My telegram 130 [1] paragraph 1.

I have just seen the Minister for Foreign Affairs. I reported his
attitude favours proposals in your telegram 100 [2] and Prime
Minister's statement [3] in my immediately preceding telegram 133.

[4]

2. Though polite as usual he was frigid in manner, impatient and
tired. He described his colleagues as being incensed at
Australia's unfriendly attitude and inclined to press for some
action to demonstrate their feelings. They resented, particularly,
some statement at yesterday's Council which is unknown to me. [5]

3. I went over again all the material in your telegram 100 to show
that our action was in no sense 'unfriendly' but done with object
of ending a situation which all Australia (and most of the World)
condemned. I urged that the way to solve the problem was co-
operation and not recrimination which would get us nowhere.

4. I cannot pretend that the Minister was satisfied. I fancy some
of his colleagues have uneasy conscience and so resent criticism
and opposition and are pressing for some demonstration of
displeasure with us.

5. He ended by repeating several times a plea for breathing space
vide paragraph 3 of my telegram 133.