The Indonesian Republic “came into being in large part as a result of the interest of the United States that a republic should be founded.” writes TIME, quoting Secretary of State Dulles.

FROM the sandy wastes of North Africa to the lush rain forests of Southeast Asia, the winds of anti-colonialism blow with gale force, and wherever they blow, there is resentment and suspicion of the U.S. “The U.S.,” says an Indonesian, “sides with the Western colonial powers and has not doneā€¦