Your telegram 110. [1]

We had already discussed Roach and Healy informally with the
Indonesian Foreign Office and secured that they would be
informally requested by Sjahrir not to make any statements which
might prejudice the successful outcome of our talks on lifting the
waterside ban. They arrived yesterday Wednesday and paid a
courtesy call to the Consulate. They had already seen Van
Hoogstraten and had a general idea of the purpose and positions of
our talks. They gave us to understand that when an agreement
acceptable to the Indonesians is arrived at there will be no
difficulty in lifting the ban. Out impression was that they would
be glad to be done with it. Oesman informs us that they
subsequently had a talk with Sjahrir, at which Oesman was present
and in the course of which Sjahrir's wish that there should be no
embarrassing statements was made clear, and Roach and Healy agreed
to avoid such statements.

2. The only danger is that Roach and Healy or their associates
might either in anticipation of conclusion of the agreement or
immediately on its conclusion make some statement designed to give
the Waterside Union the credit for cessation of the ban. Sjahrir
already understands the undesirability of this, and we are taking
steps to secure that the Australian Government will receive first
information of the Dutch-Indonesian Agreement and joint message
immediately agreement is signed. It would be as well, however, for
you to prepare the Australian press with background information of
our talks for release when the Dutch-Indonesian Agreement on goods
in Australia is over. Latest information is that conclusion of the
agreement is expected about Friday.

3. For clarification requested in your paragraph 2 see my
immediately following telegram. [2]