Word: sukarno
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Djakarta, movie theaters were shut down and sirens screamed to herald the event. From one end of Indonesia to the other public-address systems were at the ready, and on Indonesian ships at sea crew members gathered around the radio. At long last President Sukarno was ready to announce his plan for converting Indonesia into a "guided democracy...
Whether or not Nasution succeeds in bringing the rebels around, Ali seemed confident that he could keep his government in office. He probably could, so long as he continued to have the backing of exuberant President Sukarno, the idol of Indonesia's masses. With all the recent defections from his coalition, however, Ali will probably need the parliamentary support of the Communist Party, and will almost certainly soon include Communist ministers in his Cabinet-something Sukarno has long desired...
Ever since his visits to Moscow and Peking last fall, Sukarno has been touting the idea of "guided democracy." Just what "guided democracy" is, Sukarno has never made entirely clear. He provided a broad clue fortnight ago, however, when he announced that he was planning to appoint a presidential advisory council which, according to palace aides, would have final say over all acts of Parliament and, presumably, the Cabinet. "In no way," smiled Sukarno, "will this be a dictatorship...
...Sukarno may yet be driven to proclaiming the "guided" democracy he has recently talked about, and to taking over the government in his own right. But many Indonesians think that no real solution can be made until Sukarno and Hatta get back together. Mutual friends would like to reunite them, but there are delicacies to be observed. "What do you want me to do?" asked Sukarno. "Hatta didn't even bid me goodbye when he resigned." Says Hatta: "How can I go to the palace without being invited...
...Germany's Evangelical Lutheran Bishop Otto Dibelius and U.S. Atomic Energy Commissioner Lewis Strauss, the workers of Lombardy, the Roman nobility, 360 U.S. servicemen from NATO, and officials of the U.N. Office of Public Information. Baptist ex-President Harry Truman came to see him, as did Moslem President Sukarno of Indonesia, the Irish Pioneer Total Abstinence Association, the Seventh International Astronautical Congress, to whom he said that their efforts to explore the universe were legitimate before...