President Sukarno Saying Goodbye to His Daughters
Surrounded by citizens of Jakarta, President Sukarno kisses his youngest daughter, Sukmawati, goodbye while his other daughters, Rachmawati (center) and Megawati (left), wait their turn. The Indonesian President was leaving for a three-week vacation in Tokyo.

President Sukarno Addressing May Day Rally
Original caption: 5/7/1965-Djakarta, Indonesia- President Sukarno of Indonesia addresses a mass May Day rally in the Sports Hall Building. Sukarno announced his decision not to attend a peace conference with Malaysian Prime Minister Rahman in Tokyo. The announcement was viewed as a victory for Indonesia’s powerful Communist Party. Posters above the silent crowd stress the unity of the working classes in their struggle to overcome “imperialism.”

PM Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru of India, Pres. Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Pres. Gamal Abdel Nasser of United Arab Rep., Pres. Sukarno of Indonesia, & Pres. Tito of Yugoslavia – September 29, 1960

Portrait of Ellsworth Bunker, Howard P. Jones and President Sukarno
Original caption: U.S. Special Envoy Ellsworth Bunker, right, and Ambassador Howard P. Jones, center, chatting with Indonesian President Sukarno April 6, 1965, at the Presidential Palace in Djakarta. The Americans met with Indonesian officials in efforts to stop the “decline” of U.S. Indonesian relations.

Visiting president chats with “veep.” Washington, D.C.: President Achmed Sukarno of Indonesia, currently on an 18 day official visit to the United States, is shown (left) chatting with Vice President Richard Nixon shortly before a capitol luncheon given in his honor by Mr. Nixon yesterday. The visiting chief of state also addressed a joint session of Congress yesterday, an honor accorded only to leaders of key nations.

President Sukarno of Indonesia is shown here delivering his speech to the United Nations.

Kennedy and Johnson with Indonesia’s Sukarno 1961

7/6/1965-Cairo, Egypt- Cruising up the Nile River, Communist China’s Premier Chou En-Lai (l) looks at the sights while his companion, President Sukarno of Indonesia checks the time. Both men were in Egypt awaiting the opening of the Afro-Asian Conference, which was to be held in Algiers. Chou stayed on in the Egyptian capital after the conference was postponed.

6/4/1956-Anaheim, California- Dr. Achmed Sukarno, President of Indonesia, now touring the US, is shown with his son, Guntur, 12, riding behind “Dumbo,” one of the fabulous residents of Disneyland, during their visit to the famous playground at Anaheim. Dr. Sukarno seemed to enjoy the tour almost as much as his enthusiastic son.

1/24/1956-Peiping, China: President Dr. Sukarno of Indonesia, left, is seen chatting with Chairman Mao Tse-Tung of the People’s Republic of China (Communist) during a banquet here given by the chairman of the Red China in honor of the Indonesian President.

10/6/1960-New York, NY- Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev (L) stands silently by, as President Sukarno of Indonesia speaks to newsmen outside the Soviet U.N. delegation headquarters. Sukarno spoke to reporters after a 40-minute meeting with the Soviet Premier. Before his departure from the U.S., Sukarno issued a gloomy statement saying the session had accomplished very little.

5/19/1956-Washington, D.C.- President and Mrs. Eisenhower are greeted by President Achmed Sukarno of Indonesia as they arrived at the Mayflower Hotel for a dinner given by President Sukarno in their honor. Speaking at the dinner, President Eisenhower said that Dr. Sukarno has given the US a “new thought, feeling and conception of freedom.” In a toast to Mr. Eisenhower, President Sukarno said: “From what I have seen, this is a country of democracy and freedom.

4/24/1961- Andrews Air Force Base, MD: Sukarno Here For Talks: President Kenendy and Indonesian President Sukarno are shown in back of limousine following the latter’s arrival here today. Sukarno is here for talks which may provide a gauge of U.S. prestige in the wake of the Cuban incident.

10/3/1960-New York, NY-Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and Indonesian President Achmed Sukarno ® greet each other warmly at the Indonesian reception held October 3. at the Waldorf-Astoria. Khrushchev had a busy evening attending three receptions in one night. The Soviet Premier also dropped in on the Ethiopian and Bulgarian receptions and was in a merry mood answering reporters questions at these social events for United Nations delegates.

Indonesia’s President Sukarno is shown chatting with actress Marilyn Monroe during a party given by Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Logan at a Beverly Hills Hotel last Tuesday night. The party was given in honor of Logan’s brother-in-law, Marshall Noble, who is traveling with the 62 members of the Indonesian visiting group. Sukarno had expressed a desire to meet Miss Monroe, who he said is one of the favorite actresses in his country.