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Of the many interseting visitors coming to Washington these days, one of the most interesting and significant is President Sukarno of Indonesia. .He has immediately made a most favorable impression in the national capital, his warmth and openess of manner and his fluency of expression going far to explain his popularity in his own country.
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But Indonesia is one of those countries with which Anericans sometimes have been tempted to be a bit exasperated because its government does notvwish to align itself with the United S.tates through the SouthAsia Collective Defense Pact. Like India and Prime Minister Nehru, Indonesia under President Sukarno is committed to neutrality between the free West and the Communist bloc.
After more than two weeks in the Unitcd'States he will visit Switzerland, Italy, and the West Germany. Later he ‘Will be entertained in Peking and Moscow. At home he has urged inclusion of the Communist Party in the government. • S*Yet,
in his long, cplorful leadership of Indonesian aspirations for nationhood and independence from Dutch colonial rule he studied and often cited American Revolutionary figures. Arriving in Washington, one of his first was, “There is a feeling of brotherhood here."
■ There n. From Dr. Sukarno’s visit there will be better understanding of why Indonesia wishes to consolidate its independence before joining world alignments. From it likewise should emerge better Indonesian understanding of such ’facts as the United States’ feeling of brotherhood also for the Netherlands and its deep solicitude for the continued freedomof countries barely outside the Bamboo Curtain.
—Christian Science Monitor
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