Word: malaka
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Batang Malaka, Malaya...
...difficulties, however, can be traced directly to Defense Minister Iwa Kusumasumantri, a bull-necked Marxist of 55, who professes not to be a Communist, though as a young man he went to meetings in Moscow, and in 1946 was jailed for his role in the Communist Tan Malaka uprising. Iwa has been weeding out anti-Communist officers, and he carefully limits supplies and ammunition to units and commanders not accounted faithful to him. His next ambition: to establish a separate territorial command which will give him military control over Djakarta...
...Masjumi (Moslem) Party, the nation's largest; both have been moderately sympathetic to the West. Solidly in were left-wing Nationalists and a few obscure parties of the left-wing bloc. Bull-necked Marxist Iwa Kusumasumantri, jailed in 1946 for his part in the Communist Tan Malaka rebellion, was named Minister of Defense. The new Justice Minister has attended Communist peace rallies; the new Foreign Secretary signed the Stockholm peace appeal. Pro-Communists held the Ministries of Finance and Education...