Word: sukarno
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Manila, of all places, to make sure the world press got the full story. Amid a blizzard of statements, he proclaimed himself Prime Minister of the "unitary state of North Borneo," and demanded support for his rebellion from world leaders. The only encouragement came from Indonesia's Sukarno, who has long coveted Brunei's oilfields and would like nothing more than to absorb the protectorate into Indonesian Borneo...
...torrent of events, old relationships were being reversed, old positions abandoned, old ideas discarded. Here was India, under savage assault from the Communist giant it had sought to befriend, unaided by the neutralist nations it had led ("Where was Sukarno? Where was Nasser? Where was Tito?" asked a disillusioned Indian diplomat). And here was India, the unaligned, seeking and receiving help from the Western powers it had scorned. Here, at the same time, was neighboring Pakistan, long one of the U.S.'s staunchest friends, threatening to turn to a policy of "positive independence," and sending Foreign Minister Mohammed...
...including the literal red carpet rolled out to greet them: three beds of tulips were planted in anticipation of the visit of The Netherlands' Queen, Juliana, thoughtfully came into bloom around her bungalow the day she arrived. A teapot was kept under 24-hour surveillance in Indonesia President Sukarno's room, should he want a spot at any time. And to a bungalow sometimes occupied by Eccentric Millionaire Howard Hughes, midnight requests for odd items-once, it was only an upside-down cake-are promptly delivered. The hotel boasts that its kitchen can produce anything upon demand, even...
What flushed the ladies from their retreats was the state visit of Hartini, wife of Indonesia's President Sukarno. A well curved Javanese divorcee on whom Sukarno's practiced eye fell some eight years ago. Hartini is Wife No. 2 in Sukarno's Moslem household, for he already had a wife, two ex-wives and several children when she happened along...
Colonels' Corruption. Still, Nasution knows that after Sukarno's death there will be a major struggle between the Communists and the army. To counter the Reds' strength among the masses, Nasution has tried to make the army a political and social as well as a military force...