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...neutralist but leaning toward the West, is beginning to show signs of political stability. Although the Communist Pathet Lao technically holds four seats in Souvanna's Cabinet, the Reds walked out on him two years ago, and refuse to come back. And ever since the banishment of troublemaking Rightist General Phoumi Nosavan, who was exiled in February after his third at tempted coup, the sailing has been even smoother. Other right-wing leaders have made common cause with Souvanna, and rightist troops often join General Kong Le's neutralist army in drives against the Pathet...
...Your story is a cogent and objective presentation of a complex subject. But under no circumstances can the National Farmers Organization be classed as rightist. Neither is the N.F.O. loath to accept government direction or largess...
Sukarno's one alleged triumph−that he has united Indonesia's 103 million people−was deflated last week by news from South Celebes, where rightist Darul Islam rebels are fighting against the army. In Sukarno's newest acquisition, West Irian, Papuan tribesmen have also launched an insurrection...
...Stalin's every whim; his formulation of socialist realism resulted in the most servile cultural creed ever imposed on the human intellect. Then in 1936, just before the Great Purge began, Gorky mysteriously died. During the Bukharin "show trial," witnesses "confessed" that he had been murdered by the "rightist-Trotskyite conspiracy...
...Some rightist officers-including Kouprasith-are still suspicious of Kong Le for accepting Russian tanks and artillery in 1960-61. And the tough little general's relations with Premier Souvanna are far from smooth. When the two were invited to Indonesia's Bandung anniversary seven weeks ago, Souvanna tried to keep Kong Le at home, knowing that Indonesia would like nothing better than to woo his neutralist general with offers of arms and aid. Indonesia's President Sukarno threw everything at him, including bare-breasted Balinese dancers and bushels of flowers. But Kong Le took care...