Word: coups
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...officials were simply mugwumping to see who came out on top?and which way to lean. Now, since Ky has promised to step down, they are out looking for new jobs. The crisis has badly shaken the cohesion of the generals' Directory, enhancing the chances of yet another military coup before the caretakers retire...
Chinese Protest. Indonesia's relations with Sukarno's old cronies in Peking, for instance, have rapidly gone from bad to worse since last October's at tempted Communist coup. Rampaging anti-Communist students have forced so many Chinese merchants to close down and have seized so many Chinese schools that Red China last week complained to Djakarta that Indonesia stands by while "hoodlums" drag Chinese nationals to "forcible interrogations at secret torture chambers...
...never considered himself an indispensable cog in the Saigon government. A few months ago, he said flatly: "If a majority of my colleagues on the Directory want me to step down, I will gladly do so. But I can also tell you this: If there is a coup attempt, then I will fight, and I will fight to the death if necessary...
...leading discothèque (which happens to be right downstairs), the handsome son of a peer breezes up for "a spot of chemmy." Chairs are found for his group to watch; drinks are passed. In three hours, playing with flair, he wins $210,000. Satisfied, but not flaunting his coup, he departs. But before the chauffeur can wheel his Bentley out from all the others, the Right Honourable realizes that he forgot to get a chit for his winnings. He goes back. Tempted by his luck, he tries another few shoes. Two hours later he has lost...
...somehow the generals came together under one man: Lieut. General Suharto, 45, who became army chief of staff last October after the attempted coup. Suharto was always personally devoted to Sukarno, though disagreeing with him on his left-leaning politics and catch-as-catch-can statesmanship. Last October, Suharto's disagreement deepened into bitterness when he saw the bodies of six anti-Communist generals killed during the coup attempt. In recent weeks, Suharto and Nasution had been huddling with ranking officers in Bandung and Djakarta, and all agreed that Sukarno had to knuckle under once and for all. Finally...