Cablegram K236 BATAVIA, 4 January 1949, 6.45 p.m.
CONFIDENTIAL
Your telegram 340. [1]
Telegram 323 [2] was sent by Pritchett. For the convenience of the
Consulate, it would be helpful if telegrams from you intended for
this Delegation were addressed to me.
2. I feel that it would be useful for Australia to remain on the
Consular Commission in order to temper as far as possible any
tendency for the Commission to whitewash the Dutch in its reports.
In any case, any change in the original composition could only be
made by the Security Council.
3. It may be useful to explore the possibility of having the
Security Council rescind the Colombian resolution of December 28th
[3] on the grounds that it is undesirable for the Security Council
to have two independent bodies working on the same task in
Indonesia. I believe the United States would be sympathetic.
4. If the Consular Commission functions, Pritchett, as Australian
representative, may be absent from Batavia for lengthy periods,
leaving no Consular representative here.
[AA : A1838, 403/3/1/1, xx]