Speeches by the Sackful
Tuesday, October 21, 2003
ONE thousand manuscripts of Bung Karnos speeches are kept in the National Archives. Many are already yellowed, some infested with termites.
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THE four sheets of paper looked dull. The white color had turned yellowish brown. A thin coat of dust covered the document bearing the letterhead State Secretariat of Presidential Cabinet. The content: a manuscript of Bung Karnos address before the Provisional Peoples Consultative Assembly (MPRS) session on June 22, 1966. Typed in English, the text was full of handwritten corrections. An editor, probably even Bung Karno, had apparently tried to i
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