President Sukarno flitted unheedingly from one country to another on his remarkably active "vacation tour." But back home in Indonesia, forces were gathering to organize the most serious threat to his power that Sukarno has ever faced.
As Sukarno flew into Ceylon with the cheers of Syrian demonstrators ("Long Live the Lion of Indonesia") still ringing in his gratified ears, anti-Communist politicians and dissident army commanders of the outlying provinces met to muster their forces and concert their plans at the Central Sumatran capital of Padang. The conferences began some three weeks...
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