Your 284 and 285. [1] Indonesia.

1. The Security Council debate lasted all day. Earlier statements
by China, India, Soviet Union covered general ground only. First
reference to the position described in your telegrams was made by
Australia. Discussion thereafter was concerned mainly with this.

By fortunate chance a United Nations press release from Batavia
reporting suspension of negotiations was distributed during the
meeting and we were able to frame our statement accordingly on the
lines of para two of your 285.

2. Support from the United States was disappointing, possibly
because of lack of instructions but the upshot of the meeting was
that the president proposed and Council agreed to request from
Committee of Good Offices, the Australian-American document [2]
and also a report on the whole circumstances of the suspension of
discussions. We stressed that this should be provided at the
earliest possible time and argued also for early date for the next
discussion on Indonesia in Council. It was finally decided that
discussion should be resumed on Wednesday 23rd June.

3. Detailed report follows.