Radio Message [1] DJOKJAKARTA, 10 August 1947, 3 a.m. [2]

I have learned with sincere gratitude of your Excellency's
statement regarding the Indonesian-Dutch dispute. [3] Since
conditions in our country have deteriorated, the Government and
people of Indonesia have, with relief and deep gratitude, followed
every move of your Excellency's Government in defending the
Indonesian cause before the forum of the United Nations. We have
noted with great satisfaction that the Australian people have
upheld an old tradition in assisting the Indonesian people who are
linked with the Australian people in their common struggle in the
cause of freedom and democracy.

It is only natural that I fully accept the offer made by your
Excellency's Government to bring about the early and just
settlement of the Indonesian-Dutch dispute by the Security
Council. The Government of the Republic of Indonesia has
repeatedly expressed its wish that an international arbitration
commission be sent at the earliest to Indonesia by the Security
Council in order to investigate and settle the Indonesian dispute
according to the principles of the United Nations. The days to
come will be of great significance to the Australian as well as
the Indonesian people. We sincerely hope that at the next session
of the Security Council the efforts of the Australian as well as
of the Indonesian representative may be crowned with satisfactory
results.

Finally I should like to express my deep gratitude to the
Government and people of Australia, who have repeatedly proved
their sympathy for the Indonesian cause, and have always held to
the principles of peace and democracy. I have no doubt whatsoever
that these principles that we have in common will strengthen the
ties that bind us together and will favourably influence the
future close co-operation between our two countries in every
possible field for the benefit of our nations, for the
reconstruction and rehabilitation of the world and for the
maintenance of everlasting peace.