Cablegram 449 CANBERRA, 9 August 1947, 11.25 a.m.
MOST IMMEDIATE SECRET
Your UN.737. [1]Your general approach is wholly consistent with
the approach we have been advancing with other missions overseas
and with overseas representatives here, and the suggestion in your
paragraph 6 is the type of compromise for which we have been
working. There is nothing inconsistent with joint American-
Australian arbitration on the one hand and small commission of
three or four whose duty it would be to observe the carrying out,
not only of the 'cease fire' order, but also the decisions arrived
at after arbitration. I am sure this would be acceptable to
Indonesians, but a lot will depend on your relationship with
Sjahrir.
[AA:A1838/274, 854/10/4, ii]