Word: sukarnoism
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Although he now has West Irian safely in his grasp, Indonesia's President Sukarno has called for the continued massive build-up of Indonesia's army. His purpose: to be ready for any other chance to grab territory that might present itself, and to placate the army, the strongest and most restive element of his power...
Primitive as West New Guinea is, Indonesia's President Sukarno is determined to keep it as his own hobby. Hours after the changeover from Dutch to U.N. control, a planeload of Indonesian officials flew into Hollandia to "help" the U.N. They promised the moon: $100 million worth of development aid, 2,000 teachers, establishment of a West Irian university. Purpose of pledges: to con the Papuans out of any independence movement that might jeopardize control by Indonesia, the new imperial power in the area...
...biggest. The diameter of Merdeka's cupola will be 147 ft., or 40 ft. wider than the cupola of Istanbul's Hagia Sophia. Merdeka will hold 100,000 worshipers, twice the capacity of Lahore's Shah Badi Mosque. Since unbalancing the budget is also something Sukarno does big, part of the mosque's $30 million cost is being raised by more or less forced public subscription...
Raising money for building in Djakarta is like planning a charity ball in Manhattan : there is plenty of high-sounding competition. The National Monument Fund, for instance, is building two monuments. A national monument in the shape of a 300-ft. obelisk is going up across from Sukarno's palace. Also in construction is a 120-ft. West Irian monument memorializing the recent diplomatic conquest of Dutch New Guinea. Designed by the Big Builder himself, the West Irian monument is topped by a 30-ft. bronze man breaking out of his chains. Meanwhile government spending on social welfare...
...Sukarno project is already finished -the handsome, impressive $17 million complex built to house that monument to international acrimony through sports, the recently completed Asian Games. It has been renamed Bung (Brother) Karno Sports Center. Since the whole of any monument is only equal to the sum of its parts, the parts have also been renamed: Bung Karno Sports Hall, Bung Karno Stadium, Bung Karno Swimming Pool, Bung Karno Hockey Stadium. Most of the 50,000 citizens displaced by the Bung Karno Sports Center are still living in Djakarta shantytowns. About their only recourse is to pray at the world...