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TRANSITION IN INDONESIA

for

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Reactionary Grub

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R.M.C.-Ladies and gentlemen of every conceivable vent at| party a man like Sharir might be doesn't rightly comprehend hard tork issuod the ex-prisonera.

to nak

to

niter

mil let 1174

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Joe's No Bosphorus

Turkey is going to join the European Union. Another Ankara for free guns...

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Paliwals! In Jogjakaria

True friendship will 197993) born between the Dutch and In-

Holland's Knys donesiaLS" voy. Nice and Lovink now.

132-

I'm not

auro that

Soekarno (Editor's Note-The_following RMC-What is your feeling, ovidonea of that all through the

knows the full power of Moscow in an interview with Mr. B. . about Soekarno's capabilities of Indonesians.

Dicank...) du control the gitna-Now if this is true we have to and what it il Knickerbocker, well known Amer-being able to

take Mr. Soekarno very, very believe that Sharir knows that irant journalist, by Mian Rhonation?

Mr. K.--Well, when we starled seriously, although, individually he perfectly. Sharir Impressed us M. Connery, broadcast from Radio Malaya on

on July 9, 19049.. Three on this trip-the 18 of us from does not appear to have the kind very greatly as a profound man, dage, later, Mr. Knickerbocker, all over the United States-in- of force of character which would profound and humorous at the time some of the best and 12 other American journ- cidentally, it may be of some to enable him to handle this chaotic same

qualition of intellect

and of

A People's Court has been held ulints, crashed to his death in a terest you to know that situation which is going to follow qualiti

rc- returning Japanese plane near Bombay)

American Journalists are used to when the Dutch come in. I still character.

Soekarno it noems to me might patriatlon ship on account of a taking junkets at the invitation don't think he can do so, but if the

of wispet counsels prevail in his own well become a victim of force worm having been found in the I've been a Government- like to introduce

of he were loft without the proper Boring from within has its place Reporters & General Ofoe #2812) I'

you Junkets given by the Soviet Gov-be given the real direction Government, Go

Government while Mr. Sonkarna advisers. I should think that very but not in biscuits. (four lines)

tonight H. R. Knickerbocker, well renment, the Nazi known

few people would really belleva American

journalist, the British and French, ete-it is remained na its titular head.

This I am giving you OK in Indonesia getting

a that Soekarno is a full

STOWAL all the Government that travelling first-hand picture of what is going takes the risk and not the journ- brighter possiblu prospert of the antagonist to Joseph Stalin.

thing, that Shaitr an there. Se the obvious question list when they make a trip Eke Indonesiann

R.M.C.- know that Commun- President of the Arxt of all, you

this-the Dutch promised might become

Indonesia and fem is a muhjeet which interests fnellity. Kalekerbocker, in what KX372.00

and United States of Are your every conceivable conclusions an

extremely and that you've Lieutenant-GoverHOT a result of your they have given it to

they the former L LIN contributions to becam

the just been covering the trials that researches in Indonesia?

have taken us about the country Van Mook be enlled in us Editor-in-Chief.

all the adviser to this United States of re taking place at the moment in Mr. K.-Well, we feel, or at any

Interview rate 1 fest, that the Dutch have leaders-we've interviewed Hatta, Indonesia-in which caso it would the United Storen,

On the basis of your ofisteva- Advertisements and Business com.

very bright prospect. been forced to leave Indonesia to Salim, Sharir, and Soekarno-we hurriedly. The Dutch wanted to

But as it is that is only a faint one of this part of the morti, went up to the island of Bangka stay long enough to disarm the to sew Sarkarne, Hatta and Sabin chance; actually the prospect is for think that Portmane

It was an extremely interesting not bright at all. It seems to me it is going to affret the progeen population; they had exactly the

the that it very good chance of South Buat Anica?

Seems

Bets,Jun same problem in Indonesis that interview. Mr. Soekarno at first that there

Mr. K. Well, the perple of the

chot Socist lamba Christan you have in Malaya.

salt he would not answer that there may be something very

that

state-misen

much like

United States

becoming Year or After Japanese decupation and questions but only read

month want any Leo lying down among After the panties surrendey a

better informed and aware of the them. profiting party will be Moscow. vast stare of Japaner arms fell, but after a series of pra- more and, in the meantime, the visibly from month to

from the Americana

If it appears diffent,

often fact that this whole generation

story into the hands of the population, finally gave in and consented to

"I wrote h*

to make up one's mind about lives within the framework of the if you study the situation

The world between jnene," said Myrtle, over the Enst you see at once

We ask him questions for what is the right policy in this struggle for

the find

Savlet Empire

it?" asked her on the whe "Did you sell that the only place Communista about two hours and at the world, it is always useful to

Kremlin

hanel was!

the the free worlå on

friend. problem in is in that two hours I was under out what the

"No" ni Myrth, "hat an edit- just these places where Japanese this rather interesting impression. what does Moscow want, and then, uther. We've observed with grow arms fell into the hands of the He reminded me in a way, and of conese de the opposite. Now in ing dismay, until it has reached tor enme all the way from Syd-

the #imost, well it

1412

certainly ney to see me." npcessarily into don't be alarmed at thin, of this case, the Indonesing case, the||

alarm now. Li population and the hands Of a great many 11iter, a man 1 used to interview Kremlin wanted above all things reached, acute

elements in the

out a growth of the Soviet Union from that the Dutch be got irresponsible

a Krent deal,

rapidly as possible, Sis obviously nation of 189,000,000 people at population of which the Commun

World War 11 the end of the ists we always the best organ-

Soekarno's Influence was not to our interest to da

whal

until it today centrals nearly 800,- ixed.

100,000 and more than one-fifth of the land surface of the globe, and all at this vast power con trolled by ane mnn surrounded by little general stat in the Kret in whose determined, mineable and Irrevocable purpanos are Cón- In our He quest of the world

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own affairs, and and Gur with many local problems to wern about, are sometimes prone to view the economic affairs of Europe as no con- eern of ours except when something startling like the rumours about sterling de- valuation bring home to us how closely linker we are.

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wants.

Moscow wanted. 1.MA—What itler made

Hoire And in Indonesia a vast supply

a very poor im-

im of Sockorna's and of arms fell into the hands of

pressing on an individual visitor in funt els poople, and it was the and one was compelled to ay to Shari's attitude turards Com Dutch effort and the flutch in onsself "This is a great man;

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Soekarno was Mr. K.-Well, tention

because he is great when he gets Intel hope, to

arm, and he does responsible for putting down the disartu enough

these on the platform," long

Sep People and to organisin respon have this laimense influence over so-enlled Madan revolt in

ible constabulary, militia, poflee his people--and in the same way leraber 1948. That revolt has been fores, army.

that Soekarno I was told by everyone variously described to us as a very time. and to turn over to n responsible Indonesian has the same kind of influence serious one and is one which was people, and we toond] just a rather more tactical thing. Government just as we have done over his in the Philiptus Estrade.

Now you're trying to do and vmro shereeding

in doing uxnetly that thing here in Malayn--taking the arms away from the bandits, the jungle fighters and the Com monists, who Are after all the chief enemies of the liberties of

the natives themselves.

Public Opinion

That is what the Dutch wanted

public

opinion

in the

Men, Women And Memories

The

By ATTICUS

This is become a background for thought of all Americans and we see in Asin the advance of Communism at a 'terrifying pare

it

it's Byronica!

a confession

1 metains look on Mara-

thon

And Marathon looks on the Sea And Greek will Kayly serup

with Greek

As for as both get guns for

free...

What

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With all that coming

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Upkeep in The Keep

topranking Twelve confined

the German war criminals rost

In Aflies

1 year US$100,000

"Ifard" eur- Spandau prison. rency?

seems the Communists think

nel stop short at the Elbe. In this case Russia and her

In Chinn, a third of it gone and almost nothing to stop then com but not Tags. satellite countries have been

ing down to the borders of Indo- willing to co-operate with

China, and then, no an, mox is Economic Commission,

is our reling that If Indo-Chinn sometimes in even though

goes and the Malay Peninsula and so on down through India, and if jonly a limited way; and so

South East Asia goes then its experts have been able

means all Asla goes, and if that as a geo- to treat Europe

is true, if

ever the "inan-power graphical rather than a poli-

announcement that the, in real life: he learned the Irish tesources of Asia were powered tical entity, including both

to do but under the influence of the Eastern and the West-

what seems to me to be hysterical 2n will again attend the language in his wanderings as a up on the side of Stalin's Soviet

United Edinburgh International Festi-youngster among the peasants at Fanndre then World War III is L'Envol ern half of the Continent.

States and the United Nations val of Music and Draina has Roseummon, and added some ex absolutely essential to stop Coin-t Britain's representative in Western Europe, however,

feen forced to tiven the greatest satisfaction rite poems of his own to the munism in Asia, and we believe Bucharest has been up to some

Magnu he look down. Like other it can be done. is the main producing and

to home Scols.

Irish Nationalists of history he its lean** trading area of the Contin-

Edinburgh has had est. and it inevitably sets

years, but two facts are outstand-was a Protestant ant the descender there? How can it be dore? dant of English settlers but, From the beginning President img- the pace. In 1948, that pace

i means that Amd

Guelle was considerably quickened, Sokarno and his people will take Festival has been an international unlike most, he detested politics, had founded the with the population half success; it has helped and is help and resigned from the

Langue he and the total

of) over volume

armed, a population which he isn't ing. Edinburgh to reato is last moment it becane political. Which European industrial

of a enpital. surf himself, and which may status of

is not to say that he fought shy of which declared to Stolin-Your fiere," Scotland's for the first time passed these inanite damage and trouble

gratitude goes out in

fumous controversy; his

battle Soviet, Empire may not advance the first instance to the Queen,f words with Professor Mahally another foot"-that we told him pre-war level. This means in the next two ne three years.

attending the first that in less than four years It seems to me that a quieter who by

hasn't ear- In the rousing tradition of Irish Europe has and more suber judgement on the Festival in 1947 gave it the beat out the touching of Irish was

part of the people of the United possible start.

Seals it-and-thrust. Anseng the sherorded in making goodste, especially and the United the entire deficit caused by Nations would have felt a the loss of German output-different solution of the Indone its main source of industrial sian question. products before 1939.

siner the

War

alpot

the Dutch have agree to come to na arrangement to get out before this in plished.

2922-

RUBETES

the

who contributed to the conception and organisation of the Festival it is

is perhaps unfair to single out individuals, but few will cavil-

Sun-Bathing Minister

Common

fine,

"Rational Design"

But

R.Mt.C.-And what in the an

Foolish Policy

C.d'affaires...

After installing a new servant, Mrs. Stewart of the Braes came up from the basement and said,.

sleepy-like meesiak Mr. K.--We stopped them in "She's a

Europe by the Truman Doctrine she'll no burn a lang pauk stack

in February 1917 194 since February 1947 he quered another nation or enslaved another people in Europe,

aware now of what that

what is left of to still save China from the Communists with arms and money. Information and moral backing as well.

bullets

Mr. K.That in truo-it is the answer the British are giving to the Communists in Málaya and giving with superb-muccess.

R.M.C.-Thank you.

We neglected to put that bar- rler down in Asin and it was Sir Martin Rosevenre présided nimust as foolish as the French if I mention the great services the Working Party on the conduct, with their Maginot Line.

Women of Supply

Teachers, you remember, which they built Even more striking, how excessive dependence on im- endered by Lady Bosebery and which has recently reported as only 3/4 of the way. But we are

chlef inspector ever, was the progress that ports from North America, Sir John Falebner, whose consi

of the and if

we put was made in distributing this a return to more active trad- bied offorts ensured that a bright

ides should become reality, bas Gral-hand experience of the down the line

Ministry of Education.

of the Truman additional production.

ing with other overseas mare special word, tun, is due to Mr class-room-though not of mixed Doctrine

over Asia and, to be? as some kets, and finally an increase Thomas Johnston. for it was to staffs before he beenmo a Civil specific about it, it seems to be was not absorbel,

the volume to trade hal feared, by a voracious in

him that Lady Rosebery first went

Servant he taught mathematics quite possible to a great many of coun- for funds and advice. Not having at Repton and at Haileybury, whose home market.

apamong the European

any funds, Mr. Johnston advised

Sir Martin's greatest claim to petite for goods of all sorts tries themselves.

trade

co-operation of Intra-European

is hor to seek the

fame, though. is as designer of had been stimulated, by in-

Lord the ration-book. He was lent to flation. In fact, during 1948 estimated to have increased Sir John Fulconer, then

Provost, and from that moment the Ministry of Food during the

But make ne mistake about it about £250 millions, all went well. there was a marked improve-by

war and brought the mind of

--Communists win with of a cros and the only thing that can con- ment in public finances, and equivalent to about 25 per

enthusiast, to what

quer bullets 1 moro bullets and the clearest proof of this is cent, and it was an impor-

became n 38-page com-

better bullets

United and the provided by the fact that ex-tant factor in helping to re-

One delegate to the

of pointa, personal

sonal States has more and better bullets nor's increased at a relative-duce Europe's overseas trad-

wealth Ananee talks who will

clothing coupons, and than the Communists have. ly faster rale than producing deficit. More goods were

regret the passing of the

ration coupons. He was R.M.C-And that is your un- tion. That would not have exchanged between East and sunny spell is John Johnstone so clearly the master af rationing awer to the Communists menace

Australia's representa been possible

and a larger, Dedman,

achemes that when bread had to if the infla-West Europe tionary demand on the in-volume of production became tive. His great hobby, outside of be rationed the Ministry of Food both in Europe and in Asia?

politics, is sun-bathing. Presum- borrowed him from the Ministry ternal market had continued available in Britain for exably he took to it with all the of Education a second time. uncontrolled.

port to Europe.

for he could zeal of a convertunities in his As Britain's financial and have had few The main problem which

renative Scotland (he is a product Europe has had to face since trading position thus the war is the gap in its covered from the weakness of Edinburgh University).

Afr. Dedman frst got to know balance of payments with it had displayed in 1947,

the Australians at the Gallipoli the outside world. As a re-sterling came to be used in landing, and liked them so much sult of the progress made increasingly as an international that when he was demobilised he 1948 this gap

was reduced medium of payment in Euro-headed straight for the land of

the Southern Cross by 25 per cent.

pean trade.

He has had a phenomenal suc- With the United States However, even with intra- cers in Australian political life.

Parliament for of pay- European trade back to pre- Elected to alone the balance

there is first time in 1940, he found him ments deficit was out from var dimensions, £1,425-millions to £900 mil- little prospect that Europe alta Cabinet Minister the next lions, that is by well over will be able to obtain suffi- year, in charge of the

industry, it was his the Bolsheviks. one-third.

pri- cient supplies from sources task, in the darkest days of the marily the result of a de- outside the United States to Facile war, to clamp on many of its dollar deficit to the controls. Now he combines the imports: exports reduce

Post from Europe to the United manageable proportions Ministries of Defence and States increased by only a within the foreseeable future-war Reconstruction. As he is also in charge of Australia's special moderate amount and re- The Economic Survey of sub-committee on the 15 years mained below the pre-war Europe, therefore, in spite of ment plan for England, he will level. But United States the impressive record it has have talka on subjects other than exports to Europe were still to report, ends on a sombre dnance while he is here." almost half as much again note. Without United States Wandering Poet Bruce Lockhart to carry a mose-

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ics, Has curious parentage. Her kidnapped by the Soviet authorit father was Bir. Peters, a Latvian- Russian subject who before the world war was living in London. He married an English- woman, whom he left behind when he returned to Russia to join the Early in 1918 he became Vice- President of the Cheka, later bet- ter known as the Ogpu. In Sep- tember of that year Poters was acting head of the Cheko, was on his orders that the and bers of the

the British and French, Missions in Moscow were

When they were irro Poters, who had treated his pri- sonors without undus harshness, asked

Mr.

(now Sir Robort) Not even in the Irish news age to Mrs. Peters, who was stil far is to cut out some of American capital abroad, it papers that have come my way in England. This he did, and have I seen it receiled that Dr. eventually Mrs. Peters was allow basic

el to

Russia to join her Ro to Dougins Hyde, besides writing the those special purchases from maintains, Europe's

Irish over to be husband. North America which were economic problem is soluble first play in

him-

this time Faters had married needed in the crisis period only in terms of drastic im- staged, actually played in

self. When the future President again, and the English Mr. Booking Immediately following the port cuts and the gradual of Ireland's "Casadh an tsugain" Peters eventually found employes

of trade between

cook to in order to get some decay

in Dublin, in mont as

Miss Anne Louise first put on Western 1901, he took the part of Olian- Strong, American pre-Com extra supplies from other Europe and the overseas markets outside, the Hemisphere. Europe can rahan, the wandering poet, Frank munist who used to write for the wa and who was Benson

lay by Moscow Daily News followed, in a produce dollar area

palliatives some

the Soviet recently expelled from In 1948, therefore, the gen-which may delay the pro-George Moore-and-curtain-raiser Union. Both Mr. and Mrs. Poters eral pattern of European cess, but if after 1952 it has that, set the house alight with are now dead, and Miss Peters, trade underwent a consider to rely on its own resources enthusiasm, "the gods" roaring who was born in England, has been working in our Moscow able change. .. There was entirely, it has no means of Irish songs, some reduction in Europe's avoiding this final outcome. Dr. Hyde was a wandering poeti Embassy for several years.

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