Further to your telegram 35. [1] Foreign Office has communicated
with the Brazilian Delegate to the United Nations and requested
him to immediately confer with the Australian Delegate and to go
over with him all the main points in the case being adduced by
Australia. The Brazilian Delegate has also been requested to
confer with the Colombia Delegate. The Brazilian Government is
completely in sympathy with the Australian objective. The only
doubts in the mind of the Brazilian Foreign Minister are as to the
status of the Indonesian Republic before the United Nations and as
to whether the Indonesian Republic has ratified the Cheribon
Agreement, certain clauses of which provide the means of
arbitration mentioned in your telegram. On these points the
Brazilian Delegate has been asked to seek urgent clarification
with the Australian Delegate and to report back immediately to the
Foreign Minister here. Reply is expected today or tomorrow. I have
underlined the overshadowing significance of Article 39 of the
Charter. The Minister fears however that Australian initiative
before the Security Council might be ineffective in lacking sound
legal basis due to indefinite status of Indonesia and it is in
this respect particularly that he desires to be advised as to the
Australian point of view. Foreign Office has promised to advise me
immediately reply is received from New York. Have you any further
instructions?