Your telegram 38. [1] Indonesia. Minister for Foreign Affairs is
not available until Tuesday next when I arranged to see him.

2. There is general dissatisfaction here at the slowness of
negotiations for which the Republic is blamed. I understand that
the United Kingdom Consul General at Batavia's reports support the
view that negotiations are being delayed by Republican
prevarication and that he has recommended pressure on them.

3. You will appreciate that the steps proposed in the last
paragraph of your telegram would arouse very deep resentment here
and be regarded as a partisan measure contrary to our position as
members of the Good Offices Commission. They would be liable to
jeopardize the present good hope of full Dutch co-operation in
Japanese treaty negotiations.