Word: sukarnoism
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...program, none is so exasperating as Indonesia. Despite $881 million in U.S. handouts since 1946, Indonesia is an economic shambles. Factories lie idle for lack of spare parts, roads go unrepaired, and harbors clog with silt. "In Indonesia," the saying goes, "chaos is organized." Only Communist-coddling President Sukarno's 400,000-man military force seems to thrive...
Indonesia has thus been a prime target of foreign aid critics on Capitol Hill-and last week they were really steamed up. Released was testimony taken last June in a closed-door hearing before a House Appropriations Subcommittee. It nailed down the fact that Sukarno's luxury-loving government had purchased three jet airliners from the U.S.'s General Dynamics Corp. for $20 million-only a day before the U.S. granted Indonesia a $17 million "emergency" loan. The loan, Assistant Aid Administrator Seymour J. Janow told the subcommittee, was to help the "general stabilization of Indonesia...
...group requesting debate of the issue included Algeria, whose frankly dictatorial government is fighting to put down an insurrection, effectively controls the press, and last week expelled one U.S. and four French newsmen; Indonesia, whose ruler "for life," President Sukarno, runs a nasty little jungle tyranny; and Outer Mongolia, a Communist puppet...
...Thank you for being candid enough to call Sukarno what he is-"rabble-rouser"-and for identifying his true reasons for opposition to the formation of Malaysia...
Santawirja got into the tart trade in 1961 when Indonesia's President Sukarno showed up in Copenhagen on an unofficial visit. Amiably, he rounded up some girls for the visiting entourage. So successful was the venture that he decided to supplement his entertainment allowance by running a fulltime poule hall. He teamed up with a Danish national, assembled a stable of 20 women, took a 20% commission from their $50- to $100-a-night earnings. When police sought to question him, he simply claimed diplomatic immunity...