Word: sukarno
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...suggest the Big Five of neutralism-U.A.R.'s Nasser, India's Nehru, Ghana's Nkrumah, Indonesia's Sukarno and Yugoslavia's Tito as Men of the Year...
...bulwark of their independence, 2) they fear nuclear doom from the angry opposition of East and West, 3) they do not want to be pushed around by the great powers. The Big Five of neutralism-Tito of Yugoslavia, Nehru of India, Nkrumah of Ghana, Nasser of Egypt, Sukarno of Indonesia -are magnetic, colorful and messianic personalities, but too much so. The most effective work has often been done by second-echelon diplomats: men like Burma's U Thant, Nepal's Rishikesh Shaha and Tunisia's Mongi Slim...
...James Wadsworth's speech opposing the admission of Red China. He found time for tea and cookies with Eleanor Roosevelt, played host to a clutch of Algerian rebel leaders and gave their regime de facto recognition. He put a figurative arm around everyone in sight, from Nehru to Sukarno, and whirled into and out of receptions given by half a dozen small countries. His most bewildering display was at a big shindig in the Soviet Union's Park Avenue mansion, where Khrushchev greeted an astonished Dag Hammarskjold with an affectionate bear hug. Explaining his antic behavior...
...Most of their ideas seemed to be aimed at appeasing Khrushchev in order to display their even-handedness between East and West. With the support of some African delegates embittered by alleged rude treatment at the hands of New York waiters and cab drivers, Indonesia's showboating President Sukarno told the Assembly that he favored Khrushchev's proposal to move U.N. headquarters away from New York to an "uncommitted nation." At week's end, Tito summoned all the top neutralists to a "neutralist summit meeting" at the Yugoslav U.N. mission-Sukarno, Nehru, Nkrumah and Nasser. After three...
...same thing as being pro-Communist. This attitude is apparently shared by Secretary of State Herter, who commented Saturday that a speech by Ghanan President Kwame Nkrumah had "marked him as very definitely leaning toward the Soviet bloc." Similar doubts as to the true leanings of Indonesian President Sukarno have developed. And finally, one gets the impression that the State Department views the molding of the neutralist nations into a political entity with far more apprehension than hope...