On November 7th at a meeting of the Committee of Three with the
Consular Commission and the Military Observers, the Committee of
Three requested that a report be made by the Military Observers
regarding military assistance [1] to implement Security Council
resolution dated November 1st.

The Consular Commission (myself, Chairman) yesterday met the
Committee of Three and submitted the abovementioned joint report.

Paragraph four thereof as follows-

'To implement the foregoing provision[s] [2] and to supervise the
execution of instructions issued by the Security Council's Good
Offices Committee, through the Consular Commission, the Military
Observers will organise as "representatives of the Consular
Commission in the field". The organisation will be provided with
facilities and equipment necessary to perform its mission by the
Dutch and Indonesian Governments.'

3. All members of the Consular Commission agree and informed the
Committee of Three that-
(a) They could not accept such responsibility without specific
instructions from their respective Governments.

(b) If career Consuls were responsible for implementing
recommendations of an appointed body their position would be
somewhat delicate.

(c) In any case it was considered that the Military Observers
could probably function better if directed from a higher body than
the Consular Commission.

4. This telegram has been sighted by Kirby who states that the
report of the Military Observers and the suggestions of the
Consular Commission have been received by the Committee of Three
as advice of both bodies, and the Committee of Three is still
considering action to be taken. Further the Committee can only
implement any plan with full agreement of both parties.