The Australian member [1] of the Indonesian Commission supported
the United States representative [2] in suggesting to the Security
Council that action be deferred from 15th February to 1st March,
only because the United States representative having just returned
from The Hague strongly urged that course of action. His
concurrence did not imply any justification for Dutch defiance up
to the date set down by the Council.

The Dutch Government has now stated it will not release prisoners
and will proceed with its own policies and there is therefore open
defiance of the Council.

In these circumstances it appears to us that there is no
justification for delaying consideration in the Council until
March 1st. We are suggesting to the Australian member of the
Commission that the previous advice to the Council be withdrawn
and that the Commission immediately recommend action to be taken
for a settlement.

We assume that United Kingdom, Canada, and U.S.A. will in the
light of this open defiance of the United Nations take whatever
action may be necessary to give effect to the decisions of the
Council already made and will support any further recommendations
made by the Commission.