Our pundits tell us: the West and America (by association) have played a wicked, wicked role in Africa and Asia and must therefore get out even if it means the Communists get in.
On one of the opening days of the recent Asian-African Conference in Bandung, I was strolling along the sidewalk down one side of the conference hall—legitimately, since I was wearing a press badge and this section of the city was in bounds for journalists. It was not a busy hour; except for two armed Indonesian policemen, I had virtually the whole block to myself. Suddenly one of the guards began gesturing peremptorily and barking directions at me in Indonesian. I stood still, uncomprehending, uneasily eyeing a tommy-gun which seemed aimed at my stomach. He gestured again, even more emphatically.
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