THAT morning, President Sukarno was chatting over coffee with his closest friends at the Merdeka Palace. The head of state was informed of bad news from Ibrahim "Bram" Tambunan who told him about Indonesia's export of agricultural products that was being boycotted to enter the European market. As a solution, Bram suggested opening a trade office in the Netherlands that would handle the import of agricultural products from Indonesia and the export of industrial goods to Indonesia. Sukarno fully supported his idea.

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