The Committee and staff arrived at Batavia on the evening of
December 22nd and approved the text of telegram to the Security
Council set out in K.222.

2. The only warning the Committee or the Republican Government
received of the Netherlands intention to repudiate the truce was
the ultimative characteristic letter of December 17th to the U.S.

representative (K.210). [1]

3. Djokjakarta was taken by surprise. Many Republicans seemed to
have confused the Dutch attack with the Republican manoeuvres
scheduled for the same morning. The capital was therefore taken
with comparatively little fighting. Most of the Republican army
units succeeded in their plans to escape intact to carry on a
guerilla campaign. Damage to the city was not considerable but
there were still very few people on the streets on December 22nd.

Some resistance especially at night is continuing in the areas
close to the city. Shortly after the Committee left on the
afternoon of December 22nd, a large fire broke out in what
appeared to be the centre of Djokjakarta.

4. There were reports in Djokjakarta of heavier fighting elsewhere
particularly near Malang, East Java, and very great destruction in
Solomon [2] and Magelang.

5. Yesterday's official Dutch release reports that before the
capture of Tjepoe the oil installations and the town were set on
fire, Boekittinggi the Republican capital in Sumatra has been
occupied by the Dutch troops.