Your K.25, K.26. [1]

Thank you for your comprehensive reporting of recent developments.

I have been in constant touch with Kirby who is contemplating
returning to Batavia in next few days.

2. Pending Kirby's return you should continue to pursue course
outlined in your K.26, para 5. First objective must be to press
for Dutch acceptance of truce plan. To this end it is important
you should endeavour to persuade Graham and Van Zeeland to agree
to immediate submission of plan to Security Council (my 404 [2])
together with summary of interim report. Deadline for submission
should be Friday, 26th December, when we are instructing Hood (who
is Chairman) to summon meeting of Council to discuss Indonesian
question. Hood will be guided on terms of statement he is to make
in the light of position as reported on 25th December. Published
reports of proposed Netherlands action in West Java could serve as
basis for statement which might cover points in Sjarifoeddin's
letter and if necessary incorporate recommendations on lines of
your K.26 para 5 (a).

3. Effectiveness of any pressure we may be able to bring on Dutch
through Security Council debates is necessarily limited to some
extent by approaching termination of our membership of Council. We
are nevertheless convinced that a stable settlement in Indonesia
will not be assured until Indonesian nationalist aspirations are
satisfied, and for this reason the Republican Government must be
maintained as a going concern, even if acceptance of a cease fire
and demilitarisation on the basis of the Van Mook line should
become necessary. We should like Republican Government to know
that. We shall continue to do all in our power to safeguard their
position.