INDONESIA

Your telegram 123. [1]

1. The Commission's report [2] was circulated only this morning
and have not yet had time for useful discussion with council
members. Hope to report further tomorrow if necessary by
telephone.

2. President [3] of Council (now Cuba) has taken no steps to
convene a meeting on Indonesia but at tomorrow's meeting on other
matters will ascertain the wish of members of the Council. I doubt
whether in the circumstances a meeting will be possible before
early next week.

3. The position is certainly most difficult. With regard to the
suggestion in the latter part of paragraph 2 of your 123, I have
personally thought for some time that the only way out might
eventually prove to be a decision by the Council to convene a
conference of parties in New York as nearly as possible under the
direct auspices of the Council. This, however, raises some awkward
questions of jurisdiction.