The Committee has telegraphed to the Security Council Chapter I of
the introduction to our third Interim Report. [1]

2. The Dutch have indicated that they will formally advise the
Committee to-day that they are prepared to resume talks. The
Committee will then finalize its reply to the Security Council's
telegram requesting the cause and duration of the delay. [2] I
have not been able to obtain the inclusion of details of
Australian-American plan [3] but both our reply and Chapter I of
the report should contain enough to help discussion of the plan
and circumstances in which it was presented and facilitate a
request that the plan be produced in Council. Copies of the plan
are available in Committee records in New York.

3. Otherwise my present strategy is to ask for a meeting in this
connection of Committee as soon as the Dutch are prepared to
resume talks. The Republicans will then ask for consideration of
the plan and will, I hope, be supported by a majority of the
Committee. This would probably cause a further break and force the
plan to the attention of the Security Council.

4. The Dutch will undoubtedly continue to delay resumption of
formal talks as long as possible.