Word: indonesians
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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With the increasingly gloomy outlook in the South Viet Nam war, the Indonesian raids on Malaysia, not to mention the Red Chinese bomb, something obviously had to be done. The most immediate worry: Indonesia (pop. 100 million), with which Australia shares a jungled border on the island of New Guinea; since Australian troops are helping to fight Indonesian infiltrators in Malaysia, Sukarno could easily retaliate by sending infiltrators into Australian-controlled New Guinea...
...PHILIPPINES: firmly tied to the U.S., with local Communists reduced to an insignificant handful, but beset by economic troubles and worried about Chinese and Indonesian expansion...
...before making it public while peace feelers went out to Mao and were rejected. He had further irritated the Central Committee by taking a three-week tour of the farm lands on the lower Volga and in Kazakhstan and not reporting back to them; by erupting in anger at Indonesian President Sukarno when he expressed sympathy for Peking; by announcing late in September a new plan for heavy emphasis on the consumer-goods industry that had/ not been cleared with the Presidium...
...ward off obstacles, this vehicle even cleared a 4½-ft. fence to show off its agility. In what may be the first military use of an air-cushion vehicle, the British plan to send a pair of armed Hovercraft to Borneo late this month for use against Indonesian terrorists...
...busy on other matters. Kicking off a national campaign against crop-devouring rats, Sukarno accepted the title of "Honorary Chairman of the Action to Combat Mice Committee" to add to his long list of formal titles. He is also known as Great Leader of the Revolution, Mouthpiece of the Indonesian People, Main Bearer of the Message of the People's Suffering, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Supreme Commander of the Economic Operational Command, Supreme People's Industry Builder, Son of the Dawn, Supreme Pioneer, Father of the Peasants, Supreme Builder, Supreme Protector, Grand Skipper, and Chief...