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...times last week it looked as if Nikita Khrushchev might be running for the presidency of Indonesia. When Sukarno, the President, proudly showed him a model of an Olympic village for the 1962 Asian Games, Nikita said contemptuously, "Oldfashioned and inefficient," and intimated that, if he were running things, he would build instead "a big hotel with modern conveniences." Like a candidate ambitious for office, Khrushchev commented repeatedly in public on Indonesia's chaotic economy, with the implication that it is due to inefficiency and lack of organization...
Bulkily Silent. At Gadjah Mada University, Khrushchev seemed to be saying it was time for a change as he invited the cheering students to "try Communism." Waving his fists for emphasis, Nikita cried: "Each thinking person must wonder how it is that the working class of the Soviet Union-the peasants, the uneducated-took power, and in 42 years brought their country to second place in economic development and first place in the development of science...
...through stifling, overcrowded Java, and then to Bali, where the debate between the two leaders degenerated to badinage. Sukarno needled Khrushchev by saying that he could not take a swim in the sea because "you're too corpulent-the sharks will get you." But not even critical Nikita could long stay censorious in lovely Bali. Soon he was wearing a lavender hibiscus over his right ear and casting an appreciative eye on lissome Balinese girls who showered him with rose petals...
...exhibition of Javanese art-beautiful hand-dipped batik cloth and finely worked silver-Sukarno smilingly asked Nikita, "Which would you like?" Growled Khrushchev: "I don't like anything, I don't like anything," but added grudgingly, "The workmanship is good." When Sukarno, nettled, tried to explain the intricate handwork involved, Khrushchev put him straight on the new industrialism: "They cost too much, not only in price but in human life. If we go on like this, there will be no progress. Machines, machines are what you need!" But he posed for photographers when Sukarno wrapped a sarong around...
Journey to Understanding (NBC, 9:30-10:30 p.m.). NBC gets its own cameras into action to follow Ike through Brazil and Argentina, also shows Nikita Khrushchev in India, Burma, Indonesia...