotesque, quasi-colonialist old-style tourists, or the traveling beatniks, who bum their way from city to city, sing folk songs and pass the hat in real and phony artists' dives, and accept any job that will subsidize their tours?" Any Parisian who caught the act along the Rue Scribe this summer would be hard put to make the choice. Daily, the area around American Express headquarters swarmed with disheveled U.S. youths who were so desperate...
Last week there was strong suspicion that the snake had turned against the Congo's new Premier, Moise Tshombe. To prove himself a true-black African leader and dispel accusations of colonialist stoogery, Katanga's onetime secessionist leader planned to attend this week's meeting of the Organization of African Unity in Cairo. Tshombe knew he had many enemies in the 34 African states comprising the O.A.U., but felt he could win sympathy from the group's conservative members and hold his own with the rest through the sheer force of his considerable personal charm...