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Invasion "Any Day." Meanwhile, Sukarno sounded less inclined than ever to negotiate with the Dutch. Said he: "We are fed up." Pressing ahead with invasion plans, he bundled top government officials off to an army camp to toughen them up, installed military and civil commands for the territory he hopes to occupy, appointed as "liberation" leader able Brigadier General Suharto. Though the Dutch still believed that Sukarno was bluffing, one of his top staff officers said at week's end: "Military action can take place any day."
Most Indonesians sounded as if victory were a foregone conclusion, despite West New Guinea's rugged terrain and 5,000 Dutch forces. After New Guinea, hinted one official last week, Sukarno's next target may be out of this world. "When the full extent of our territory has been achieved," declared Sukarno's First Minister Djuanda, Indonesia plans to "establish national aerospace power to impress the entire world."
*No. While visiting Berlin in 1934 as an official of the National Municipal League, Howard Jones pointedly refrained from saluting the Nazi swastika. Threatened by a fist-shaking Storm Trooper, he protested angrily to Adolf Hitler's German government, promptly received a full apology.