Representatives of the Republican delegation say informally they
would welcome U.N.'s trusteeship of the Republic but they seem
more concerned with the possibility of Committee suggestions for
an overall political settlement.

2. The present situation is tense. Americans and ourselves are in
agreement on the necessity of urgent action by the Committee and
in particular are solid in the need for submitting an overall
plan. This course is being delayed by Herremans who is playing the
Dutch game and who is making use of Van Mook's letter (see my K.

127 [1]). He claims the situation is not urgent.

3. Tomorrow evening, Wednesday, (the earliest Herremans will meet)
we shall continue informal discussions of the plan and make the
final effort to obtain Belgian support. There appears no prospect
of agreement. We shall therefore probably make our positions
formal with every likelihood that the plan will be presented on
Thursday as coming from the Americans and Australians.

4. Republican replies to Dutch aide memoire regarding Russian
recognition of the Republic (my K.126 [2]) and Van Mook's
invitation to Hatta will be taken personally by Roem to Batavia on
Thursday. The Republic will stand by its position that it does not
intend to extend its foreign relations at present. Hatta will
probably agree to confer with Van Mook informally at any time but
oppose any suggestion of by-passing the Committee.

5. Fear of a further police action is widespread in the Republic.

An injunction from the Security Council would be extremely
valuable. I intend to raise this issue in the Committee when the
report of the military observers is available (see my K. 124 [3]).