After 18 days without a government, Indonesia got a new Premier to replace Dr. Ali Sastroamidjojo, whose Red-supported Nationalists fell afoul of the Indonesian army. In came Burhanuddin Harahap, 38, lawyer and onetime guerrilla who headed the Masjumi bloc in Parliament, Indonesia's strongest Moslem (and antiCommunist) party. Ignoring the discredited Nationalists, Harahap patched together a coalition of twelve other parties, and will provide a caretaker regime until Sept. 29, when Indonesians go to the polls for their first national election since becoming a nation six years ago.
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