Cochran and I this afternoon (December 19th) telegraphed a report
[1] to the Security Council in the name of the Committee. The
report includes the text of Schuurman's letter of December 19th
(K213 [2]) and official Netherlands memorandum of the same date
(310) [3] and calls upon the Security Council 'to consider on a
basis of the utmost urgency the outbreak of hostilities in
Indonesia in the violation of the Renville Truce Agreement'. The
report also points out that as a result of the suspension of
communications between Batavia and Kaliurang neither the Committee
nor the Republic Govt. received notice of the Netherlands
intention to repudiate the Truce Agreement and that this
repudiation was therefore in violation of Article 10 of the
Agreement. [4]

2. There are still no means of communication between Batavia and
Kaliurang. However, if the telegraph office at Kaliurang is still
in working order it may be possible for you to send a telegram
direct there for Critchley.

3. Both Miss Cock and Miss Baher are in Kaliurang with Critchley.

4. The United Press correspondent in Batavia reports that Voice of
Free Indonesia broadcast this morning, at intervals from 8.45 a.m.

the following message-

'The Good Offices Committee has called upon the Security Council
for urgent action and has conferred full power on Cochran.'

5. Spoor, following visits this morning to all fronts, informed
the Senior United States military observer [5] that Djokjakarta
air field has been taken undamaged by the Dutch troops at 7 am
today and that the troops were forming up there for a march on the
town. Spoor said that he expected that it would take approximately
2 days to complete the capture of Djokjakarta.

6. At a press conference at 11 am today Beel informed
correspondents inter alia that:

(a) military action had started at midnight and that both the
Committee and the Republican Delegation has been informed half an
hour beforehand (see paragraph 1 above).

(b) that Sukarno and other Republican leaders would be treated
with the courtesy due to their rank.

(c) that special measure has been taken for the safety of
Critchley, [Herr]emans and the Good Offices Committee personnel in
Kaliurang.

7. The supplementary report to the Committee's special report of
December 18th
(see K211 paragraph 2 [6]) was telegraphed to the Security Council
this morning.