1. At Monday's meeting the Republican Delegation accepted the
Committee's additional six political principles 'on the strength
of' the clarifications given by the Committee to the Republicans.

The Netherlands Delegation now claims that this acceptance is
conditional to such an extent that in its opinion it cannot be
regarded as an acceptance. The Netherlands Delegation is prepared
for elaboration of its objections after further study and has
lodged a formal protest against the Committee's delay in
transferring to it a copy of the document of formal meetings at
Kaliorang on January 13th. [1]

2. I have taken the line that since the Committee made it clear
that its clarifications were not binding on either party, the
Republican's reference to them is not a conditional acceptance but
merely a reminder that the Committee has expressed its own views.

I have strongly urged that, in fairness to the Parties and in
order to break down the present misunderstanding and prevent
further misunderstandings the Committee should immediately-
(A) Obtain a statement from the Republicans that their acceptance
of the principles is unconditional;

(B) Issue a Press release setting out the Committee's
clarifications to the Republic with a clear statement that these
clarifications are the Committee's own opinions and are binding on
neither party.

3. Herremans, who is Chairman, has opposed saying that we should
await further information from the Netherlands Government at The
Hague. This opposition appears to be weakening however, and after
further discussions this morning he has asked me to prepare a
memorandum. Graham has asked for time to consider the matter and
has gone on a two days cruise.

4. In the event of my proposal being accepted there would be
considerable argument as to what clarifications should be included
in the press statement and we should have to refer to such
verbatim notes as were taken by the Secretariat. When in doubt I
would insist on the use of formal summary of the meetings as
final.

5. The main controversy will probably hinge on whether Article 1
[2] permits the Republic to continue for the time being its
foreign representation and maintain its own Army and currency. It
is interesting to note that the summary of the record of
Djokjakarta meeting (S-AC.10-SR.59) [3] shows that Graham said
that the political principles [4] 'included all the points in
Linggadjati Agreement with the exception of
(A) The organs of the Netherlands Indonesian Union;

(B) Foreign Relations;

(C) Finance; and
(D) Internal security.'
There was opposition to this and I presume Kirby agrees that this
may be taken as the opinion of the Committee.