Word: indonesia
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Where has TIME been? It was common knowledge in the late '50s that the CIA film on President Sukarno's bedroom abilities [Feb. 2] was taken by Dr. Sukarno as so complimentary that he tried (unsuccessfully) to get copies for public viewing in Indonesia, and thereby gain increased respect among his countrymen...
...developed countries, OPEC'S first gesture as a group to help poor nations that are afflicted with high oil bills. The fund's main backers, Iran and Venezuela, originally proposed $1 billion a year for five years. Instead, the fund will exist for only a year, and Indonesia and Ecuador said that they could not afford to contribute. Overall, OPEC nations seem to feel that they are doing more than their share to help less developed countries...
...late '50s, trying to sour Indonesia's late President Sukarno on the Soviet Union, the CIA produced a film purporting to show him engaging in sexual relations with a woman in Moscow-and planned to pass off the movie as a KGB blackmail attempt. Before the film could be circulated in Indonesia, however, the CIA had second thoughts and canceled the dirty trick...
...attraction because a month's delay on a $100 million project can easily cost the builder $1.5 million. The firm also makes a habit of training local workers to build and run completed facilities, a practice that has been much appreciated by the governments of Greece, Taiwan, Indonesia and South Korea. Partly for these reasons, Iran recently favored Fluor with a contract to build 65% of a $750 million refinery near Isfahan...
...trouble began Dec. 2 when six South Moluccans took over a suburban Dutch railroad train; they vowed to hold it and its passengers hostage until the government of The Netherlands promised to help South Molucca Islands obtain their independence from Indonesia, a former Dutch colony. Two days later seven other South Moluccans invaded the Indonesian consulate, holding those inside hostage to back up the demands of their fellow terrorists. Three of the prisoners aboard the train were soon shot and killed by their captors, and one man died after jumping from a window of the consulate...