Word: indonesians
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...amounts to the same thing as being pro-Communist. This attitude is apparently shared by Secretary of State Herter, who commented Saturday that a speech by Ghanan President Kwame Nkrumah had "marked him as very definitely leaning toward the Soviet bloc." Similar doubts as to the true leanings of Indonesian President Sukarno have developed. And finally, one gets the impression that the State Department views the molding of the neutralist nations into a political entity with far more apprehension than hope...
...Doorman's next scheduled stop was a courtesy call at Yokohama to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the establishment of Japanese-Dutch diplomatic relations. Indonesian officials wept publicly at the idea. Foreign Minister Subandrio declared he was disappointed in the Japanese, who, he had thought, sympathized with Indonesia's efforts to create "a new world free from suppression and misery." Indonesia forthwith threatened to break relations with Japan, and declared that a $20 million contract to buy Japanese textiles was "in danger." Japanese Socialists pronounced the visit "utterly intolerable," and the Zengakuren student federation threatened demonstrations. Last week...
...fill teeth. But in Asia, the traffic in gold-much of it illegal-is booming as never before. Indian brides offer gold bangles as dowry and families salt away their savings in gold jewelry. When Indonesia's President Sukarno arbitrarily reduced the value of the rupiah 75% overnight. Indonesian businessmen who had thoughtfully stuffed their godowns with gold bullion not only escaped losses but reaped fantastic profits. All over Asia, trade in gold has become the favored device for evading national foreign exchange controls...
Whether or not the league becomes a force depends largely on the army and its strongman army chief of staff, General Abdul Haris Nasution, 41. Though Nasution has consistently supported Sukarno, one of the league's charter parties is the Indonesian Independence Upholders Union, formed several years ago by Gen eral Nasution himself. Significantly, military commanders in most areas have allowed the league to recruit members and hold meetings...
With that, the man who describes himself as "the voice of the Indonesian people" got set to leave his troubled capital once more, this time for a sojourn at the government guest house at Tampaksiring in Bali. It was not just another holiday, said Sukarno; he was also "going for the settlement of some important work...