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...their ties to the presidency into the role of middlemen for government purchases and sales of oil products, plastics, arms, airplane parts and petrochemicals. They held monopolies on the distribution and import of major commodities. They obtained low-interest loans by colluding with or even strong-arming state bankers. Subarjo Joyosumarto, managing director of Bank Indonesia, describes an environment that "made it difficult for the state banks to refuse [Suharto's offspring]." A former business associate of the children estimates that on commissions alone, they skipped tax payments of between $2.5 billion and $10 billion...
...Imperialism. Last January U.S. Ambassador Merle Cochran sent the Mutual Security Pact offer across to Foreign Minister Ahmad Subarjo, duly received it back with a few marginal alterations by Indonesia. Now that the Mutual Security Agency has replaced the Economic Cooperation Administration, a few strings had been attached by the U.S. Congress: before getting those Yankee dollars, foreign governments had to acknowledge their adherence to "the free world." Subarjo disliked these conditions, but signed. A couple of days later two U.S. Army colonels went down to see Defense Minister Sewaka about another matter: a shipment of arms privately purchased...
...Thanks. Foreign Minister Subarjo offered to resign, declaring that Indonesia is too young to understand the established traditions of diplomacy. As for himself, he said, "I was not born yesterday." That night he confidently gave a huge party for President and Madame Sukarno and 300 diplomatic guests, featuring a four-hour Javanese dance. His confidence was a little misplaced. This week Indonesia's ten-month-old cabinet seemed to be riding for a shakeup, if not a fall. Everybody agreed that $8,000,000 from America would be nice, but no one was ready to curtsy a thank...
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