Security 545.

1. After the Indonesian Representative had formally stated the
wish of his Government to maintain the nomination of Australia to
the Committee of Good Offices, the Council today unanimously
agreed to continuation of Australian Membership on the Committee
after 31st December.

2. A statement was made by Australian Representative in terms of
your UNY747 [1] with modifications necessitated by receipt here
yesterday of a telegram from the Chairman of the Committee of
Three indicating that an interim report of the Committee would be
cabled to Lake Success 'on or about' 22nd December. We urged that
it would still be desirable for the reasons given in our statement
for the Council to ask specifically for inclusion in the report of
details of the plan for ensuring observance of Cease Fire order.

The Council agreed that this plan should come before it but in
view of prior receipt of the telegram from Graham the majority of
Members considered that it was unnecessary to make a specific
request to Committee at this stage on the ground that Council
should first have an opportunity of considering the report. The
position was left at the understanding that Members represented on
the Committee should if they so wished communicate with their
Representatives indicating the trend of discussion in the Council
and Council's assumption that it would be apprised of plan
referred to.

3. There was definite feeling among majority of the Council that
the Council should not appear to be interfering with the operation
of the Committee and in the circumstances of prior receipt of
Graham's message above was the best result that could be obtained.

4. Statement was made by Palar referring to Dutch action in
Madoera and also to treatment of Prisoners of War, and U.S.S.R.

and Poland together with ourselves spoke strongly against
tendencies delaying work of the Committee but in the main
discussion was confined to the above question of the Committee's
report.