SuKarno saw thing in quite a different frame. Governmental efficiency as such meant little to him, especially in its more routine aspects; a government was uniting the nation behind meaningful displays of its prestige and grandeur. For him the symbolic aspects of strong nationhood were all important. the public demonstration of identity, the country on the world map. in the concept he advanced in February 1957 as the solution to the nation's ills, he deemed it essential to find a place in the political system for the communist party's since it was obviously there to stay and attempt to keep it beyond the pale would perpetuate a major source of national disunity. Moreover, PKl participation had become a key element in the strategy by which he sought to gain a position of greater control over the destinies of his country.