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...certain fascination of its own. The plot goes something like this; Sabah is a 29,000-sq.-mi. chunk of Borneo, rich in timber, rubber, tobacco and untapped mineral wealth. It is located in the Sulu Sea only 20 miles from the southernmost Philippine Islands. Once a haunt of Moro pirates, Sabah was signed over in perpetuity to the British in 1878 by its ruler, the Sultan of Sulu, in return for an annual honorarium of 5,000 Straits dollars (now worth $1,700). In 1963, when colonialism's day was done, the British bequeathed Sabah...
...that they are prepared to vote on major issues with the minority Christian Democratic administration. Then, if the Christian Democrats come through with more social and economic reforms, the Socialists promise they will consider returning to the fold at their party congress next October. Center Left Leader Aldo Moro thus far has refused to govern with a Socialist pistol at his head, so last week President Guiseppe Saragat began seeking a more willing candidate-or a better solution to the deadlock...
...government must be strong enough to deal with spreading student unrest and labor agitation for better working conditions. And lurking in the shadows is the Communist Party, strengthened by votes from disgruntled Socialists in the last elections and more than willing to step into the breach. Moro himself regards an alliance with the Communists as unthinkable, but more leftist Christian Democrats see it as a way out of the dilemma. Despite the Communist specter, the Socialists seem determined to hold out on the Christian Democrats, defying all of Nenni's pleas to cooperate. Explained Socialist Luigi Mariotti, Minister...
Those voters who did mark their ballots returned to power Premier Aldo Moro's five-year-old Center-Left coalition with an increased majority of 51 in the 630-seat Chamber of Deputies. The Christian Democrats gained six new seats from extreme right-wing parties, and the Republicans, the smallest partner in the ruling coalition, went from five seats to nine...
...present, Premier Aldo Moro's Center-Left coalition remains the only viable form of government in Italy, and Nenni's Socialists have gone too far in their partnership with Moro to reverse direction now. But the coalition's survival depends largely on a program reformist enough to restore confidence in the Socialists without undermining the Christian Democrats' and Republicans' new-found support from the right. A neat trick, if it can be done...