High Republican officials in Batavia have reported the following
background to Hatta's letter to Cochran (my telegram K.209).

According to Cochran
(a) The Netherlands officially informed the United States and
United Kingdom Ambassadors at The Hague that the Republic would
not accept Netherlands sovereignty in the interim period as
required by the Renville agreement.

(b) The United Kingdom advised the United States that if the
Republic refuses to accept Netherlands sovereignty in the interim
period, they would not support the Republic now or in future.