Word: sukarno
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...momentous victory gives us very much courage," said Malaysian Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman. "I pray that God will give us help and shelter from adversity and that Malaysia will continue to flourish and prosper in peace. To hell with Sukarno...
...quite a post-election statement, but justified in the sense that the big issue at the polls had indeed been Sukarno and his vicious guerrilla and propaganda offensives against the new Federation of Malaysia. In a lively five-week campaign, heated slogans in Malay, English, Tamil and four dialects of Chinese filled the air as candidates ran for most of Malaysia's national Parliament and state assembly seats. Charges flew that politicians were luring women voters with love potions. More serious were charges that some of the parties were playing into the hands of the Indonesians by opposing...
...Brink. With colossal mismanagement at home and bullying adventures abroad, Sukarno has pushed his sprawling, intrinsically rich island nation to the brink of bankruptcy. On Java, where 60% of all Indonesians live, recurring drought and a rat plague have led to outright famine. Irked by Sukarno's "Crush Malaysia" campaign, the U.S. is phasing out its aid (total to date: $896 million), last month shipped Indonesia its final 40,000 tons of American rice. Blustered Sukarno: "To hell with aid!" Turning hopefully to Holland, Indonesia last year resumed diplomatic relations, which had been broken in 1960 during Sukarno...
Dream Bait. During his three-day stay, Subandrio conferred with Dutch Foreign Minister Joseph Luns and Prime Minister Victor Marijnen, was granted a 45-minute audience with Queen Juliana, to whom he relayed "hearty greetings" from Sukarno. The Dutch, who agreed not to press for immediate payments on the $670 mil lion worth of Dutch properties expropriated by Sukarno six years ago, signed a technical-aid agreement with Indonesia, leaving tedious business details for later discussion. Beamed Subandrio: "We have no deep political differences any more." Having been twice bitten by Sukarno, both in Indonesia and New Guinea, the Dutch...
...Netherlands' Luns agreed to visit Djakarta next July for a conference with Sukarno. If Sukarno behaves himself, the Dutch tantalizingly hinted, they might fulfill Bung's lifelong dream of a splendiferous state visit to The Netherlands...