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...momentous victory gives us very much courage," said Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman. "I pray that God will give us help and shelter from adversity and that Malaysia will continue to flourish and prosper in peace. To hell with Sukarno...
...discussion. Beamed Subandrio: "We have no deep political differences any more." Having been twice bitten by Sukarno, both in Indonesia and New Guinea, the Dutch will demand tight guarantees in their dealings with him. Though in effect they are helping the dictator over the economic problems resulting from his Malaysian "confrontation," the Dutch insist that they do not intend to bolster Indonesia's harassment of the new federation. Malaysia, whose own trade with The Netherlands runs to a healthy $75 million yearly, is not so sure-and has grounds for increasing concern about anything beneficial to Sukarno. The size...
With the Indo-Chinese peninsula and Burma gone, the pressure southward would become increasingly hard to resist. The healthy, vigorous and anti-Communist Malaysian Federation, already under attack by Indonesia, would probably have to fight for its life. Indonesia itself would draw ever closer to the Communist camp. The Philippines would probably hold out but would be severely menaced...
...sooner had Kennedy flown back to Washington after arranging a ceasefire in the Malaysia feud, than fierce fighting erupted once again. More than 60 Indonesian "volunteer" guerrillas launched three forays through the jungle into the Malaysian states of Sarawak and Sabah before they were driven back. Since Indonesian air force planes, along with Malaysian-based helicopters, had dropped thousands of leaflets announcing the truce, it was unclear whether the terrorists had deliberately violated the cease-fire or simply had not learned about...
...palmy Victorian days when Kipling's Tommy Atkins called the British army the "thin red line of 'eroes," few Englishmen could predict how thin the line might get. On the troubled island of Cyprus, in beleaguered Aden, and within the threatened Malaysian Federation, in recent weeks the line seemed stretched to the breaking point. Indeed, alarmed at the frequency with which British troops are dispatched to overseas trouble spots, the London Daily Telegraph harrumphed: "Officers who hold the Queen's Commission cannot be air-freighted without ceremony from their lawful appointments. British battalions cannot be whistled about...