On my return from London on the 4th August, I saw the Secretary
General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as there was still no
Cabinet and no Foreign Minis-ter. [1]

I advised him of my talks with you on the subject of Indonesia [2]
and that there was no indication at present of Australia leaving
the Committee of Good Offices but that the time seemed more than
ripe for an early effort to reach a final settlement with the
Republic by means of the several proposals now in existence and
with the aid of the Committee of Good Offices.

Mr Lovink assured me that as soon as the Government was formed a
real effort would be made to this end. He believed that the aid of
the Committee would be necessary and repeated again the plea that
Judge KIRBY should return for a short period. I told him I had
already discussed this matter with you and that you would give
consideration to it if you felt it would be really useful but
there were very grave difficulties in the way of sparing judge
Kirby.

Later in the same day Mr COCHRAN the new U.S. member of the
Committee came to see me and told me he had gained the impression
in The Hague that the new Dutch Government would make an early
effort to secure a settlement and that the Committee might play a
very important part. [3]

Last night, 11th August, I saw Mr. Lovink again when he brought me
a message from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that they hoped for
an early solution of the N.E.I. difficulties and trusted that if
need arose Judge Kirby's services would be available.

Mr Lovink was very concerned by a report that a representative of
the Republic of Indonesia was holding a reception in Canberra on
August 17th and that Australian Officials proposed to attend it.

He expressed the hope that at the present juncture they would
avoid doing anything which might be wrongly interpreted.

YOUR VISIT TO THE HAGUE
When I saw Mr Lovink on the 5th August, I suggested that it would
be very useful for you to have personal talks with the new Foreign
Minister when he was appointed. Last night Mr Lovink conveyed to
me an invitation from Dr. STIKKER to you to pay a visit to The
Hague and have personal discussions with him at any time
convenient to you, between the 13th and 18th September. Before the
13th September he was to be rather fully occupied with matters
connected with the new Queen's accession and after the 18th he had
imagined that you would be busy with the United Nations Assembly
in Paris.

I telephoned to Mr Heydon this morning and asked him to advise you
of this invitation as soon as you arrived [4], and ascertain your
wishes.

When I saw Mr. Lovink on the 5th August I said that I did not know
what your intentions were but that if you were a candidate for the
Presidency of the United Nations I hoped that you would have not
only the vote but the full support of the Netherlands Government.

Mr. Lovink has told me since that the new Foreign Minister
proposes to discuss this with his Benelux partners [5] at an early
opportunity.