Doctor Supomo, a member of the Republican Delegation, requests the
following message be passed to Usman.

'I am the only Republican High Official left undetained in Batavia
to maintain
contact with Committee of Good Offices and Consular Corps-
particularly with the Australian and Indian Consul-Generals.

Republican resistance against the Dutch aggression is nowhere
broken. The Dutch official communiques concede heavy fighting
against Siliwangi troops in Serayu Valley in Kudus area and in
Malang area. In Djokjakarta fighting continues. TNI troops have
dispersed to the mountains and forests to prepare for a guerilla
struggle. The Rural population and peoples in the Dutch-occupied
towns are far from undisturbed as the Dutch propaganda would
suggest, but they keep silent with their fighting spirit and
nationalism unbroken. In Federal Territories there are strong
sympathies with the Republic. In addition [to] the resignation of
Adil [and] Anuk [A] gung, Kusna Puradiredja and others have
withdrawn from Bandoeng Federal Conference. Madura Parliament
disapproves of the Dutch military action. Even Wal[i] Negar[a] of
South Sumatra, Abdu[l] [Mali]k cannot approve of the action
without reservations. In South Borneo, martial law has been
proclaimed because internal peace is endangered. [1]

It is reported that Doctor Sukiman is in East Java to organize the
resistance and that the Sultan of Djokjakarta left the capital
before the Dutch attack but correctness of this news cannot yet be
checked.

President Soekarno and other members of the Republican Government,
have been taken [from] Djokjakarta to an unknown place of
detention. Our demand to the Security Council to release Soekarno
and others is most essential for the eventual resumption of
negotiations after a cease-fire order and a retirement of the
Dutch troops. In my opinion the Indonesian question can now only
be settled with a third party intermediary with powers of
arbitration. Three safeguards are essential for our national
cause:

(a) the stipulation of a fixed date for the formation of an
independent United States of Indonesia;

(b) international control during the interim period. The
Indonesian question should remain on the agenda of the Security
Council until transfer of Sovereignty by the Dutch;

(c) the Dutch troops not to be used during the interim period
without the consent of the interim Government. The second Military
action proves that the Dutch authorities will readily resort to
military force.

Please approach the Australian Government requesting support of
our cause along these lines and pass my message to Sumitro at
Washington.'

2.The Republican papers Berita Indonesia, Merdeka were banned
yesterday for two days and one day respectively because of the
manner in which 'the papers have edited the news'.

3. There are reports that estate guards in West Java are deserting
with all their ammunition, arms, and families.