INDONESIA

Please discuss position urgently with United Kingdom, Canadian
Governments on the following lines.

Within the next few days the Security Council will be called upon
to determine in the light of the report [1] of 1st March from the
United Nations Commission on Indonesia what steps should next be
taken in an effort to settle the Indonesian dispute.

It is clear from the Commission's report that the Dutch have not
complied with the main requirements of the Council's resolution
[2] of 28th January. They are not releasing the Republican
political leaders unconditionally and they obviously do not intend
to restore the Republican Government and to allow it to function
at Djokjakarta. We have always held strongly to the view that
until these conditions are fulfilled there can be no possibility
of a satisfactory settlement which would take cognizance of the
position and status acquired and maintained throughout the dispute
by the Republican Government and recognised by the Security
Council. The object of the 28th January resolution was to restore
the Republic to a position where it could negotiate a settlement
free from duress. This it cannot do if it is not functioning as a
Government.

Our attitude is therefore that it is the duty of the Security
Council to accept the fact, as reported by its Commission, that
the Dutch have not complied with its instructions and to take
whatever action it considers necessary, in accordance with the
procedures of the United Nations Charter, to compel the Dutch to
carry out its instructions.

If for any reason the Council is unable to agree on such
enforcement action, the very least that it can do is in our view
to ensure that any round table conference of all parties to the
dispute, on the lines of the one which the Dutch have signified
their intention of convening at The Hague, should take place under
the auspices of the Security Council acting through its
Commission, and at the Committee's invitation. It is essential
that the powers of the Commission should not be less than those
envisaged by the Security Council resolution.

Before such a conference takes place the Council should require
the Dutch to acknowledge the existence of the Republican
Government, to give its leaders an opportunity for consultation
together, and to agree to its restoration at Djokjakarta. These
requirements are necessary for practical reasons: if the
Republican representatives are not allowed to negotiate as a
Government there will be no assurance that their actions will have
the support of their people or that guerilla activities can be
halted. The venue of the proposed conference is perhaps not
important, but we feel that New York might be preferable to The
Hague.

In putting these views to the United Kingdom, Canadian Governments
you should however, emphasize above all that, in accordance with
our policy of complete support for the United Nations, we feel
that the Security Council should not shrink from its obligation to
follow up its decisions to the full extent.