Last night Cochran and I telegraphed a report [1] to the Security
Council in response to the President's telegraphic request (K218).

[2] We referred to previous reports and to the recent Dutch
statements and made the following points:

(a) The Netherlands did not comply with article No. 10 in their
repudiation of the truce agreements [3];

(b) The Committee is not aware of any circumstances connected with
[the concentration of Republican forces or the manoeuvres of the
Republican Army which should have given rise to] [4] apprehensions
and alarm leading to precipitate action on the part of the
Netherlands;

(c) The tone of the Netherlands letter of December 1[7]th (K210)
[5] and requirement of a reply thereto within an impossible time
limit gives this letter some features of an ultimatum;

(d) The Netherlands plan for military action must have been in
progress during the exchange of correspondence referred to in the
Committee's Special and Supplementary Reports [6] and at the same
time the Netherlands Authorities facilitated the transfer of the
Committee's Headquarters to Kaliurang;

(e) The possibilities of negotiations under the Committee's
auspices have not been adequately explored. Recent direct talks
cannot deserve negotiations as they took the form of Netherlands
demands for complete surrender of the Republic to the Netherlands
requests on all important issues;

(f) In commencing military operations the Netherlands acted in
violation of the primary obligations of the Renville truce
agreement.

2. I presume that you concur in my having joined. Cochran in
making this and our previous report in the name of the Committee.

3. Since my K216 [7], all members of Pasundan Cabinet have
tendered resignations. I am informed that Puradiredja has
announced that he will not now join the interim Federal
Government.

4. The Dutch have announced that Sudirman was among those captured
in Djokjakarta.

5. Following the despatch of a Belgian military observer to
Djokjakarta at 11.45 a.m. yesterday (see K218) Cochran wrote to
Schuurman in the strongest terms regarding the delay in
discharging Dutch responsibility towards the Committee's personnel
at Kaliurang. I formally associated myself with this letter, as
did Narayanan on behalf of the Secretary-General.

6. Schuurman has just informed Pritchett that a message has been
received from Kaliurang stating that members of the staff of the
Committee have been found and that all are safe and well. Nearly 3
days have thus elapsed before the Dutch have been able to
discharge Beel's promise that measures would be taken to ensure
the welfare of the Committee personnel. Schuurman also said that
he expected the Committee members in Batavia this afternoon.

However, communication with them from Batavia has not yet been
established.