MALAYSIA TUNKU YES, SUKARNO NO " IN STEAMY, PALM-SHADED KUCHING, CAPITAL OF 
SARAWAK, THE DAY'S BIGGEST EXCITEMENT IS THE FIRING OF THE 8 
P.M . CANNON ON THE LAWN OF GOVERNMENT HOUSE . " 
WHAT A DULL PLACE, " SAID A UNITED NATIONS OFFICIAL . 
" I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO SURVIVE THREE WEEKS 
HERE . " AT THE INSISTENCE OF INDONESIA'S PRESIDENT SUKARNO, AN 
EIGHT-MEMBER U.N . TEAM IS PRESENT TO " ASCERTAIN / WHETHER 
SARAWAK, AND NORTH BORNEO REALLY WANT TO JOIN THE FEDERATION OF 
MALAYSIA, WHICH SUKARNO BITTERLY OPPOSES . AS THE U.N . ASCERTAINERS 
BEGAN TO SAMPLE OPINIONS AROUND SARAWAK, THEY WERE NEARLY STONED, NOT 
BORED, TO DEATH . IN THE CHINESE-DOMINATED TOWN OF SIBU, THE 
RED-INFILTRATED SARAWAK UNITED PEOPLE'S PARTY (SUPP) STAGED A DEMONSTRATION THAT TURNED 
INTO A 90-MINUTE, STONE-THROWING RIOT . ONLY AFTER POLICE FIRED WARNING 
SHOTS TO DISPERSE THE MOB COULD THE U.N . TEAM SIT 
DOWN AMIDST BROKEN GLASS IN A METHODIST SCHOOLHOUSE TO INTERVIEW LOCAL 
COUNCILORS . IN MIRI, SARAWAK'S OIL-REFINING CENTER, 3,008 CHINESE-SUPPORTED YOUTHS, WIELDING 
STONES AND BOTTLES, SCREAMED ANTI-MALAYSIA SLOGANS UNTIL THE POLICE OPENED FIRE, 
WOUNDING TWO, AND TEAR GAS FORCED THEM TO SCATTER . DATE 
SET . SUCH OUTBURSTS WILL SLIGHTLY DELAY BUT NOT DERAIL THE 
FORMATION OF MALAYSIA, ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR AUG . 31 . IN 
LAST SUMMER'S GENERAL ELECTIONS, VOTERS IN BOTH SARAWAK AND NORTH BORNEO 
DECISIVELY DEFEATED ANTI-FEDERATION PARTIES . ALTHOUGH INDONESIA'S SHADOW LOOMS LARGE, THE 
BORNED PEOPLE KNOW THEY HAVE NOTHING TO GAIN FROM DJAKARTA BUT 
ECONOMIC CHAOS AND DEMAGOGUERY . MALAYAN PRIME MINISTER TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN 
AND BRITISH COLONIAL SECRETARY DUNCAN SANDYS, WHO HASTILY FLEW TO THE 
SCENE, LAST WEEK SET SEPT . 16 AS THE NEW BIRTH 
DATE FOR THE FEDERATION TWO DAYS AFTER THE U.N . MISSION'S 
FINDINGS WILL BE MADE PUBLIC . BOTH ARE SURE THAT THE 
U.N . WILL FIND A CLEAR MAJORITY IN FAVOR OF MALAYSIA, 
BUT THEY INSIST THAT THE FEDERATION WILL COME INTO BEING REGARDLESS 
OF THE REPORT . THE BRITISH LAST WEEK ALSO TURNED OVER 
INTERNAL SELF-GOVERNMENT TO BORNEO AND SARAWAK . IN A WRANGLE OVER 
DETAILS WITH THE BRITISH, INDONESIA FAILED TO SEND OBSERVERS TO THE 
U.N . MISSION, THUS GIVING SUKARNO AN EXCUSE TO QUESTION THE 
U.N . FINDINGS LATER . BUT FACED WITH BRITISH DETERMINATION TO 
DEFEND MALAYSIA BY FORCE, IF NECESSARY, SUKARNO SAID : " IF 
THE BORNEO PEOPLES AGREE TO JOIN MALAYSIA, WE WILL HAVE TO 
BOW OUR HEADS AND OBEY . " BUT, ADDED SUKARNO, IN 
AN UNBOWED POSTSCRIPT : " INDONESIA MAINTAINS ITS OPPOSITION TO MALAYSIA 
. " BOOK LEARNING . AN INDONESIAN GUERRILLA CAMPAIGN AGAINST BORNEO 
AND SARAWAK MAY WELL CONTINUE, SINCE DJAKARTA ALWAYS NEEDS A FOREIGN 
DIVERSION TO DRAW ATTENTION FROM DOMESTIC DIFFICULTIES . IN INDONESIAN BORNEO, 
WHICH ADJOINS SARAWAK, SUKARNO HAS SET UP GUERRILLA CAMPS ALONG 200 
MILES OF BORDER, AND IS TRAINING 1,000 RED-LINING CHINESE FROM SARAWAK, 
FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES OF INDONESIAN DEFENSE MINISTER GENERAL ABDUL HARIS NASUTION, 
AN EXPERT ON GUERRILLA WARFARE WHO HAS WRITTEN HIS OWN BOOK 
ON THE SUBJECT . BANDS OF HIS GUERRILLAS PUSHED ACROSS THE 
BORDER TO RAID DYAK VILLAGES CLASHED WITH PATROLS OF BRITISH-LED GURKHAS 
AND SARAWAK POLICE . IN A FIRE FIGHT TEN MILES INSIDE 
SARAWAK, THE INDONESIANS KILLED A BRITISH LIEUTENANT AND WOUNDED SEVERAL GURKHAS 
BEFORE BEING ROUTED WITH HEAVY LOSSES . MEANWHILE, BRITISH OFFICERS ARE 
STUDYING NASUTION'S BOOK FOR CLUES TO STOP FURTHER INDONESIAN INCURSIONS . 
SO FAR, INDONESIAN TERRORIST ATTACKS HAVE ONLY SERVED TO CREATE A 
SURGE OF PRO-MALAYSIA FEELING IN BORNEO AND SARAWAK . ALMOST NIGHTLY, 
THE INDONESIAN EMBASSY IN NORTH BORNEO IS PLASTERED WITH SLOGANS READING 
" TUNKU YES, SUKARNO NO . " ALTHOUGH HIS PEOPLE STOPPED 
HEAD-HUNTING YEARS AGO, ONE DYAK CHIEF TOLD THE U.N . FACT 
FINDERS THAT / IF ANY MORE INDONESIAN BANDITS COME INTO OUR 
TERRITORY, THEY MAY LOSE THEIR HEADS . / 