No reports yet of action outside Batavia. Batavia quiet. Gani and
Tamzil were put under house arrest last night. other arrests of
officials have been made and villages have been screened.

Republican buildings have been occupied.

Indonesian delegation yesterday formally communicated with the
Commission-General with a view to arbitration under Article 17(2).

[1] Formal acknowledgment stated that the matter referred to The
Hague.

Van Mock's letter to Gani [2] states inter-alia-'the Netherlands
Government find themselves forced to declare they can no longer
regard themselves as bound by the Linggardjati Agreement or truce
as far as the Republic is concerned' and therefore resume their
freedom of action with a view to maintenance of law and order to
enable the implementation of the political programme of
premediation of Linggardjati.