Subandrio, London Representative of Indonesian Government, called
on me on 10th November for the first time.

2. After discussing generalities Subandrio said his Government
wanted to know the view of the Australian Government as to the
future of the Indonesian movement. They had appreciated our
sympathy and help in the past. The Indonesians had hopes of the
Committee of Three but they must make up their minds as to the
future. They could not rely unduly on paper agreements with the
Dutch, they wanted to see a change of heart. They believed the
Dutch Government would be prepared to send a delegation to Java to
negotiate but Van Mook had dissuaded the Dutch. They wanted to
cooperate with the Dutch but were perplexed. They knew they would
win, [that] was only a matter of time, but the obstacles were
depressing.

3. I said Australia's general policy was the encouragement of
movements for independence and self-government. When we saw a
genuine national movement (as we believed theirs to be from the
reports of our Representatives in Java) we wished to help it to
realise its objectives and to establish strong relations of
friendship from the beginning. We knew their difficulties and felt
that they were right in wishing to have the cooperation of the
Dutch who we thought, however, would do well to emulate the
British. I did not have your latest views on the situation but I
suggested the Indonesian Representative in New York should see
Evatt.

4. Incidentally Subandrio mentioned that Sjahrir is still in
Cairo.