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Things are seldom what they seem in Indonesia. After last October's coup, rumors flew through Djakarta that President Sukarno was either dead, seriously ill, in jail or in flight. But up he bounces, like a kid's bell-bottom toy, and last month he was back issuing decrees, making speeches, and being the same old Bung. Then last week, once again, Sukarno was shoved aside by the military...
...installed a new Cabinet, some of whose members - though avowedly non-Communist - were far to the left of the generals. Nasution took the demotion quietly, but it was an ominous silence. Still loyal to him are Army Chief Suharto and the crack Siliwangi Division, elements of which moved into Djakarta last week. "We are ready to move the second Nasution gives the signal," claimed the Siliwangi's commander...
Rage in Yellow Shirts. Even at that, Sukarno's balance is precarious. Last week mobs of angry anti-Red students stormed through Djakarta, blocking entrances to Merdeka Palace with stolen trucks and forcing Sukarno to send helicopters to pick up his Cabinet ministers for the swearing-in ceremony. Nervous guards fired into one group, killing three students. That brought on a second mob scene, with 100,000 students-led by yellow-shirted members of the Indonesian Student Action Command (KAMI)-lining the five-mile funeral route. Sukarno retaliated by outlawing KAMI, declaring a curfew, and forbidding groups of five...
...Sukarno, the Great Leader of the Revolution, the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces," said the Great Leader of the Revolution to a crowd in Djakarta last week. "I am sick of the secret campaign against me. If you do not like me, I will resign, but do not do it in a secret manner. Who is against me? Say so now. Those who agree with me and support me, stand by me. Defend me, build up your strength, because I now see efforts to topple me." It was the second time in a week that he had said...
From the look of things in Indonesia, Sukarno may need all the silence he can get. He himself disclosed sorrowfully that the army-backed anti-Communist purge had taken a toll of 87,000 known dead. And demonstrations occurred in Djakarta nearly every day last week, protesting the government's harsh new economic measures, which included the revaluation of the rupiah, to combat inflation. The result has been a severe reduction in the average Indonesian's buying power...