- Title: INDONESIA: SUKARNO AT REVOLUTION ANNIVERSARY MILITARY PARADE.
- Date: 18th August 1964
- Summary: 1. LV MERDEKA SQUARE NATIONAL MONUMENT B/G. 0.03 2. MV MONUMENT 0.05 3. MV INDONESIAN GIRLS WAIT FOR SUKARNO AND SIHANOUK 0.08 4. MV SUKARNO & SIHANOUK ARRIVE IN CAR 0.14 5. INDONESIAN BEAUTIES 0.17 6. MV SUKARNO & SIHANOUK 0.20 7. MLV PAN..DIGNITARIES 0.24 8. LV INDONESIAN ARMY ENGINEERS WHO BUILT MONUMENT 0.26 9. MV SUKARNO IN OPEN VEHICLE REVIEWS ENGINEERS 0.33 10. CU PAN..SUBANDRIO, WIFE AND DR LEIMENA 0.36 11. MV SUKARNO REVIEWS TROOPS AND ARMY VEHICLES 0.42 12. LV TROOPS LINE UP IN FRONT OF PAVILION 0.45 13. MLV SUKARNO MAKES SPEECH 0.49 14. MV SEATED SIHANOUK AND WIFE 0.52 15. MV PAN..DIGNITARIES 0.56 16. MV SUKARNO BOARDS STEAMROLLER, DRIVES IT TO CHAIN (3 SHOTS) 1.12 17. LV BALLOONS RELEASED 1.15 18. CU SUKARNO DRIVES MACHINE 1.20 19. MV GENERAL NASUTION ON ANOTHER MACHINE 1.22 20. LV CEREMONY 1.26 21. MV SIHANOUK AND WIFE LEAVE AFTER CEREMONY 1.31 22. LV MERDEKA SQUARE 1.36 Initials JT/V/MR/ES Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 2nd September 1964 13:00
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- Location: DJAKARTA, INDONESIA
- Country: Indonesia
- Reuters ID: LVAERIBVO5PHZI4B6DG9BFYQ3A2A
- Story Text: THOUSANDS OF INDONESIAN JOINED PRESIDENT ACHMED SUKARNO AT A MILITARY PARADE IN DJAKARTA YESTERDAY (MONDAY) MARKING THE 19TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INDONESIAN REVOLUTION.
THE PARADE WAS HELD IN THE CAPITAL'S MERDEKA (FREEDOM) SQUARE, WHERE THE INDONESIAN LEADER OPENED THE NATIONAL MONUMENT, BUILT BY INDONESIAN ARMY ENGINEERS.
HIS GUEST AT THE RALLY WAS CAMBODIA'S PRINCE NORODOM SIHANOUK, WHO TOGETHER WITH HIS WIFE IS ON A WEEK'S OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE COUNTRY. DR SUBANDRIO, THE INDONESIAN MINISTER, AND GENERAL NASUTION, THE DEFENCE MINISTER, WERE ALSO THERE.
PRESIDENT SUKARNO RENEWED HIS PLEDGE TO "CRUSH" THE FEDERATION OF MALAYSIA, BUT AT THE SAME TIME CALLED FOR FRESH TALKS ON THE BORNEO QUESTION, ONE OF THE MAIN ISSUES IN THE MALAYSIAN DISPUTE.
(AT THE SAME TIME ALSO, IN KUALA LUMPUR, THE MALAYSIAN CAPITAL, IT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT A PARTY OF INDONESIAN RAIDERS HAD LANDED IN SOUTH MALAYA. THEY WERE ATTACKED BY FEDERAL TROOPS, AND AT LEAST TWO OF THE RAIDERS WERE KILLED AND 16 CAPTURED.)
TO OPEN THE NATIONAL MONUMENT, PRESIDENT SUKARNO BOARDED A STEAMROLLER AND DROVE IT THROUGH A METAL CHAIN SURROUNDING THE PLINTH. GENERAL NASUTION, ON ANOTHER STEAMROLLER, DID LIKEWISE AS HUNDREDS OF BALLOONS WERE RELEASED.
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