INDONESIA

The Listening Post [1] Report for 28th October reports Hilversum
Radio as claiming that representatives of East Indonesia and
autonomous territories and 'other organisations' will participate
in the first contacts of the Committee of Three.

It is questionable whether the areas referred to by the
Netherlands are parties to the dispute within the meaning of the
Committee's terms of reference. This view is given some strength
by the earlier refusal of the Security Council to agree to the
participation of representatives of East Indonesia and other
autonomous areas in discussions. [2]

I suggest that the participation in the discussions of the
Committee of Three of East Indonesia and the autonomous areas
which are apparently Dutch-controlled, may succeed in distorting
the picture of the situation presented to the Committee of Three.

It might be pointed out [directly] [3] to the Committee of Three,
or to the Security Council, that East Indonesia and the autonomous
areas are not parties to the dispute and should not be invited to
appear before the Committee of Three. Negotiations with these
areas should be the subject of future independent discussions
between Dutch and Indonesians. [4]