Sharifoeddin and Agoes Salim are now in Singapore and are
proceeding to Sumatra to collect Hatta and fly with him to Djokja.

Batavia's telegram No.1 [1] was received after their arrival. But
we have been in touch through Oetoyo.

2. I assume that all this means that the Republic is now preparing
to do the best it can for itself with the Dutch in view of the
meagre prospects facing it if the Commission retires from the
scene. I do not know, of course, how you appreciate the possible
future for Australian interests in the Dutch dominated United
States of Indonesia but in view of the recent Malayan Netherlands
East Indies commercial agreement chief beneficiaries economically
will be the United Kingdom and it is too much to hope that there
will not be powerful discrimination against Australia.

3. You should also know that the Indonesian public here has now
taken on a sour note. Sjahrir for instance recently put out
statement through Antara, that Australia was not championing the
Indonesian cause in spite of Australian public opinion's support
and that the main hope for the future of Indonesia lay in close
association with India. [2]