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345 Australian Delegation, United Nations, to Department of External Affairs

Cablegram Austdel 317 PARIS, 3 December 1948, 1.18 p.m.

SECRET

Indonesia.

Fourth Interim Report by Good Offices Commission [1] was
distributed today. Indonesian Representative sees in fact that
general tone of report is much more favourable to the Indonesians
than to the Dutch an opportunity to intensify publicity campaign
particularly in United States with double objective of drawing
attention to continued uncertainty of situation in Indonesia and
to bring pressure to bear on Dutch to prevent military action in
event of negotiations coming to standstill.

2. Indonesians here still do not exclude possibility of police
action and would regard period following return home of Dutch
Mission from Batavia as critical.

3. Americans desire still to keep matter off Agenda of Security
Council in order to allow full exercise of diplomatic pressure and
avoid prejudice of negotiations by acrimonious discussion.

American delegation believes that Chinese or Indian
representatives may however seek discussion of report in Council.

1 See note 2 to Document 319.


[AA:A1838, 854/10/4/2, vii]
Last Updated: 11 September 2013
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