Word: djakarta
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...gala scene in Djakarta's plush Hotel Indonesia. A couple of hundred milling guests sipped lemonade or crowded around the guest of honor, Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan, flashing his toothy smile. Near by, a 28-girl choir in tight, bright sarongs of multicolored, hand-printed cotton reverently purred Djakarta's hit tune, Crush Malaysia...
...reception was pointedly restrained, but the dapper, dusky VIP who debarked at the Amsterdam air port last week could hardly expect brass bands. Dr. Subandrio, Indonesia's Foreign Minister and Deputy Premier, was the highest-ranking official from Djakarta to set foot in The Netherlands since the Dutch bitterly granted his rebellious nation independence 15 years ago. His aim in "normalizing ties" has been increasingly evident for months...
...Guinea. The trade-minded Dutch, who are more interested in new profits than in salvaging old concessions, were eager to do business again. Last fall the Dutch signed agreements to help merchandise Indonesian rubber, coffee, copra and tea - all of which had piled up on the docks since Djakarta's anti-Malaysia campaign cut off its trade with Singapore, Indonesia's traditional marketing center...
...Netherlands' Luns agreed to visit Djakarta next July for a conference with Sukarno. If Sukarno behaves himself, the Dutch tantalizingly hinted, they might fulfill Bung's lifelong dream of a splendiferous state visit to The Netherlands...
...crisis was triggered by Indonesia's puffy, demagogic President Sukarno, who has sworn to crush Malaysia at all costs. On the Sarawak frontier, an Indonesian mortar company lobbed shells across the border. Deepening Indonesia's quarrel with Britain, which is pledged to defend Malaysia, government troops in Djakarta barred British diplomats from entering their embassy, gutted fortnight ago by an unchecked mob. The guards even tried to break into the embassy's fireproof code room until they were stopped by tough, stocky Ambassador Andrew Gilchrist, who forced his way into the embassy and stood guard over...