Every effort has been made to induce the Commission to withdraw
its previous advice [1] to the Council but Cochran insists on
waiting until 1st March to see what action the Netherlands will
take towards implementing the resolution. [2] The Netherlands
statements on conversations with the Republicans, and my
arguments, are making some impression on Cochran, but he is
remaining stagn[ant]. In his conversations at The Hague he
obviously underestimated the importance of re-establishment of the
Republican Government at Djokjakarta but he is now well aware of
this and is correcting any false impressions he may have given.

2. Cochran agrees that the Commission must report at the end of
the month and that, unless the unexpected happens, this report
must be strongly critical of the Dutch.

3. I have been informed by Tahya of East Indonesia that his
Government is becoming increasingly restless at the Netherlands'
failure to seek a real settlement in Indonesia. There is a
possibility that a number of Federal states may come out openly to
demand the implementation of the Security Council's resolution
under the Commission. Tahya suggests that East Indonesia and
Pasundan could bring in behind them all of Borneo save West
Borneo, East Java, Madura and possibly some of the Daerahs such as
Bangka. As what appears to be a first step in this direction, the
Pasundan Parliament yesterday, 21st February, passed a series of
resolutions:

(a) Recommending the acceptance of the Security Council's
resolution as a basis for B.F.O. talks;

(b) Condemning the Dutch police action;

(c) Demanding the release of the Republican leaders, and
(d) Calling for the release of Pemjoso and other Pasundan leaders
arrested on 23rd January.