Cablegram 105 WASHINGTON, 7 February 1949, 8.24 p.m.
CONFIDENTIAL
INDONESIA
United States still do not appear to have any clear idea as to
action which should be taken by United Nations Commission. State
Department officials seem to be adopting a 'wait and see' attitude
pending
(a) Cochran's report [1] from The Hague and Brussels, and
(b) Official Dutch reaction.
State Department publicly denied last week that United States was
marking time on Security Council Resolution [2] to enable Dutch to
take different and unilateral action. Department officials assured
us again today that purpose of Cochran's visit to The Hague and
Brussels was purely to ascertain the extent to which the Dutch
would comply with United Nations Directive, and to enlist Spaak's
influence.
[AA : A1838, 403/3/1/1, xxi]