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...abundant land, ample water and few settlers, it has been largely spared the racial bitterness that has riven Kenya. However, in the wake of the uprising that came close to toppling his friend Julius Nyerere in neighboring Tanganyika, the usually affable Kaunda warned grimly last week: "We shall crush ruthlessly any attempt to overthrow this government by unconstitutional means...
...bluff and bluster, Sukarno is determined to "crush Malaysia," which he claims is a "neocolonialist" British puppet state. Along the perilous 900-mile jungle border between Indonesian Borneo and the Malaysian territories of Sarawak and Sabah, British and Malaysian troops have fought a series of bloody clashes with Indonesian "volunteers," who dart back and forth across the frontier sacking military outposts...
...mercurial Indonesian leader told a rally of 15,000 cheering youths that his island nation will press its drive to crush Malaysia unless that anti-Communist federation of former British colonies is changed to suit Indonesian tastes...
...Onward, never retreat!" Sukarno said. "Crush Malaysia! Indonesia may change its tactics, but our goal will remain the same...
...before the gates slammed shut last week, many East Berliners had been able to make their way through to the West. The crush of visitors (290,000 people and 25,000 cars on the last day the Wall was open) proved too much for the Communist border guards. They checked only one in four returning automobiles, quickly gave up a plan to match pass stubs with the halves handed over on entry. The traffic was just too heavy. Almost any piece of paper would do, and the Communist-issued passes were easy to counterfeit...