INDONESIA

My telegram 191. [1]

Following is United States text referred to in para 7 of my 191.

'It is the sense of the Security Council that U.N.C.F.I., without
prejudicing the Council's resolution [2] of January 28 and the
rights, claims and position of the parties, should assist the
parties in reaching agreement as to the time and conditions for
holding the proposed conference at The Hague, including the manner
in which the restoration of Djokjakarta to the administration of
the Government of the Republic may be accomplished, to the end
that the negotiations contemplated by the resolution of January 28
may be held as soon as possible. It is further the sense of the
Council that, if such an agreement is reached, the holding of such
a conference and the participation by U.N.C.F.I. in accordance
with its terms of reference would be consistent with the basic
purposes and objectives of the Council's resolution of January 28,
1949, which remains in full force and effect.'
2. Above is in more general terms than I had thought yesterday.

Austin led me to believe that the United States was not thinking
of going along with the Canadian proposal to this extent.

3. We have noted London telegram 1049 [3] to you and will continue
to urge unwisdom of any step which falls short of implementation
of January 28 resolution. I observe from London telegram that
India took same line as ourselves at the High Commissioners'
meeting, but it is rather awkward circumstance at this end that
Indian Representative [4] here, while having to some extent
modified his earlier attitude, is still advocating the same step
along the lines of the Canadian-Chinese suggestion. [5] Palar's
half acceptance of the proposal yesterday was due to Indian and
Chinese influence. In the first draft of his statement he had in
fact given it full acceptance but after discussion with us used
the wording in para 2 of our 191. He is now inclined to oppose it
flatly tomorrow and say that he could agree only to a preliminary
meeting which would have as its object the arrangement of
practical facilities for the immediate return of the Republic
Government to Djokjakarta. I assume we can go with him as far as
this.