The Republican report on the breakdown of the direct talks [1]
makes the following points:-

(a) the Republican Government has shown its goodwill and gone to
the limit in its concessions towards the Netherlands viewpoints;

(b) the direct talks were not a serious attempt on the part of the
Netherlands Government to negotiate an agreement with the Republic
but the instructions to the Netherlands Ministers apparently
restricted them to an investigation of whether the Netherlands
terms would be accepted in principle;

(c) the Netherlands Government, ignoring the Renville Agreement,
the Committee of Good Offices and the statements it has made
before the Security Council, intends to form an Interim Federal
Government, irrespective of participation by the Republic, before
the end of the year without further formal negotiations under the
auspices of the Committee of Good Offices.

2. The report states that the direct talks have failed and calls
upon the Committee of Good Offices to prevail on the Netherlands
Government to come to a peaceful settlement. The Republic
reiterates its willingness to consider reasonable terms of
settlement.

3. Another letter from the Republican delegation gives an account
of truce discussions between the representatives of the two
Governments which were held concurrently with the informal
political talks.