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174 Australian Delegation, United Nations, to Department of External Affairs

Cablegram UN70 NEW YORK, 29 January 1949, 5.57 p.m.

RESTRICTED

INDONESIA

Our 69. [1] Following amendments were made to resolution in our 41
[2] before adoption by Security Council.

1. First sentence of paragraph 2 to read 'Calls upon the
Government of the Netherlands to release immediately and
unconditionally all political prisoners arrested by them on the
17th December, 1948, in the Republic of Indonesia, and to
facilitate the immediate return of Officials of the Government of
the Republic of Indonesia to Jogjakarta in order that they may
discharge their responsibilities under paragraph 1 above and in
order to exercise their appropriate functions in full freedom,
including Administration of the Jogjakarta area, which shall
include the city of Jogjakarta and its immediate environs.'
2. Sub-paragraph 3(A) delete all after 'March 15th, 1949'.

3. Insert as new proviso after sub-paragraph 3(A) the following:-

'Provided that if no agreement is reached by one month prior to
the respective dates referred to in sub-paragraphs (A), (B) and
(C), above, the commission referred to in paragraph 4(A) below or
such other United Nations agency as may be established in
accordance with paragraph 4(C) below, shall immediately report to
the Security Council with its recommendations for a solution of
the difficulties.'
4. Sub-paragraph 4(D) to read 'The commission shall have authority
to consult
with representatives of areas in Indonesia other than the
Republic, and to invite representatives of such areas to
participate in the negotiations referred to in paragraph 3 above.'
5. Sub-paragraph 4(E) after 'throughout Indonesia' insert 'and is
further authorised in respect of the territories of Java, Madura
and Sumatra'.

6. Sub-paragraph 4(F) phrase in brackets to read 'outside the
Jogjakarta area' and next sentence to read 'the recommendations of
the commission may include provision for such economic measures as
are required for the proper functioning of the administration and
for the economic well being of the population of the areas
involved in such transfers'. [3]

1 Document 170.

2 Document 124.

3 See also United Nations, Security Council Official Records,
Forth Year, Supplement For January, pp.65-6.


[AA : A1838, 854/10/3, iii b]
Last Updated: 11 September 2013
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