INDONESIA

Your 60. [1] Document S.1235 [2] circulated this morning contains
report of first meeting of the new commission in Batavia on 29th
January. Critchley will no doubt have reported negative Dutch
attitude to commission's initial approach.

Unless he is held up by the weather Cochran [3] will leave
Washington for Batavia today after consultations with Jessup who
has gone to Washington for the purpose.

The initiative appears now to rest squarely on the commission
whose worth will determine the success or otherwise of the
Council's resolution. [4] The United States shares this view
although diplomatic pressure on the Dutch, possibly in relation to
Marshall Aid, is not ruled out here. It may be for this reason
that although the United States expects Dutch obstruction to the
Commission's work they do not appear to be unduly disturbed.