Word: sukarno
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...party state irked India's multi-party Parliament, and his arrogant boasts that Soviet aid is purely altruistic, whereas Western loans always have strings attached, provoked Nehru to comment that nations grant aid to other nations "on the ground of enlightened self-interest." In Indonesia, Khrushchev hurt President Sukarno's pride in his country's culture by walking out halfway through a Balinese dance, and the two men-though finding each other useful-were obviously uncongenial. One mealtime exchange showed their feelings...
This was infuriating to Sukarno, since the Indonesian Communist Party is the nation's largest, and he has for years teetered between a Red takeover and a coup d'état by the anti-Communist army. Besides, it was no way for a guest to act. In the heavily pro-Red port city of Surabaya, Sukarno struck back. While Khrushchev sat bulkily silent on the platform. Sukarno told a crowd of 40,000 that Indonesia must maintain "its own personality,'' and promised eventual success for his own vague "guided democracy," or, as he put it: "Socialism...
Hibiscus Ear. The tour went on 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...
...week's end, as Nikita departed for home, via India and Afghanistan, both leaders could feel satisfied. Sukarno had won new prestige and more money-another $250 million added to the $118 million already offered Indonesia...
...enthusiastic reception in India, but it did spread the notion-in a region worried by Red China's militancy-that one Communist nation is as peace-loving as can be. Red China seemed to be a subject that host and guest were anxious to avoid. When Sukarno wondered aloud why Asians would not be present at the summit. Khrushchev, obviously uneasy that his curmudgeon ally, Red China, might be the one to demand a seat most loudly, remarked: "Maybe the time is not yet ripe to arrange a more representative summit conference...