Adam Malik
Foreign Minister Adam Malik paid an official visit to Moscow and held bilateral talks with then-Soviet Union senior officials, including his counterpart Andrey Gromynko (circa 1975-76). Source: Suryono Darusman
Benny Hinn
The popular (tele) evangelist Toufik Benedictus “Benny” Hinn visited Jakarta in 2010 and held a congregation at Jakarta’s GBK stadium. Thousands of his followers—as well as dozens curious Jakartans —flocked to the sports venue to see him give a sermon, perform spiritual songs and, purportedly, heal the sick.
Life in Congo
In 1960 the Indonesian government tasked senior diplomat Suryono Darusman to open an embassy in Leopoldville, Congo (now Zaire), which coincided with the assignment of members of the Indonesian military (Garuda II) as UN peace-keeping forces in the African state. Source: Suryono Darusman
Diplomatic Mission
President Soekarno assigned Ambassador-at-Large Mrs. Supeni, a prominent politician, to deliver a personal letter from the Indonesian leader to a number of Asia-African leaders (circa 1960), most prominently Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser. Source: Suryono Darusman
Gathering of Economists
In the mid-1960s (Bandung) and again in 1983 (Surabaya) Indonesia’s leading economists (organized under ISEI), including Mohammad Hatta, the former vice president, held a gathering to discuss the nation’s challenges in improving the people’s welfare. Source: Mulyanto
Foreign Dignitaries
Foreign government leaders, among others US Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Malaysian PM Tengku Abdul Rahman, came to Indonesia in the late 1960 to meet with the country’s new leaders and to boost bilateral relations. Source: Suryono Darusman
Images by John Coast
Indonesian Foreign Ministry interpreter John Coast took pictures of Indonesian leader Soekarno, presumably in Bangka Island. The British national also wrote a book on his experience in post-independence Indonesia, Recruit to Revolution: Adventure and Politics in Indonesia.
Mohammad Yamin
Indonesian Education Minister Mohammad Yamin paid a visit to Australia (circa 1952-53) and met with a number of high-ranking officials in Canberra. Source: Suryono Darusman
Visit to Israel
Four Indonesian journalists visited Israel in 1994 at the invitation of the Office of the Prime Minister, during which they met with senior government officials, including the late PM Yitzak Rabin and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, and leading members of the private sector. A few months earlier Rabin came to Jakarta to meet with President Soeharto in the latter’s capacity as chairman of the NAM.
