Word: djuanda
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...conclusion, despite West New Guinea's rugged terrain and 5,000 Dutch forces. After New Guinea, hinted one official last week, Sukarno's next target may be out of this world. "When the full extent of our territory has been achieved," declared Sukarno's First Minister Djuanda, Indonesia plans to "establish national aerospace power to impress the entire world...
...think too much of things at home," cried Acting President Djuanda in farewell. Said Bung Karno: "I leave with confidence. I trust the people...
...only God." announced the revival of the 1945 revolutionary constitution. His fiat swept out of office the 17th government to rule Indonesia in 14 years, dissolved the Constituent Assembly, emasculated some 40-odd political parties and caused the resignation of the 27-man Cabinet of his loyal ally, Premier Djuanda...
...only two organizations-the army and the Communist Party-have the efficiency and administrative knack to help him govern. In naming his ten-man "inner" Cabinet last week, Sukarno clearly chose the army. Not a single post went to a Communist or a fellow traveler. Able ex-Premier Djuanda was named First Minister and Finance Minister. The army got two plums: the important Ministry of Security and Defense went to Army Commander Lieut. General A. Haris Nasution and the Production Ministry to Colonel Suprajogi. The harried Communists, who still support Sukarno because any other choice might mean extinction, cheered faintly...
Back home in Indonesia, while he was away, the Constituent Assembly refused to play mouse. In long, hot, humid sessions, some 65 orators monotonously followed one another to the rostrum to orate. Privately, many of them pressed Premier Djuanda for firm promises of future employment if they voted in Sukarno's constitution. Djuanda was at first evasive, finally lost his temper and shouted that "unpredictable things may happen"-a thinly disguised threat of a military takeover if the assembly did not get a move on. Angrily, the assemblymen three times refused to pass Sukarno's plan, and then...