Word: indonesians
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ambassador also discussed the problems his country has faced since August 17, 1945 when it declared its independence. He outlined the conflict between those "who favor a return to the pre-colonial Indonesian culture" and those "who wish to adopt completely Western ideas and methods...
Asia, like Europe, had mixed feelings, but there was more foreboding than joy. Indian and Indonesian leaders who had attacked MacArthur as an obstacle to a negotiated settlement in Korea, were visibly pleased. In Japan, it was as though a fatherly friend and mentor had departed. The Nippon Times said: "The Japanese people owe General MacArthur an eternal debt of gratitude." The national Diet sent a letter: "Deepest gratitude . . . We shall remember you as our greatest benefactor...
Russell, who spoke with Sudarpo Sastrosatsamo, of the Indonesian Embassy, went on to point out that "Communism was a reaction to the United States policy of spreading the Five Freedoms over the under-developed areas of the world...
Edward S. Mason, Dean of the Graduate School of Public Administration, Edwin O. Reischauer, professor of Far Eastern Languages, as well as experts from the United Nations, the State and Agriculture Departments, and the Indonesian embassy will participate in the conference...
...Chinese ambassador boasted to Indonesians that he had once been a teacher, a writer and a critic, and a secretary to Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek. Last week Uncle Barhen's past seemed to be catching up with him. Indonesians had discovered that he was the same Wang Jen-shu who wrote a book in 1948 advocating the overthrow of the Indonesian government on the ground that it did not represent the people. President Soekarno's government has been rounding up copies of the book. It is waiting for the ambassador to make just one more boner before asking Uncle...