Word: indonesia
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...company has been busily prospecting for nickel all around the world. It recently signed a partnership agreement with the French government to mine in New Caledonia, has been carrying on protracted negotiations for other finds in Guatemala, and is beating the brush for nickel in Africa, Australia and Indonesia...
...mere reassertion that North Viet Nam's position had shifted, however slightly, sent hopes soaring. Inflating the optimistic mood were reports that Hanoi's diplomats had made approaches about mediation and sites for negotiations in Laos, Burma, Cambodia and Indonesia. On investigation, however, the reports turned out to be either false or misleading, and U.S. diplomats expressed doubt that Hanoi had undertaken any concerted peace-feeler effort beyond Trinh's statement...
During the past five years, conditions in Southeast Asia have justified "cautious optimism," with most nations-notably Indonesia-displaying a capacity for pragmatic politics...
...winter rains are right, Pakistan will become self-sufficient in wheat next April for the first time. A new U.S. Department of Agriculture "doublecross" hybrid has made Kenya self-sufficient in corn. In Southeast Asia, the newly developed IR8 rice strain has been tested in Thailand, South Viet Nam, Indonesia, Burma and the Philippines and in some cases increased the annual yield twentyfold. The world's food experts are taking heart, though the sense of urgency remains...
...international prestige than the U.S. anticipated when it began fighting in earnest almost three years ago. Second, while the primary goal has been elusive, the U.S. has accomplished some of its lesser objectives in Viet Nam. Its intervention has bought time-time for such nations as Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia to reinforce their own political, economic and military defenses against subversion. And it has helped the process of nation-building in a truncated chunk of a former French colony; for all its political deficiencies, South Viet Nam is at least starting toward democracy. Third, and perhaps most important...