Word: indonesian
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...drive was a notable success, often wistfully compared with the considerably different results in Viet Nam. But the Communists have never completely abandoned the field. Going underground, pro-Mao Communists have infiltrated trade unions and set up cover organizations and political parties. Worried officials report that in Sarawak, bordering Indonesian territory, Communists have successfully penetrated the whole fabric of society, from political parties to schools. In some rural areas, agents are openly training youths in armed guerrilla warfare...
...hits and total of 100 million sales span several styles (Mitch Ryder, Lesley Gore), but all reflect his desire to "avoid the naked, irritating sounds while using the basic force of the beat." Crewe's three-floor Manhattan penthouse-decorated with mirrored ceilings, carved panels from the Indonesian pavilion at the New York World's Fair, and kangaroo-skin bedspreads-is also the nerve center for his group of eight production, publishing and management companies (1967 gross: $4,000,000), which he recently reorganized on the advice of his astrologer...
...Borobudur to the United Nations, arguing that a "monument to all mankind" is at stake. After a searching survey, UNESCO's Bernard Groslier, conservator of Angkor Wat, and Dutch Hydrologist Caesar Voute have now agreed, and next month will recommend a $3,000,000, seven-year restoration program. Indonesians see prompt UNESCO aid as their only hope. "The balance now is precarious," warns one Indonesian archaeologist. "The walls of Borobudur could fall down today, and they could fall down in 20 years. We can't predict...
Astonishingly, the lessons of the recent Indonesian episode have not been learned. A Communist revolution was crushed by indigenous forces and American officials claim that the U.S. presence in Vietnam "encouraged" the Indonesian army and people to resist the Communists. This account does not gibe with the fact that at the last U.N. General Assembly meeting the Indonesian foreign minister, arch-conservative Adam Malik, denounced the war in Vietnam...
What really happened is that the Chinese Communist leaders, believing as they do that the human will can always prevail over material difficulties, put heavy pressure on the Indonesian Communists to make a move while the U.S. was tied up in Vietnam...