Your E15. [1] Eaton supports report which is merely warning that
final report will probably have to recommend troop withdrawals.

Position is that Dutch claimed areas containing many Indonesian
strongholds and have been 'mopping up' in them. Indonesians regard
every movement of Dutch as breach hence fighting inevitable.

Basic trouble has been that Dutch have moved along veins of a leaf
and then at cease fire, drew line around, claiming all area inside
as occupied by them.

Dutch attitude to us at Hague, Batavia and Canberra far more
favourable.