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American Reactions to Indonesia's Role in the Belgrade Conference (Paperback, Equinox ed.)
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Those who have followed the history of Indonesia's foreign
relations will have been struck by the frequent lack of congruence
between the Indonesian conception of the country's posture in
international affairs and its perception abroad. The reasons for
this are generally complex, and it is undoubtedly as difficult for
Indonesians to understand them as it is for other people. There
have been, however, during the past decade and a half, a number of
episodes in the course of Indonesia's foreign relations which have
been important in developing this incongruity and which, if fairly
analyzed, should help to explain it. Such an episode was the
September 1961 Belgrade Conference of non-aligned countries. Mr.
Bunnell's account and analysis of the American reaction which it
provoked is, I believe, a useful contribution to an understanding
of this development, helpful, I would hope, to Indonesians as well
as to Americans. The fact that the Soviet Union resumed nuclear
testing on the eve of the Belgrade Conference served to ensure that
world - and particularly American - interest in the Conference
would be keen. As one of the three co-sponsors of the Conference -
and perhaps also because of the leading role she had played in the
Asian-African Conference held at Bandung in 1955 - Indonesia
received particular attention. Certainly the image of Indonesia in
the United States was defined more clearly by the Belgrade
Conference; the fact that the Conference provoked a hostile
reaction on the part of some segments of opinion in this country
tended to ensure that at the same time that Indonesia's image was
becoming clearer it was also being viewed more critically. It
should be emphasized that this study is confined primarily to
American reactions to the Belgrade Conference and, especially, the
American assessment of Indonesia's part in it. No account is given
of the proceedings of the Conference as such; nor does Mr. Bunnell
attempt to present or explain Indonesia's aims at Belgrade. He
devotes the major part of his study to an account of the reaction
of the American press and Congress to the Conference, and
Indonesia's role in it, and to an assessment of the effect of this
reaction on Administration policy towards Indonesia. This is an
Interim Report, based only on sources available in the United
States, and Mr. Bunnell wishes to make clear that his study as here
presented is provisional and tentative. Mr. Bunnell is currently in
Indonesia pursuing research relating to Indonesia's relations with
the United States. It is my hope and expectation that his work
there will lead to the publication of a fuller and broader
monograph of considerable importance to those interested in
Indonesia's foreign relations in general and Indonesian-American
relations in particular. - George McT. Kahin, December 20, 1963
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