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Although forgotten by the world, and never mentioned by Sukarno on his diplomatic junkets abroad, the rebellion against his rule still sputters on. Last month the Indonesian government announced that Brigadier General Achmad Jani had flown to the important eastern island of Celebes "to receive the surrender of 10,000 rebels...
Last week a spokesman for the rebels scoffed at the Sukarno government's figure of 10,000, said that scarcely "600 troops and their families" had surrendered after a scrap between rival factions among Celebes rebels. In turn. General Jani himself conceded that 30,000 more rebels remain active on Celebes. Rebel raids continue. Only well-armed government convoys venture out on the island's roads...
Indonesia's President Sukarno has always had a lively interest in the ladies-both personally and politically. As his ramshackle nation of 90 million begins a new eight-year Socialist "development" plan, Sukarno, who has had a total of four wives and two divorces, confided that he could not "implement this task without the help of women." In the rosy Socialist future, he promised, every Indonesian girl of marriageable age will have a husband, a radio and a modern kitchen (thus making a piker of Herbert Hoover, who in 1928 campaigned under the Republican slogan that merely promised...
Most women in his audiences responded with happy giggles, but a few dissenting voices were heard. In Djakarta a pretty girl sniffed: "I can get a husband without Sukarno's help." A disillusioned matron observed, "Sukarno doesn't know his audience. The majority of Indonesians still have arranged marriages, so husbands are no problem. And I, for one, don't think a modern kitchen comes with Socialism." But there was strong evidence last week that Sukarno does know his audience, and especially his women. A poll was conducted to determine "the most popular man" among Indonesians...
...meantime, Indonesia shouts on, has twice landed armed parties in abortive raids. President Sukarno steadfastly has opposed Dutch offers of an invitation to the U.N. to send an observer to inspect colonial administration of the colony. Says Indonesia's Foreign Minister Subandrio: "Why should any U.N. mission go there? The territory belongs to Indonesia and should come back to us. That's the only basis on which Indonesia will consider any talks...