Word: java
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Just before noon of the day after Queen Juliana's announcement, two C-475 bearing Indonesian President Soekarno and his official party swept over the city from the mountains of central Java. Soekarno, whom most Indonesians regard as the personification of independence, had been driven from Jakarta by the Dutch almost exactly four years ago. A roar of welcome ascended as the planes reached the runway. President Soekarno, wearing a white uniform and black Moslem hat, climbed into an open Packard convertible and headed into the city. Behind him, over a distance of four miles, tumultuously happy crowds boiled...