IMPORTANT

Following is text of telegram from Republican leaders at Bangka
received by
Commission tonight February 28th. Begins:-

Latest decision of Netherlands Government as in Beel's letter [1],
handed Saturday night to President Soekarno in Muntok by Gieben,
inviting Republican leaders to join round table conference in The
Hague with other representatives of Indonesia on March 12th, cuts
across Security Council's resolutions and moreover explicitly
rejects said resolution. [2] In verbal elucidation [3] Gieben made
perfectly clear that on no account Netherlands Government will
comply with condition to restore actual Government of Republic in
its power over any part of its territory.

In particular Gieben explained that, contrary to wordings of his
Government's statement on abrogation of remaining restrictions
concerning liberty of movement of Republican leaders, we shall in
no case be allowed to return to Djokjakarta. This new move of the
Netherlands, as so often before, gives expression to their denial
of the legality of the Security Council's intervention and
substitutes a different proposal on their own authority. Our
Government will, however, never co-operate in any action evading
implementation of Security Council's resolution. We particularly
deem it urgent to counteract any confusion which this move is apt
to create in international circles. Ends.