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we used ro call ic rhc Easr Indies. Ir
composes many islands. rh<: largesc of
which are Java, Borneo, Sumarra, and
che wesrcrn pan of Ncw Guinea. ff
you have an atlas, l suggesr you look
ar rbe maps ro locace chis imporranr
narion of lndonesia. Djakarra is a
short disrance sourh of che cquacor,
and nor roo far norrhwest of Austra–
lia. le is in rhe far Soucheasr Asían dis–
tricc, souch of Burma, T hailand,
Malaysia and Singapore. 1 know how
mosr people are unfami liar wich
geography and che locarion of conci–
nents and nar ions oo this carrh on
which we live.
Shortly, we were ushcred inco rhe
President's rarher large and wcll-ap–
pointed office. The smiling Presidenc
mee us at che doorway wirh a
very
warm greering.
1
chanked him for giving official
approval for our forrhcoming scien–
rific expedirion inco che Irían, rhar is,
che wesrern ponion of New Guinea
and for rhe cooperarion given b)' che
Jndonesian government ro King
Leopold of Belgium, whcn he was
there planning thc expedirion. l've
menrioned previously rhe joinr parric–
iparion of Ambassador Collcge wich
che Belgian Foundarion, headed by
King Leopold, for che exploracion of
land inhabi red by Aboriginal peoples,
PLAIN TRUTH November 1972
che srudy of rbese peoples, and
ocher accivicies in che field of anrhro–
pology.
We rhen moved over co a seating
arca. where I was seated nexc co rhe
Presideor. I then presenred him, as is
cusromary in visiting a head of scare,
with a small gifr - a fine piece of
American Sreuben crysral. This pre–
senration broughr on a Rurry of acciv–
iry by che official phorographers - as
PRESIDENT SUHARTO
receives o gift
of Steuben crystol from Herbert W.
Armstrong os an oide (left), Stonley R.
Rader, General Counsel of Ambossa–
dor College, and Professor Osamu Go–
toh, head of Ambassodor College's
Asion Studies Oepartment look on. Be–
low, President Suhorto reciprocotes
with o g ift of hi s own.
chere had been when I firsc shook
hands wirh che Presidenr.
1 asked General Suharro his views
on che effecc of Presidenc Nixon's vis–
ics ro Peking in Red China and ro
Moscow, and che admission of Com–
munist China co che Unired Nations.
He said he welcomed, of course, che
srare of more cordial relations be–
rween che Uniced Srares and Red
China, and che cranquiliry rhat hope-
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